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Helping to build communities on the open web.

I lead tech at https://propublica.org/

Previously: The 19th*, ForUsAll, Unlock, Matter Ventures, Medium, Known, Latakoo, Elgg.

Personal homepage: https://werd.io

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The open web isn't dying. We're killing it

The open web is under pressure from AI companies and large platforms, but its troubles did not start with AI. We also chose convenience over control, and we will have to change that if we want a better web.