Covid Shutdown - media-contacting

mayaxs 09-Aug-21 05:16 PM

maybe we create a group email (modsatreddit or some shit) and contact everyone through that instead of personal emails?

NoahBM 09-Aug-21 05:19 PM

Isn't there the redditmods.com thing

umbresp@redditmods.com for example

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TheSebtacular 09-Aug-21 05:31 PM

I think twitter may be the best idea

dooodaaad 10-Aug-21 01:00 PM

If you guys give me a list of 3-4 media people to contact I can write a statement and then send it off

Just find some articles about reddit and then send me the about page for the person who wrote it

JackieSus 10-Aug-21 01:03 PM

I know a guy who would probably write an article (not personally I just know of him) but he’s a writer from ifl science and they don’t exactly write the best content.

It’s not very reputable but it’s still an article.

NoahBM 10-Aug-21 04:45 PM

might be able to get boredpanda

dio 10-Aug-21 06:21 PM

we could surely get boredpanda

NoahBM

Isn't there the redditmods.com thing

annoyingrain5 21-Aug-21 10:35 AM

They ran out of emails a while ago

Email addresses

TheSebtacular 25-Aug-21 06:02 AM

Ok, media

We need to do this

rnz 25-Aug-21 06:19 AM

what media outlets do we want contacted (at least as priority)?

TheSebtacular 25-Aug-21 06:37 AM

I don’t really know any. I only remember bored panda

rnz 25-Aug-21 06:40 AM

ok, should i send from my email the letter to those NYT, Guardian, WaPo? where else? i'm fine if someone else wants to, ofc

Lauren_ev 25-Aug-21 07:59 AM

Maybe explain about how it’s moderators of various subreddits organizing it

N8theGr8 25-Aug-21 08:45 AM

vice might be interested.

TheSebtacular 25-Aug-21 08:45 AM

I’ll @ them on Twitter

dubteedub 25-Aug-21 09:50 AM

reach out to Daily Dot, Daily Beast

any outlet that covered the r/NoNewNormal quarantine

dubteedub 25-Aug-21 11:16 AM

Seb, can you list which journos you reached out to or plan to?

dubteedub

Seb, can you list which journos you reached out to or plan to?

TheSebtacular 25-Aug-21 11:16 AM

I’ve directly reached out to Vice and BoredPanda

dubteedub 25-Aug-21 11:17 AM

Which reporters

TheSebtacular 25-Aug-21 11:17 AM

We heard back from 1 but I’m not sure if it’s a good idea to send it publicly

Honestly I just @ed their Twitter

dubteedub 25-Aug-21 11:17 AM

:pls:

Bro

TheSebtacular 25-Aug-21 11:17 AM

Dms

Wait

@dubteedub I’ll hold off for a bit. It may be an abundance of caution but we do have multiple rats here

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dubteedub 25-Aug-21 11:19 AM

Ah yeah thats fair

__dawn__amber__ 25-Aug-21 11:23 AM

Who added the reddit trolls here in the first place

TheSebtacular 25-Aug-21 11:23 AM

We don't even know who they are

__dawn__amber__ 25-Aug-21 11:24 AM

Elne is pretty well known troll

I'm not blaming them

But most of the trolls are never on one side

TheSebtacular 25-Aug-21 11:25 AM

I do have a reason to believe it's not them but I'm still not entirely sure (edited)

__dawn__amber__ 25-Aug-21 11:26 AM

There's another one too here

Carlamoni or some shit

Average rebbitor

dubteedub 25-Aug-21 11:37 AM

you have several current/former r/drama mods and r/averageredditor folks here for some reason

dubteedub

you have several current/former r/drama mods and r/averageredditor folks here for some reason

TheSebtacular 25-Aug-21 11:38 AM

A lot of them were auto invited

conalfisher 25-Aug-21 11:38 AM

Is this a private channel or something? Or are we just pointing fingers lol

TheSebtacular 25-Aug-21 11:39 AM

Pointing fingers

rnz 25-Aug-21 01:01 PM

we keep wasting time with these "among us" games. move on pls

we are hindering our own efforts. if people are not impeding actual work and organizing - then this is as good as it gets.

conalfisher 25-Aug-21 01:11 PM

amogus

BuckRowdy 25-Aug-21 01:46 PM

I reached out to Colleen Hagerty. https://twitter.com/colleenhagerty

Colleen Hagerty (@colleenhagerty)

