There was a bit of news in the world of decentralized social media over the past few weeks. It kicked off with the announcement that Jack Dorsey had left the board of Bluesky. This was followed by …| Techdirt
Big Tech’s monopoly over online discourse threatens democracy. “Middleware” promises a path forward by adding competitive, customizable layers of recommendation algorithms. But can middleware decentralize social media without falling prey to old monopolistic patterns? In new research, Madhavi Singh argues that without targeted regulatory guardrails—including mandatory API access, structural separation, and stakeholder empowerment—even middleware could […]| ProMarket
Face à la montée du technofascisme, nous sommes en 1940, et tout le monde continue sa vie comme si de rien n’était ou presque. Ça me fiche la trouille.| Thierry Crouzet
Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter and a former Bluesky backer, believes that the latter is making the same mistakes as Twitter.| Android Headlines
Paradigms succeed when you can strip them for parts. Protocols allow precisely that.| news.alvaroduran.com