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There Are a Million Fediverses. Some of Them Are Louder than Others.
In my work supporting a broad array of open social web community managers, moderators, administrators, and developers, I regularly hear sweeping generalisations like “the fediverse is anti-this”, “the fediverse doesn’t approve of that”, “the fediverse holds this very specific opinion”. I’ve always struggled with these statements. How can anyone possibly come to a definitive conclusion…
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There Are a Million Fediverses, and They’re All Regulated
We’re at a bit of a strange moment in the history of the Internet. Long-standing assumptions about platform freedoms and responsibilities are being tested by a wave of regulation from countries far and wide, including extranational jurisdiction where all of a sudden people are finding themselves subject to laws of countries they’ve never been to.…
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My Dad, and the Legend of the Three-Legged Chicken
There’s no simple way to say this, my father died last Friday, very suddenly, in his kitchen. He and his wife had just come back from the shops, all was well, until it wasn’t. Ambulances – multiple – arrived within minutes, but his heart simply stopped. I’m sure we’ll know more soon, but for now…
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There Is One Fediverse. There Are A Thousand Ways To Join It.
When I showed my sister-in-law my toot.wales feed, she gave the response I believe most people genuinely feel: “It’s lovely! If only there was an app.” She doesn’t want a protocol or a lesson in the Fediverse; she just wants a simple way to connect with the community. That’s why we’ve built the Tŵt app.…
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There is One Fediverse. There are a Million Pickleball Courts.
A shift is happening in how communities choose what matters. The fediverse isn’t a better version of the old platforms, it’s something entirely new. This post explores why we shouldn’t be chasing social media migrations, but instead building something more accessible, relational, and grounded in a different vision of the internet.