Freelance multimedia journalist. Previously @BBCWorld @ICFJ Burns fellow @nowthisnews @NY1. Subscribe to my newsletter about disasters

Tweets

3148

Followers

4126

She has written about reddit before.

rnz 25-Aug-21 01:49 PM

reached out to: https://twitter.com/sloumarsh (Guardian)

(so many journalists not accepting DMs lol)

https://twitter.com/Bordeaux8 (Guardian)

kewlbro 25-Aug-21 01:55 PM

Reached out to:https://twitter.com/sloumarsh

Sarah Marsh (@sloumarsh)

Wanter of what I can’t have / peanut butter enthusiast. Also @guardian reporter. Insta: sarah_marsh_journalist PGP key: http://theguardian.com/pgp/PublicKeys

Tweets

9059

Followers

9875

rnz

reached out to: https://twitter.com/sloumarsh (Guardian)

kewlbro 25-Aug-21 01:56 PM

oh just noticed we reached out to the same person

rnz 25-Aug-21 01:56 PM

ouch

im gonna move on to NYT journalists, you stay with guardian?

@kewlbro

woofwoofpack 25-Aug-21 01:57 PM

I know a couple NYT journalists but unfortunately they are not internet pop culture types

rnz 25-Aug-21 02:00 PM

give it a shot tbh

ok, i move on to WaPo

rnz

im gonna move on to NYT journalists, you stay with guardian?

kewlbro 25-Aug-21 02:01 PM

Yea sure

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Moving on the next one now

woofwoofpack

I know a couple NYT journalists but unfortunately they are not internet pop culture types

BuckRowdy 25-Aug-21 02:06 PM

I like Kevin Roose

rnz 25-Aug-21 02:23 PM

https://twitter.com/AlexHortonTX WaPo

Alex Horton (@AlexHortonTX)

Reporter for @washingtonpost, formerly at @starsandstripes. Iraq veteran. DM for Signal.

Tweets

2207

Followers

26428

https://twitter.com/itsJhyphenM WaPo

Jordan-Marie Smith

(@itsJhyphenM)

Producer at #PostReports @washingtonpost. Formerly every show @npr. normal adult things. retweets do not equal endorsements https://t.co/fAseLojwzM. NABJ award winner

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https://twitter.com/CaitJGibson

Caitlin Gibson (@CaitJGibson)

Feature writer @washingtonpost focused on families, parenting & children | caitlin.gibson@washpost.com | All the untidy activity continues, awful but cheerful.

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sooz 25-Aug-21 02:38 PM

ask gb

BuckRowdy 25-Aug-21 02:38 PM

Reached out to Ben Collins of NBC and Adi Robertson of the Verge, and Will Sommer of the Daily Beast. (edited)

NoahBM 25-Aug-21 02:42 PM

hey dude i can find an email to reach out to them but if you want better results let me know what the story is to vet it before we send it

@Merari01 @TheSebtacular do we have some text ready I can send him

SecretAgentIceBat 25-Aug-21 02:44 PM

Emma Betuel

Merari01 25-Aug-21 02:44 PM

Not right now. You can tell them its the current top post on reddit. Link to it. You can tell them to contact me, say Im one of the organisers

kewlbro 25-Aug-21 02:44 PM

Reached out to:https://twitter.com/lauraoliver?lang=en

LauraOliver (@LauraOliver)

Freelance journalist. Reporter @RISJ_oxford. Co-founder @freelancesoc. Recently: audience growth, Vogue Int. Formers: @Guardian @journalismnews Views my own

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Merari01 25-Aug-21 02:44 PM

I can atm best be reached on twitter or discord. Contact me privately if you need contact info (edited)

SecretAgentIceBat

Emma Betuel

SecretAgentIceBat 25-Aug-21 02:44 PM

Inverse/TechCrunch/Rewire

And then that one NPR podcast all about Reddit. Infinite Scroll?

Merari01

Not right now. You can tell them its the current top post on reddit. Link to it. You can tell them to contact me, say Im one of the organisers

NoahBM 25-Aug-21 02:45 PM

Well you know him yourself, its gb

Idk his current social status among reddit mods

Merari01 25-Aug-21 02:45 PM

Tell him to DM me on twitter

He has my deets

SecretAgentIceBat

And then that one NPR podcast all about Reddit. Infinite Scroll?

