Thread by @mattsheffield

After months of work, @DiscoverFlux is now live. Please check it out: flux.community

We're taking a different approach to news, one that's community-driven, non-profit, and designed to open the national conversation to people who have been ignored...

Everyone's always saying that we live in the "Information Age" which means information is our society's most valuable commodity. So why have we entrusted it primarily to companies whose sole motive is profit? We need more non-profit news operations.

At the same time, because of economies of scale, national media executives have overwhelmingly concentrated jobs in Manhattan and DC, leaving the vast majority of America utterly ignored.

Over the decades, this has engendered apathy, hatred, and harmed social knowledge.

That's why Flux is going to do something different. We're going to be opening up our site to many non-profits, independent writers, and podcasters to join the conversation and add their insights.

We've got a great team already of writers and podcasters but we want to keep expanding to include people who have been shut out by the elite media: women, racial minorities, LGBT people, rural people, lower-income people, secular people, liberal Christians, students.

Lots of people have been starting up podcasts or Substack accounts but unless you're already famous, how are you going to get an audience? We want to help! Please drop us a line if you'd like help getting discovered: flux.community/contact

We are in a Golden Age of independent media right now. Flux is going to be the place for us all to come together. Please help us spread the word.

As we grow our community, we're also going to expand our payment programs as well. So you'll make money and grow your audience.

If you're feeling generous and want to help us get started, we also have set up a Patreon. It would be much appreciated! patreon.com/fluxcommunity