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Richard Reisman<p>How to Reclaim Social Media from Big Tech: <br>Middleware, an idea whose time has come. <br>Now in <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://threads.net/@francis.fukuyama/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>francis.fukuyama</span></a></span>'s Persuasion - by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://saturation.social/@Noupside" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Noupside</span></a></span> and me. <a href="https://techpolicy.social/tags/FreeOurFeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeOurFeeds</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.persuasion.community/p/how-to-reclaim-social-media-from" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">persuasion.community/p/how-to-</span><span class="invisible">reclaim-social-media-from</span></a><br><a href="https://techpolicy.social/tags/FreeOurFeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeOurFeeds</span></a> </p><p>The conclusion and some key ideas in this thread on Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.com/@rreisman.nyc/post/DLndYhzvjmi" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">threads.com/@rreisman.nyc/post</span><span class="invisible">/DLndYhzvjmi</span></a></p>
Taff Mc 𓅛 #20Times 🏆<p>Just created a <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.app/profile/surf.social" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@surf.social</a> Tech News feed, Surf is so cool! <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23SurfFeeds" target="_blank">#SurfFeeds</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23FreeOurFeeds" target="_blank">#FreeOurFeeds</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23TechNews" target="_blank">#TechNews</a> <br><br>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wuojeafwvlqn7devygjbcdjk/post/3lqfcmjwejv2q" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wuojeafwvlqn7devygjbcdjk/post/3lqfcmjwejv2q</a></p>
Robin Berjon<p>Pretty wild line-up right now with <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.app/profile/markruffalo.bsky.social" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@markruffalo.bsky.social</a>, <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.app/profile/rosie.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@rosie.com</a>, <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:4346ggm37cztthfhreztespj" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@alexwinter.com</a>, and <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.app/profile/johncusack.bsky.social" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@johncusack.bsky.social</a> raising funds for <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23FreeOurFeeds" target="_blank">#FreeOurFeeds</a> as <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.app/profile/ianbrucestudio.bsky.social" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ianbrucestudio.bsky.social</a> paints. Ruffalo: "Hey billionaires out there, fucking step up!" <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/uogmc-cKPIw" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.youtube.com/live/uogmc-c...</a><br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/uogmc-cKPIw" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">We Need To Talk About Elon (wi...</a></p>
Mirror Carole Cadwalladr<p>So...I'm taking part in an experimental art-meets-tech project at 4pm BST today. I'm joining artist Ian Bruce who's in the throes of a marathon portrait painting session of Elon Musk to raise money for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeOurFeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeOurFeeds</span></a>. Join us! <a href="https://t.co/yjnt3QKhn1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">t.co/yjnt3QKhn1</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p> — Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla)<br> May 20, 2025</p><p>May 20, 2025 at 04:35PM</p><p>via Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/carolecadwalla" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">twitter.com/carolecadwalla</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
The Nexus of Privacy<p>Interesting to look back at this five months later ... here's what's currently happening today in terms of decentralization the ATmosphere. </p><ul><li><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:w4xbfzo7kqfes5zb7r6qv3rw" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rudyfraser.com</span></a></span> announced today that Blacksy feeds and moderation service <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/rudyfraser.com/post/3lo7xk2szvs2b" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">are now powered by our own atproto relay</a> -- and it's an independent implementation, not using Bluesky's reference code. It's really worth reading the thread, which has a <em>great</em> analogy for how a relay enables custom feeds.</p></li><li><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/edavis.dev" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>edavis.dev</span></a></span> has configured deer.social (a third-party app) to <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/edavis.dev/post/3lo7y4gwmhs26" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">to point to a self-hosted bsky appview which reads from a self-hosted relay which subscribes to a self-hosted PDS which is where this </a> -- as he says, "Bluesky independent from Bluesky".</p></li><li><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.coop/@bnewbold" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bnewbold</span></a></span> published <a href="https://whtwnd.com/bnewbold.net/3lo7a2a4qxg2l" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A Full-Network Relay for $34 a Month</a>, updating his post from last summer. The network size has increased by close to an order of magnitude since his first post; the cost of a realy </p></li><li><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FreeOurFeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeOurFeeds</span></a> <a href="https://atprotocol.dev/indiesky-working-group-50k-donation-from-free-our-feeds/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">is donating a $50K to the AT Community Fund to support the #IndieSky working group</a>. The <a href="https://atprotocol.dev/notes-from-ahoy-indiesky-europe/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">notes from last week's Ahoy IndieSky Europe</a> give a sense of the energy here -- and also link to a bunch of other projects that sure look decentralized to me and discusses the prospects of Eurosky.