Below are posts associated with the “federated social media” tag.

🔗 linkblog: The Technological Poison Pill: How ATProtocol Encourages Competition, Resists Evil Billionaires, Lock-In & Enshittification'



Saw someone link to this and remembered I should probably read the whole thing instead of just the first few paragraphs. I fall somewhere between Doctorow and Masnick on Bluesky optimism, but I really appreciate their dialogue on it.


🔗 linkblog: Decentralized Social Media Is the Only Alternative to the Tech Oligarchy'



Yes to all of this.


🔗 linkblog: Why we need a public internet and how to get one - The Verge'



Lots of interesting ideas in this interview. I particularly like libraries running Mastodon instances.


🔗 linkblog: To Make Social Media Work Better, Make It Fail Better | Electronic Frontier Foundation'



This idea increasingly resonates with me.