Clive Thompson
Fediverse Development
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@mmasnick's latest piece for @techdirt.com is an absolute must-read if you're interested in democracy, technology, and the possibility of a better future.

"The solution isn’t building better platforms — it’s making platforms an obsolete concept. Platforms concentrate power; protocols distribute it. Platforms extract value from users; protocols enable users to create value for themselves. Most importantly: platforms can be captured by bad actors, but protocols resist capture by design."

https://www.techdirt.com/2025/08/05/take-back-our-digital-infrastructure-to-save-democracy/

#Technology#PeopleNotPlatforms#Fediverse#ActivityPub#Bluesky#ATProto#OpenSocial#OpenSocialWeb

@mmasnick's latest piece for @techdirt.com is an absolute must-read if you're interested in democracy, technology, and the possibility of a better future.

"The solution isn’t building better platforms — it’s making platforms an obsolete concept. Platforms concentrate power; protocols distribute it. Platforms extract value from users; protocols enable users to create value for themselves. Most importantly: platforms can be captured by bad actors, but protocols resist capture by design."

https://www.techdirt.com/2025/08/05/take-back-our-digital-infrastructure-to-save-democracy/

#Technology#PeopleNotPlatforms#Fediverse#ActivityPub#Bluesky#ATProto#OpenSocial#OpenSocialWeb

Tim Chambers
Fediverse Development
Tim Chambers and 1 other boosted

We're proud to support A New Social, a non-profit helmed by @quillmatiq and @snarfed.org. Learn more here about its mission to liberate people's networks from their platforms, and level the playing field across the open social web.

https://www.anew.social/hello-social-web/

#OpenSocialWeb#SocialNetworks#SocialWeb#Bluesky#BridgyFed#PeopleNotPlatforms

The iPad. Rainbow Looms. "Inception." They all arrived on the scene in 2010 — and so did we. In 2025, we're celebrating Flipboard's 15th birthday. Here's to the next 15 and more! Check out the spreadsheet here to discover all the Magazines you can find in the fediverse — and comment below if there's a publication you'd love us to federate.

https://about.flipboard.com/inside-flipboard/15-years-of-flipboard/

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iUFTo6rPvhqzCReLaM1c6-xUKRuBVqlZVStZl9Al-EU/edit?gid=1764807022#gid=1764807022

#Flipboard#FlipboardMagazines#ActivityPub#Federation#Fediverse#OpenSocial#OpenSocialWeb