</p></li></ul><p>Of course, like I said in the article,</p><blockquote><p>""Decentralization" means different things to different people. As the links in the Appendix highlight, people who are focusing on the (very real) concentration of power in the ATmosphere today, or the potentially-centralizing architecture of AT, find it more useful to describe Bluesky as centralized."</p></blockquote><p>And the power concentration -- or "operational centralization" as Bluesky folks were calling it at the ATmosphere Conference -- is still very real. Bluesky still runs almost all of the infrastructure for the ATmosphere, and it's by far the most popular app, and most other apps (as well as Bluesky) use the Bluesky AppView, Relay, and labeler. </p><p>Then again, that's clearly in the process of changing, and it'll be interesting to see how it looks six months or a year from now.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://indieweb.social/@laurenshof" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>laurenshof</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@fediversereport" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fediversereport</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wetdry.world/@cyrus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cyrus</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.coop/@cwebber" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cwebber</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@rysiek" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rysiek</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://neuromatch.social/@jonny" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jonny</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@possibledog" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>possibledog</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sociale.network/@oblomov" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>oblomov</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aoir.social/@rwg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rwg</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tech.lgbt/@Kye" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Kye</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bluesky</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ATmosphere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ATmosphere</span></a></p>
william.maggos<p>What does this mean? Can everybody now run their own <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/ATproto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ATproto</span></a> infrastructure like people run fedi servers now and be just as independent and what then would be the advantages of one over the other? Is the new goal of <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/FreeOurFeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeOurFeeds</span></a> just to make sure their network becomes at least as decentralized as ours is? Why give <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bluesky</span></a> any more VC money? <a href="https://liberal.city/tags/SocialWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialWeb</span></a><br><a href="https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ragtjsm2j2vknwkz3zp4oxrd/post/3lo7ced2mes2d" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app</span><span class="invisible">/profile/did:plc:ragtjsm2j2vknwkz3zp4oxrd/post/3lo7ced2mes2d</span></a></p>
Ted Han ★ 韓聖安<p>Good morning! It's one week to our first online <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23IndieSky" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IndieSky</a> working group meetup. We're excited to announce that <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23FreeOurFeeds" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeOurFeeds</a> is supporting these efforts to define independent infrastructure stacks in <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23ATProto" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ATProto</a>. If you're interested joining us next week: <a href="https://lu.ma/xpg8kqbk" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">lu.ma/xpg8kqbk</a><br><br>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lehcqqkwzcwvjvw66uthu5oq/post/3lo4f23njg22i" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lehcqqkwzcwvjvw66uthu5oq/post/3lo4f23njg22i</a><br><br><a href="https://lu.ma/xpg8kqbk?ref=atprotocol.dev" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">IndieSky WG 001 · Zoom · Luma</a></p>
django<p>The <a href="https://social.coop/tags/FreeOurFeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeOurFeeds</span></a> folks are awfully quiet about <a href="https://social.coop/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> in Türkiye</p><p>Not that their account isnt actively posting over on bs…</p>
Jon<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@mia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mia</span></a></span> nice to see a mention of Fliipboard there and a quote from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@mike" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mike</span></a></span> ... congrats! </p><p>As for <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/FreeOurFeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeOurFeeds</span></a> ... well I certainly think there's value in a European-based alternative ATProto infrastructure to Bluesky. It'll be interesting to see how they respong to the feedback they've gotten so far. Not sure if you saw <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://dan.mastohon.com/@danhon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>danhon</span></a></span>'s excellent blog post about the ATmosphereConf, but I was at the same Free our Feeds session as him and came away with similar questions. </p><p><a href="https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s19e08-its-not-2006-anymore-the-useful-vernacular/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newsletter.danhon.com/archive/</span><span class="invisible">s19e08-its-not-2006-anymore-the-useful-vernacular/</span></a></p>
