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"I don’t think social media simply replaced blog comments in terms of discussion of blog posts. I think in turning everyone into microbloggers themselves, people mostly stopped talking about blog posts at all unless they were by A-listers, most of whom also amassed large social media followings."

"Originally intended to showcase a privacy-centred implementation of emerging social web technologies - with the aim to present a solution not initially motivated by legal requirements, but as an example of privacy-aware interaction design - my “social backfeed” design process unveiled intricate challenges for Indieweb sites, both for privacy in general and legal compliance in particular."

"The Fediverse is a very particular way of thinking about federated social media that encompasses technical, social, cultural, and mythical elements - and that is exactly why I think it’s dead."

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""Ownership" means ten different things to ten different people. Let's talk about what we actually want."

"an unflinching reckoning with humanity’s biases and blind spots, our own unstated assumptions and often contradictory goals. A dazzlingly interdisciplinary work, it takes a hard look not only at our technology but at our culture―and finds a story by turns harrowing and hopeful."

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"As many of you know, I’ve been pretty excited about where Bluesky is going as a social media offering, not just because of the people who have been using it (who have mostly been great, making it a fun place to hang out these days), but because of the concepts behind it."