SecretAgentIceBat 25-Aug-21 02:45 PM

Endless Thread lol

The /r/C mods talked to them a while ago

We got at least half an hour with them

NoahBM 25-Aug-21 02:46 PM

@Merari01 I'm not sure he really wants to get involved that much - he mentioned recently being very busy

I think he just wanted to take a look and pass it on

SecretAgentIceBat 25-Aug-21 02:47 PM

Of actual, released recording I mean. And I honestly think we got a full hour. Would highly recommend.

NoahBM 25-Aug-21 02:47 PM

I can give you contact info if he sends me any

Merari01 25-Aug-21 02:47 PM

Yes thats fine.

contact me privately if so

NoahBM 25-Aug-21 02:48 PM

slack?

SecretAgentIceBat 25-Aug-21 02:48 PM

PBS and NBC have covered misinfo on Reddit, too. (edited)

I'd have to dig up the PBS guy but the NBC people were Olivia Solon and April Glaser

Lauren_ev 25-Aug-21 02:49 PM

Do y'all need any help with emailing?

Or finding journalist to contact?

rnz 25-Aug-21 02:57 PM

https://www.businessinsider.com/reddit-page-calls-on-site-to-combat-covid-19-disinformation-2021-8?r=US&IR=T sorry if this was already posted

"Nothing of substance has been done aside from quarantining a medium sized subreddit," the moderators wrote.

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rnz

https://www.businessinsider.com/reddit-page-calls-on-site-to-combat-covid-19-disinformation-2021-8?r=US&IR=T sorry if this was already posted

mirandaniel 25-Aug-21 03:04 PM

You think we can post this to r/News? (edited)

rnz

https://www.businessinsider.com/reddit-page-calls-on-site-to-combat-covid-19-disinformation-2021-8?r=US&IR=T sorry if this was already posted

kewlbro 25-Aug-21 03:04 PM

holy shit

business insider.... (edited)

rnz 25-Aug-21 03:04 PM

id say it is relevant enough

mirandaniel 25-Aug-21 03:04 PM

6

kewlbro 25-Aug-21 03:05 PM

this is gonna get resolved soon

rnz 25-Aug-21 03:05 PM

fuck yeah

whoever is the sis or bro that managed the business insider contact - grats to you

Lauren_ev 25-Aug-21 03:05 PM

Holy shit it's working

TheSebtacular 25-Aug-21 03:06 PM

Contact them

mirandaniel

You think we can post this to r/News? (edited)

__dawn__amber__ 25-Aug-21 03:07 PM

Paywall

mirandaniel 25-Aug-21 03:08 PM

Where?

Lauren_ev 25-Aug-21 03:12 PM

Its also on Markets insider

rnz

https://www.businessinsider.com/reddit-page-calls-on-site-to-combat-covid-19-disinformation-2021-8?r=US&IR=T sorry if this was already posted

NatoBoram 25-Aug-21 04:05 PM

It would be nice if they said that it was a site-wide community effort and not just "moderators" in one "pro-vaccine" "Reddit page" (edited)

TheSebtacular 25-Aug-21 04:12 PM

We’re talking to one person now

Tech Support 25-Aug-21 04:12 PM

Media contact

dooodaaad 25-Aug-21 04:12 PM

who?

TheSebtacular 25-Aug-21 04:12 PM

We should form a media team though. Small, maybe 3-4

Daily dot

dooodaaad 25-Aug-21 04:12 PM

hm okay

well i volunteer as tribute

Lauren_ev 25-Aug-21 04:12 PM

I volunteer

NateArcher 25-Aug-21 04:13 PM

I volunteer I don’t want to just sit here doing nothing (edited)

dooodaaad 25-Aug-21 04:13 PM

could it be worth inviting reporters into this discord?

giving them limited access to some channels?

like general and updates

dooodaaad

giving them limited access to some channels?

TheSebtacular 25-Aug-21 04:13 PM

Already sorted

dooodaaad 25-Aug-21 04:13 PM

oh?

so we can prove we're the real ppl

TheSebtacular 25-Aug-21 04:14 PM

It’s not super hard to do that

We all have our accounts linked to our Reddit (edited)

Lauren_ev 25-Aug-21 04:17 PM

Yeah

dooodaaad 25-Aug-21 04:18 PM

Hi Azmi, I'm one of the Reddit mods who was working on the anti-misinformation protest. I saw your article and figured I would reach out to you to see if you have any questions or wanted more information. I am going to share any emails I receive or write about this with the rest of the team to make sure any statement we release reflects the group sentiment. Looking forward to hearing from you, Dash u/dooodaaad on reddit

(edited)

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good?

dooodaaad 25-Aug-21 04:29 PM

hmmm should I add some general info on this?

like how many people, how long, etc

SecretAgentIceBat 25-Aug-21 05:20 PM

I’ve got NPR

3

Whose contact info am I supposed to be sending

SecretAgentIceBat

I’ve got NPR

TheSebtacular 25-Aug-21 05:21 PM

Oh shit

Can they join the Discord?