The Nexus of Privacy<p>Yeah. It'll be interesting to see if <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FreeOurFeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeOurFeeds</span></a> incorporates the feedback.</p><p>Although, one of the biggest things people were giving <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FreeOurFeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeOurFeeds</span></a> a hard time about was their out-of-touch focus on relays and lack of awareness that they're fairly cheap and becoming cheaper ... a perspective that's very common (and equally out-of-touch) here in fedi as well. And, we've also got boondoggles here, just with somewhat-lower stakes (hundreds of thousands instead of the millions). So, there's a lot of learning for fedi from this session as well, and it'll be just as interesting to see whether the feedback gets incorporated.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mastodonmigration</span></a></span></p>
Mastodon Migration<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@thenexusofprivacy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thenexusofprivacy</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://dan.mastohon.com/@danhon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>danhon</span></a></span> </p><p>Absolutely loved Dan's clear concise summary of the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FreeOurFeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeOurFeeds</span></a> technical plan. If anyone was worried that this multi-million dollar boondoggle is a hopeless hairball, feel like those concerns are set straight.</p>
The Nexus of Privacy<p>The energy at <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ATmosphereConf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ATmosphereConf</span></a> was indeed very positive and optimistic, and there were some great talks and discussion sessions. Dan's got a great summary of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@kissane" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kissane</span></a></span>'s talk; <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/rudyfraser.com" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rudyfraser.com</span></a></span>'s talk <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/nc3X_WgykYA?t=5673s" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">starting at 1:34:30 in the Sunday livestream is great as well</a>. </p><p>And as for the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FreeOurFeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeOurFeeds</span></a> session Dan describes so vividly ... the session I suggested that hile I very much agree with their goal of European data soverignty and it's great to hear his perspectives that funders are willing to invest in it, the initial focus on a relay - or slightly-broader focus on a relay and PDS - isn't going to get them there, they really need to take a system view. The response was something along the lines of "let me turn it around and ask what you think are the key aspects from the system view." Wait a second, I'm not the one who's trying to raise $30 million here! Oh well, they once again got a lot of feedback, let's see if they incorporate it.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bluesky</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ATmosphereConf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ATmosphereConf</span></a></p>
t3sserakt<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedifreu.de/@jele" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jele</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.bits-und-baeume.org/@bits_und_baeume" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bits_und_baeume</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@kattascha" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kattascha</span></a></span> Das Fehlen eines Plans (oder habe ich nur nicht die nötigen Informationen?) bezüglich der Governance hält mich davon ab, <a href="https://c3d2.social/tags/freeourfeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freeourfeeds</span></a> zu unterstützen. Außerdem befürchte ich, dass es zu viel Aufmerksamkeit von <a href="https://c3d2.social/tags/savesocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>savesocial</span></a> abzieht, das sich auf das Fediverse bezieht. </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bonn.social/@alexandrageese" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>alexandrageese</span></a></span></p>
t3sserakt<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedifreu.de/@jele" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jele</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.bits-und-baeume.org/@bits_und_baeume" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bits_und_baeume</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@kattascha" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kattascha</span></a></span> Bluesky ist das Unternehmen. Es geht um die verwendete Technologie, die es prinzipiell möglich macht, unabhängig von Bluesky zu arbeiten. Leider nur, wenn man viel Geld ausgibt. Free our Feeds will in Europa ein eigenes Relay (sehr ressourcenintensives System, das die Beiträge aggregiert) aufbauen. Ich sehe noch keine Multimillionäre, die uns sagen, wo es lang geht. Andererseits ist noch nicht klar, wie die Governance aussehen wird. <a href="https://c3d2.social/tags/Governance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Governance</span></a> <a href="https://c3d2.social/tags/freeourfeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freeourfeeds</span></a></p>
