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Indieweb, Fediverse and Commerical Silos
The more time I spend on the #Indieweb, #Matodon and other #Fediverse apps, the more I notice when I go back to Twitter and FB how much is pushed at me: recommended users, posts, promoted tweets, recommended apps, requests for reviews of places I just had been near, but never checked into. Sometimes you only really see it there when you have seen the alternative. #fediverse Continue reading â
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Magic Hour
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Agree with every bit of this: “Reclaiming RSSâ ar.al/2018/06/2…
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Extended Play
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Surf Beach Rentals
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5 Big Wheels Vs. Millions of Small Ones
Some big companies I watch closely because, of course, Big Wheels roll: Alphabet, Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, etc. Much tinier decentralized, distributed companies, orgs and efforts I watch because I wonder if long term they (or what they spawn) may be bigger catalysts for change from the ground up…just maybe: Automatic, Mozilla Foundation, Wikimedia Foundation, Mastodon, the Indieweb, and whatever blockchain becomes. 5 or so big wheels vs what may amount to millions of small ones. Continue reading â
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Blues Jam at the White House Sidewalk
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“The function of freedom is to free someone else.” RIP, Toni Morrison.âšď¸
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Good call. Better late than never: CloudFlare ending support for 8chan… new.blog.cloudflare.com/terminati…
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Love this: “Itâs pleasantly ironic that some of the internetâs oldest open protocols are shining through, with email newsletters and podcasting standing tall… a channel they own and control.” www.niemanlab.org/2018/12/p…
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This was a baby step, but a REALLY important one. And glad to see #Mastodon Social playing a key role here. www.theverge.com/2019/7/30…
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Endorse: “A few large players dominate much of the online world, but the internet is healthier when it is controlled by many….” internethealthreport.org/2019/unde…
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Agreed, âan imperfect step in the right directionâ in requiring bots to identify as automated. But an important one. www.wired.com/story/law…
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Been looking for a Browser Extension to allow one click sharing to my #micrdotblog site, that then syndicates out to my other social, Mastodon, Medium, Twitter, etc. Trying out OmniBear now… omnibear.com/features/
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“The net was so weird and wonderful in the early 2000s because it was easy to remix….The only real option in 2019 of customizing anything is to build a website of your own.” onezero.medium.com/why-the-w… #indieweb
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So #indieweb types, would the open sourced River of News project be a good option for a base for a Social Reader? github.com/scripting…