SecretAgentIceBat 25-Aug-21 05:21 PM

No, it’s a podcast

TheSebtacular 25-Aug-21 05:21 PM

I know

Did you get a person?

SecretAgentIceBat 25-Aug-21 05:21 PM

I don’t think so anyway, she only wants to talk to a few people.

Yeah, she’s the same person who did the /r/C podcast

TheSebtacular 25-Aug-21 05:22 PM

Yeah, send them the Discord

SecretAgentIceBat 25-Aug-21 05:22 PM

I don’t think she would want to join a Discord full of people

dooodaaad 25-Aug-21 05:22 PM

make a special role with a bright red color that doesnt give them access to this channel

for any media in future

TheSebtacular 25-Aug-21 05:22 PM

They’re in a different chat

We have that handled

dooodaaad 25-Aug-21 05:22 PM

oh huh

TheSebtacular 25-Aug-21 05:22 PM

And it’s orange

dooodaaad 25-Aug-21 05:22 PM

good enough lol

SecretAgentIceBat 25-Aug-21 05:23 PM

Okay, well, I don’t know how else to say that she just wants contact info for a few people

dooodaaad 25-Aug-21 05:23 PM

i can talk to her but seb might have a different person in mind

TheSebtacular 25-Aug-21 05:23 PM

I think someone else might be better, no offense

dooodaaad 25-Aug-21 05:23 PM

yeah no worries lol

TheSebtacular 25-Aug-21 05:24 PM

If she doesn’t want to join Discord would Reddit or Twitter work?

dooodaaad 25-Aug-21 05:24 PM

or email?

TheSebtacular 25-Aug-21 05:24 PM

She would be in a different chat on the Discord

Email could work

dooodaaad 25-Aug-21 05:24 PM

i think email is best tbh

SecretAgentIceBat 25-Aug-21 05:24 PM

I can try

dooodaaad 25-Aug-21 05:24 PM

gives us time to write statements

SecretAgentIceBat 25-Aug-21 05:24 PM

The whole podcast is an interview

dooodaaad 25-Aug-21 05:24 PM

and we cant get misquoted

TheSebtacular 25-Aug-21 05:24 PM

Oh

I see

dooodaaad 25-Aug-21 05:25 PM

ohhhhh fuck

SecretAgentIceBat 25-Aug-21 05:25 PM

Yeah I guess I should have clarified that

TheSebtacular 25-Aug-21 05:25 PM

Yeah that’s a different thing. Discord would work so much better then

Or slack

dooodaaad 25-Aug-21 05:25 PM

who would she talk to

ew slack

TheSebtacular 25-Aug-21 05:25 PM

Something with noice

Voice

I’m so good at English

SecretAgentIceBat 25-Aug-21 05:25 PM

Yeah, you would just need to make a group DM for it rather than her joining the server

TheSebtacular 25-Aug-21 05:25 PM

Can do

What’s her name?

dooodaaad 25-Aug-21 05:27 PM

we should prepare talking points

Lauren_ev 25-Aug-21 05:28 PM

I’ll help any way I can

dooodaaad 25-Aug-21 05:28 PM

specific things we want to touch on, statements we want to say, etc

SecretAgentIceBat 25-Aug-21 05:28 PM

Yeah, get a little group together

There are like 100+ people in this server

TheSebtacular 25-Aug-21 05:29 PM

I’ll discuss with the server mods

dooodaaad 25-Aug-21 05:29 PM

i can do a mock interview with someone

TheSebtacular 25-Aug-21 05:29 PM

I think 4 will be a good size

dooodaaad 25-Aug-21 05:46 PM

gonna reach out to the forbes lady rn

dooodaaad 25-Aug-21 05:59 PM

found her email

TheSebtacular 25-Aug-21 06:04 PM

@dooodaaad Can you ask her if she wants to speak to us?