Jon P<p>Bluesky: finally, social media that's billionaire-proof! Also Bluesky: throws SXSW party with billionaire's "Project Liberty" 🤔 Yes, this is the same Project LIberty whose <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23FreeOurFeeds" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeOurFeeds</a> first partner with their blockchain-based Frequency infrastructure. And ...<br><br>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/post/3ljl4ly43js2e" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/post/3ljl4ly43js2e</a></p>
Roni Laukkarinen<p>Just found out about <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/FreeOurFeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeOurFeeds</span></a>, a campaign aiming to "free social media from billionaire control". Signed by... millionaires?<br><a href="https://freeourfeeds.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">freeourfeeds.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bluesky</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/ATProto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ATProto</span></a></p>
Ecologia Digital<p>"So, while <a href="https://mato.social/tags/FreeOurFeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeOurFeeds</span></a> seeks money for their unclear goals (as critics have argued), another organization that has actually achieved tangible things—<a href="https://mato.social/tags/IFTAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IFTAS</span></a>—is folding for lack of funding.<br>Is This a <a href="https://mato.social/tags/StandardsWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandardsWar</span></a>?<br>…the facts are that there are major organizational, cultural, and technical distinctions between these protocols and there are only so many resources to go around."<br><a href="https://mato.social/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a> <a href="https://mato.social/tags/atproto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>atproto</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aoir.social/@rwg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rwg</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://fossacademic.tech/2025/03/05/standardsWar.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fossacademic.tech/2025/03/05/s</span><span class="invisible">tandardsWar.html</span></a></p>
Insa van den Berg<p>An verbindliche, strenge Gesetze, die auf europäischen Werten basieren, sollten sich Plattformen aus anderen Systemen halten müssen. Sonst sollten wir sie verbieten."</p><p>Sebastian Esser und Heiko Scherer </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/savesocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>savesocial</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/freeourfeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freeourfeeds</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>“that would involve involve cutting back its work on a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> instance” — <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NabhiaSyed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NabhiaSyed</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MozillaCorporate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MozillaCorporate</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mozilla</span></a></p><p>And replacing future technical work to improve <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> with this dog pile of AT Protocol concept. 👇👇👇</p><p> <br>“Free Our Feeds solicits funds to foster AT Protocol that powers decentralized social media”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/FreeOurFeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeOurFeeds</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/BlueSky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlueSky</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ATProtocol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ATProtocol</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/free_our_feeds_decentralized_social_media/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/01/14/fre</span><span class="invisible">e_our_feeds_decentralized_social_media/</span></a>&gt;</p>
Sascha Foerster :bonndigital:<p><a href="https://bonn.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://bonn.social/tags/Blockchain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blockchain</span></a> <a href="https://bonn.social/tags/Dorsey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dorsey</span></a> <a href="https://bonn.social/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mozilla</span></a> <a href="https://bonn.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://bonn.social/tags/SocialWebFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialWebFoundation</span></a> <a href="https://bonn.social/tags/VentureCapital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VentureCapital</span></a> and <a href="https://bonn.social/tags/NoBusinessCase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoBusinessCase</span></a></p><p><a href="https://bonn.social/tags/FreeOurFeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeOurFeeds</span></a> füllt mit einer Pressemitteilungen mein Digital-Bullshit-Bingo schneller als Heise in einer Woche. </p><p><a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/who-owns-the-future-of-social-media-a-giant-leap-to-decentralize-core-components-of-blueskys-at-protocol-ecosystem-302387397.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">prnewswire.com/news-releases/w</span><span class="invisible">ho-owns-the-future-of-social-media-a-giant-leap-to-decentralize-core-components-of-blueskys-at-protocol-ecosystem-302387397.html</span></a></p><p>Schon allein, dass man 30 Millionen Dollar mininum braucht, um einen zweiten (!) Bluesky-Relay zu betreiben, klingt für jeden der tausenden meist spendenfinanzierten Mastodon-Admins wahnwitzig.</p><p>Wie so ein Kuckuck legt <a href="https://bonn.social/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bluesky</span></a> dem <a href="https://bonn.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> sein Ei ins Nest. 🪺</p>