Mike Masnick ✅

Techdirt guy. I once wrote a paper about "Protocols, not Platforms" that seems to be slightly relevant. Also can follow my Bluesky posts at @mmasnick.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

Techdirt (Writing): https://www.techdirt.com/
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2024-12-19 07:01:53 UTC

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i've been posting on bsky like non-stop. 33% of our support is from bsky so far...

2024-12-19 04:59:45 UTC

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Over at @npub1j30…tme2 they posted a great review of the game today if you want to learn even more about it.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/18/24324420/one-billion-users-card-game-social-network-techdirt-kickstarter

2024-12-19 04:59:04 UTC

Folks, we're getting down to the wire on our Kickstarter for "One Billions Users" are ridiculously fun "social media" card game. Yes, it's fun even if (*especially if*) you hate social media.
We're haven't reached our funding threshold, but are still holding out hope that we'll get there with a final day push!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mmasnick/one-billion-users-the-social-media-card-game?ref=4abd69

2024-10-29 21:46:05 UTC

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bridges are great. Bluesky folks are happy with bridges. To date, the only community that seemed to get upset by bridges was... this one?

2024-10-29 21:43:28 UTC

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I understand your hostility here and, but honestly, find it a bit off-putting.

2024-10-29 20:04:16 UTC

Figure I should post this here as well. How I view the wider decentralized social media ecosystem. A variety of necessary experiments to figure out what will actually bring value.
https://www.techdirt.com/2024/10/29/some-slightly-biased-thoughts-on-the-state-of-decentralized-social-media/

2024-08-13 23:27:09 UTC

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i don't think it's something to fear. Imagine if Mastodon had to make sure that its userbase was "neutral" and that if moderation favored progressives too much it would have to "even things out" or whatever. It would be a mess.

2024-08-13 22:01:50 UTC

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in the US context, the answer is an emphatic no. There has been some attempt (mainly by GOP run states) to argue that social media can be declared a "common carrier" which would have some equal treatment requirements, but that hasn't played well in the courts.

2024-08-06 16:38:54 UTC

Sharing over here as well. I'm joining the Bluesky board to help provide them guidance. I remain a supporter of all experiments in decentralized social media, and will write more on that later. I still have high hopes for Mastodon/ActivityPub as well...
https://www.techdirt.com/2024/08/06/why-im-joining-the-bluesky-board-to-support-a-vision-of-a-more-open-decentralized-internet/

2024-07-31 22:30:43 UTC

Testing out Buffer, which in theory will let me post to Bluesky, Mastodon, and Threads via a single interface (don't expect to use this that frequently, but at least wanted to test it out...)