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Jeff Jarvis Nov 25, 2022

I should share that I was an advisor briefly to Post.news, asked to put together an advisory board. I withdrew for various reasons -- disagreement about another advisor and about federation -- and have no ties to it now. I received nothing. I like Noam, its founder, and respect his work (Waze!). I'll watch Post. But I'm much more engaged here and want to study and learn about the potential of federation -- ActivityPub, Bluesky, Scuttlebutt -- as a model for public discourse.

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Aaron Ross Powell ☸️Nov 25, 2022

@jeffjarvis
It's deeply frustrating watching my friends who ought to know better—journalists, tech policy people, etc.—acknowledging that Twitter's on the outs, but then getting excited about moving to yet another closed, proprietary platform.

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Ben Miller Nov 26, 2022

@arossp @jeffjarvis I go onto #Twitter regularly, it is part of my job. Every time I do, it sickens me. All gloves are off, it's self-mauling, destructive. It gives an unfiltered view how sick our society has become. What saddens me the most are the people I know, some personally, who I respect & think highly of, who either just run with it, ignore what's happening, or jump to the next best proprietary Twitter #clone, same structure, different packaging. It makes me think. Am I overreacting?

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Marisa Ponti

@bensen @arossp @jeffjarvis I feel the same. I also have some contacts who I consider smart and who are concerned with inclusivity, equality, bottom up participation, but then remain there. I guess a reason is they are afraid of losing their followers, their social capital. Then I am wondering if it’s me being rigid that I don’t think it is worth it to remain on a platform run by a jerk because don’t want to lose ma -few- followers.