dooodaaad 25-Aug-21 06:04 PM

yeah i sent the same email as i did to the other guy

TheSebtacular 25-Aug-21 06:05 PM

TheSebtacular 25-Aug-21 06:32 PM

@SecretAgentIceBat Know when they will be able to record? (edited)

mayaxs 25-Aug-21 06:37 PM

Off the clock now, I can help if needed

SecretAgentIceBat 25-Aug-21 06:47 PM

Within the next few days

TheSebtacular 25-Aug-21 06:47 PM

@Merari01 Sleep

Merari01 25-Aug-21 06:48 PM

brushing teefies

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dooodaaad 25-Aug-21 06:51 PM

bruh im just sitting around waiting for these journos to email me back

i have homework i really should do

meh

conalfisher 25-Aug-21 06:55 PM

Academic accomplishment is temporary, being a really cool internet janitor is forever

That's what I tell myself every night at least

Lauren_ev 25-Aug-21 06:56 PM

I have AP Lit work but Reddit is more important

Lauren_ev

I have AP Lit work but Reddit is more important

kewlbro 25-Aug-21 07:04 PM

on the right track i see!

dooodaaad 25-Aug-21 07:11 PM

Questions we should have answers for before an interview: 1. What made you decide to start a covid protest? 2. How rapidly did the movement grow 3. How would you best describe the message you're trying to put out 4. What else have you tried? 5. How many people are involved with this? 6. How geographically spread out is everyone? (edited)

Lauren_ev

I have AP Lit work but Reddit is more important

mayaxs 25-Aug-21 07:11 PM

Agree- someone who got a 5 on AP lit when I took it

Memorize Frankenstein and pull “epistolary form” out of your ass and you will be fine

dooodaaad

Questions we should have answers for before an interview: 1. What made you decide to start a covid protest? 2. How rapidly did the movement grow 3. How would you best describe the message you're trying to put out 4. What else have you tried? 5. How many people are involved with this? 6. How geographically spread out is everyone? (edited)

Lauren_ev 25-Aug-21 07:12 PM

I can write super formally if I try

dooodaaad 25-Aug-21 07:13 PM

whoever's doing the NPR podcast shouldnt sound super formal

cause it sounds bad if you're just reading from a script

Lauren_ev 25-Aug-21 07:13 PM

Hold up we’re doing the npr podcast

dooodaaad 25-Aug-21 07:13 PM

apparently

someone is

SecretAgentIceBat 25-Aug-21 07:33 PM

Okay do y’all have a group of people together?

Just like 2-3 people. That is all.

dooodaaad 25-Aug-21 07:34 PM

@TheSebtacular

SecretAgentIceBat 25-Aug-21 07:34 PM

I assumed @TheSebtacular , @Merari01 , a third? There doesn’t have to be one

@N8theGr8 ?

TheSebtacular 25-Aug-21 07:49 PM

I think me and N8 make the most sense

The third would be Mer or Houst

hwhouston517 25-Aug-21 07:50 PM

I can answer

TheSebtacular 25-Aug-21 07:50 PM

Talk it over with Mer, unless they can have a third

Or did you mean like answer as in decide now?

hwhouston517 25-Aug-21 07:51 PM

I think Mer might be asleep.

Oh wait this is a voice call?

TheSebtacular 25-Aug-21 07:52 PM

Yes

hwhouston517 25-Aug-21 07:52 PM

Nvm fuck this

dooodaaad 25-Aug-21 07:52 PM

lmao

when you decide whos gonna do it ping me and we can do a mock interview

for practice

should i email the journos i contacted and tell them its gonna happen at 9pm est?

i havent gotten a response

Merari01 25-Aug-21 08:00 PM

Me

dooodaaad

should i email the journos i contacted and tell them its gonna happen at 9pm est?

Lauren_ev 25-Aug-21 08:01 PM

No

dooodaaad 25-Aug-21 08:01 PM

it would build trust

Merari01 25-Aug-21 08:01 PM

But it will have to wait until tomorrow

hwhouston517 25-Aug-21 08:01 PM

Not me pls

dooodaaad

it would build trust

dubteedub 25-Aug-21 08:06 PM

not if we dont go through with it

most subs that signed the letter are not in here

it takes a lot of time to organize this and someone will need to message every single subreddit that signed on to coordinate

TheSebtacular 25-Aug-21 10:46 PM

@ZombieMrRogers Saw your pm (edited)

This is the media channel