kattekrabJan 17

Vax.
Talk.
Telnet.
BBS.
Meetup.
Mailing List.
IRC.
Conference.
Twitter (RIP).

#OpenNetworks
#EverythingOpen https://www.wrecka.ge/clouded-skies-for-open-networks/

Clouded skies for open networks

Last week, I finished an essay about platform design affordances and content moderation expectations and community-level context collapse on Bluesky for Tech Policy Press and set it aside to cool before a last read-through. An hour later, the Trump administration brought to Bluesky a propaganda-zombie army made up of the

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samvieDec 26

I'll be hosting these 3 sessions at this years #39c3 🚀

All are connected to open networks and social #sovereignty.

We will speak about 🇪🇺 #advocacy for #social #networks based on #open #protocols like #ActivityPub or #ATproto

Also about our 4 demands for #opennetworks ✊ #EDIC

Join us: @cbase #Fediverse Assembly ✨

27.12. #Advocacy for the #Social #Web https://events.ccc.de/congress/2025/hub/de/event/detail/advocacy-for-the-social-web

28.12. Meet-up Alliance @offene_netzwerke
https://events.ccc.de/congress/2025/hub/de/event/detail/meet-up-bundnis-offene-netzwerke-meet-up-alliance-

29.12. #Fediday26
https://events.ccc.de/congress/2025/hub/de/event/detail/fediday-2026-ruckblicke-und-ausblicke-fediday-2026

Berlin FediDayDec 11

Wir haben ein paar nette Einreichungen für die Fediverse Assembly bekommen. 💜 ❤️

Hoffentlich können wir euch Sonntag mitteilen was es geben wird. Wer noch etwas beitragen will meldet sich! 🎪
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We have received some nice submissions for the #Fediverse Assembly. 💜 ❤️

Hopefully, we will be able to tell you what will be happening on Sunday. If you would like to contribute something, please get in touch! 🎪

🔗 https://events.ccc.de/congress/2025/hub/de/assembly/detail/fediverse

#39c3 #fediverse #socialweb #opennetworks 🚀

[39c3] Fediverse

Fediverse Assembly In unserer Fediverse Assembly dreht sich alles um dezentrale soziale Netzwerke, digitale Selbstbestimmung und die technische wie gesellschaftliche Weiterentwicklung föderierter Plattformen. Wir möchten einen Raum schaffen, in...

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Fedizen ⁂ Fediverse NewsOct 23
The arrival of the #Trump administration on #Bluesky highlights the growing pains of #opennetworks: Bluesky, favoured by academic, cultural, left-leaning communities, faces challenges in balancing its commitment to open networking with the need for robust #moderation against #harassment and #misinformation. The platform’s approach to moderation, which prioritises distributed moderation, have led to a mismatch in user expectations. https://www.techpolicy.press/trump-administrations-arrival-on-bluesky-highlights-growing-pains-for-open-networks/?Fedizen.EU #Fedizen #Fediverse #ActivityPub #News
Trump Administration's Arrival on Bluesky Highlights Growing Pains for Open Networks | TechPolicy.Press

The administration’s antagonistic entry to the platform is best understood as a game of chicken, writes Erin Kissane.

Tech Policy Press
Matthew FennellJan 24, 2025

I really enjoy learning about #federated and #decentralised networks. Especially their history, analysis of their structure/design, and how this diffuses power, encourages or discourages centralisation and other properties.

Does anyone know of reading material like this? Below are some of my favourites that I already know about.

#Decentralisation #Decentralization #Federation #Fediverse #OpenNetworks
#OpenStandards

Show threadSantiago Sainz Apr 4, 2023
The importance of open social networks is particularly relevant in today's world, where information is power and those in power often seek to control the flow of information. Without open social networks, the truth could be obscured, and people could be manipulated and misled. #InformationIsPower #OpenNetworks #Truth