Winning
People panic that the latest Twitter wave is going to BlueSky not Mastodon. But they are chasing different “wins”.
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Matrix Diversity
The Matrix Board was elected, overwhelmingly white male. It’s widely understood that this needs to be fixed. I propose some actions.
Fedivision 2024
Wrapup from Fedivision 2024, the first time I really paid attention. My impressions, speculation about how it could grow, and my suggestion for a voting system that can handle so many entries.
Journalism
3000 words explaining that it’s actually about ethics in social media journalism.
Conversations and Articles
I propose the one true distinction between ActivityPub “article” and “note”. Articles are intended to be read on their own. Notes are part of a conversation.
Censorship on Bluesky
Bluesky has been in the news. They’ve opened to the public, removing their invitation system. But I want to talk about censorship. Specifically: Bluesky actually has two censorship regimes, but they only talk about one. The second censorship regime arrogates decisions about speech to a handful of Americans, away from democratic government. I don’t want to fall into that trap, again.