Eugen Rochko was annoyed with Twitter. The company had made a series of changes that he thought eroded the value of the service: limiting how big third-party applications could grow, for example,...

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An irregularly-scheduled roundup of Brett’s favorite web discoveries.

Attending protests and blowing up on Hacker News.

Attending protests and blowing up on Hacker News.

The Web is a key space for civic debate and the current battleground for protecting freedom of expression. And yet, it has steadily evolved into an ecosystem of large, corporate-controlled mega-platforms. This report evaluates the potential for new technologies to enable shifts toward decentralizati

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If you’ve been following the world of tech news, then you’ve probably heard of Mastodon. The hottest fad that, according to most, is…

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Cloudflare’s general counsel confirms that it terminated service to Switter because of FOSTA.

Surveillance capitalism is just capitalism — with surveillance. Here’s how to beat it.

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Judging by the amount of media coverage Mastodon is getting, you might conclude that it's already dead. Of course, plenty of folks ha...

Mastodon is an interesting open source alternative to Twitter.

Facebook has been battered by bad-news stories. Still, we need to keep social media – which has been woven into our society, and is intrinsic to human instincts – alive

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v2 is shaping up to be an even better platform than the original Vine

Making it easier to leave Facebook — or at least avoid it

The mass reporting and suspension of actor Wil Wheaton prompts the open-source platform to examine its moderation tools.

H&Co designs fonts for print, web, and mobile environments.

If you're not already having conversations with a cylindrical speaker sitting on the counter, you will be soon. Here's a guide to your future AI minion.

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