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Re:Mozilla goes incubator with ‘Fix The Internet’ startup ea... by Stoner on Friday May 15, 2020 @02:05PM (#23195298)
Hey everyone, my team is in Mozilla's ”fix-the-internet” MVP Lab right now.

We're working on Vngle, a decentralized grassroots news network combatting news deserts across America. We're working in Georgia now and will be moving to other states soon.

Sign up to stay updated at Vngle.com or follow us on social @VngleStories. https://www.instagram.com/VngleStories/

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Re:Mozilla goes incubator with ‘Fix The Internet’ startup ea... by ckolkey on Friday May 15, 2020 @03:57PM (#23196695)
Really trying to be constructive here: consider investing in one or two more vowels. The "vn" is...rough.
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Re:Mozilla goes incubator with ‘Fix The Internet’ startup ea... by sjroot on Friday May 15, 2020 @04:15PM (#23196881)
Looks to be a play on the word “Angle” - in the context of news, this is the point you’re trying to convince your readers of. “What’s your angle?”
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Re:Mozilla goes incubator with ‘Fix The Internet’ startup ea... by brobinson on Friday May 15, 2020 @05:19PM (#23197563)
I pronounced it in my head as "vungle"...
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Re:Mozilla goes incubator with ‘Fix The Internet’ startup ea... by saurik on Saturday May 16, 2020 @02:46AM (#23201034)
I went with "vingle".
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Re:Mozilla goes incubator with ‘Fix The Internet’ startup ea... by cameronhowe on Friday May 15, 2020 @04:25PM (#23197002)
"Fix the internet" then links your instagram. Seems like you are part of the problem?

Edit: Or maybe I have a very different view of what fixing the internet means. The peertube content sponsoring currently on the frontpage seems much more constructive to me.

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Re:Mozilla goes incubator with ‘Fix The Internet’ startup ea... by brainless on Friday May 15, 2020 @11:48PM (#23200338)
I totally agree with this. If the internet needs a fix, it is about getting off the big players. Getting off this constant feed of nonsense. Being more personal, more one-to-one instead of "hey look at my feed, it has 2 million mindless people looking at it right now".
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Re:Mozilla goes incubator with ‘Fix The Internet’ startup ea... by tqi on Friday May 15, 2020 @05:11PM (#23197467)
Interesting idea - how are stories verified / fact checked?
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