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Category: Social

A Response to Jack Dorsey on Decentralizing Social Media

December 13, 2019

Internet, Social

Jack, Let me begin by telling you (and my blog readers) a personal history of decentralizing social media and content generally. Decentralizing social media It began in January when I decided to lock […]
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A Civilizational Creed

October 31, 2019

Theory, Social, Philosophy

DRAFT UNDER REVISION I propose this creed as neither specifically ethical, nor religious, nor yet political; it is what I will call a civilizational creed. Religious creeds define religions; ethical creeds define theories […]
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Toward a social contract for social media

July 9, 2019

Communication, Privacy, Publishing, Internet, Social, Tech and Coding

Last week, I led a “strike,” or boycott, associated with the hashtag #SocialMediaStrike, directed at the giant, centralized social media services. Though throttled by Twitter and no doubt by others, the brief campaign […]
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Thanks for striking

July 6, 2019

Privacy, Internet, Social, Politics

Let me express my extreme gratitude to everyone who signed the Declaration of Digital Independence and went on social media strike July 4 and/or 5. I’d also like to thank the many reporters […]
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#SocialMediaStrike resources

June 28, 2019

Social, Internet

Here I will try to maintain a complete page of links to the main #SocialMediaStrike resources. Includes media to share, below. Social Media Strike! (larrysanger.org)Basic info on the social media strike: On July 4 […]
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Declaration of Digital Independence

June 26, 2019

Theory, Internet, Social

Version 1.3 (June 29, 2019; version history) See also: Social Media Strike! — FAQ about the project to decentralize social media — Resources This document is included as Chapter 11 of my 2020 […]
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Social Media Strike!

June 25, 2019

Theory, Internet, Social

Short URL for this page: tiny.cc/july45 See also: Declaration of Digital Independence — FAQ about the project to decentralize social media — Resources On July 4 and 5 (at least one day), people […]
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FAQ about the project to decentralize social media

June 25, 2019

Social, Theory, Internet

See also: Declaration of Digital Independence — Social Media Strike! — FAQ about the project to decentralize social media — Resources General questions What is the Declaration of Digital Independence? Here it is. […]
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Version history for “Declaration of Digital Independence”

June 9, 2019

Theory, Internet, Social

1.3 (2019-06-29) Added CC-by-sa license (thought I had done this earlier but apparently not). 1.2 (2019-06-29) Added a quote from Thomas Jefferson, author of the original Declaration, and a picture of his Monticello. […]
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Some thoughts on the new Voice.com project

June 1, 2019

Internet, Social, Everipedia

This evening we finally learned what the #B1June hype was all about: among other things, a new social media system called Voice.com, built by Block.one, the company behind the outrageously well-performing EOS token. […]
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