was B (this is my old account)Apr 1, 2017
I know people always get overly optimistic about the ability for decentralized systems to weaken our dependence upon or even displace major, for-profit centralized ones...
but gosh darn I hope Mastodon and the federation can do it!
Show threadwas B (this is my old account)Apr 1, 2017
I hope we can continue to grow social communities outside of the predatory model of digital ad revenue, but to do this we must keep thinking about how to make these spaces available to and accessible by non-web-technical folks.
Show threadwas B (this is my old account)

side note: I hate how "technical" has come to mean something super narrow.

If I say someone is technical, you're unlikely to think that they're a chemist or dancer or athlete, even though all these require strong technical acumen.

Apr 1, 2017 at 4:37pmWeb
Show threadwas B (this is my old account)Apr 1, 2017
Similarly, TECH folks (being technology industry folks) is also a constantly evolving but similarly exclusive term. I wish I had better ways to talk about the skills called for by these tools to be a host/provider.