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Mastodon’s First and Next 10 Years, with Executive Director Felix Hlatky
As Mastodon celebrates its 10-year anniversary in 2026, the open source platform’s new Executive Director, Felix Hlatky, is focused on what it’ll take to make the next 10 years even more…
Why Open Social Matters for Creators, with Skylight’s Tori White
What do TikTok, Mark Cuban and Bluesky have in common? Skylight. When the future of TikTok was thrown into question in January 19, 2025, Skylight CEO Tori White and her co-founder/CTO Reed Harmeyer…
AltStore and the Indie App Renaissance, with Shane Gill and Riley Testut
AltStore co-founders Riley Testut and Shane Gill are the perfect example of necessity being the mother of invention. When Apple denied the launch of their retro video game app, Delta, in 2016, they…
Rediscovering the Magic of the Blogosphere, with John O’Nolan and Matthias Pfefferle
Social networks were built on short posts designed for speed and scale. But what if the next era of the web was built for something deeper?Two of the social web’s “longformers” are working on this.…
Digital Sovereignty Is the New Influencer Status, with Citation Needed's Molly White
Thanks to the rise of the open social web, it’s more viable than ever for creators to take back ownership and control of the distribution of their work, their connection to their audiences, and their…
Architecting a New Era of Community, with Blacksky’s Rudy Fraser
What if your social media experience weren’t controlled by an algorithm or a corporation, but by your community? That’s the idea behind Blacksky, a decentralized project built on the AT Protocol —…
Move Fast and Break Kings, with Cory Doctorow
Blogger, journalist, author and activist Cory Doctorow can embark on a 10-minute monologue about what’s wrong with tech and still leave you hungering for more of his rapid-fire analysis and biting…
Creating an ATmosphere of Possibility, with Bluesky’s Paul Frazee
From the outside, Bluesky may seem like a Twitter clone. But anyone who’s close to the technology — and the team — knows that they’re building something much deeper: they’re rethinking the internet’s…
Turning Moments Into Movements, with Hashtag Inventor Chris Messina
n 2007, the hashtag was a simple, yet revolutionary, idea that changed the way we organize and amplify content. Today, it is either endangered or more useful than ever, depending on whom you talk to.…
Leaving the City of Big Social, with Fediverse Enthusiast Chris Trottier
When you’re building an open source community you’re a part of a collective effort with a common goal. In the fediverse, there are early adopters doing a lot of the heavy lifting now. They’re the…
Making Better Networks for Humans, with Erin Kissane and Darius Kazemi
Unlike traditional social media, the fediverse operates without a central authority. This creates a unique set of challenges and opportunities for how it’s governed. Luckily, there are thoughtful…
How Decentralization Benefits Publishers, with 404 Media’s Jason Koebler and ProPublica’s Ben Werdmuller
It’s tough being a media outlet these days. Audiences are fractured, referrals from search engines are dropping, and publishers are at the mercy of algorithms they don’t control.Savvy journalists at…
How the Open Social Web Will Change Everything, with Bluesky’s Jay Graber
There’s a reason journalist and Bluesky board member Mike Masnick calls the platform “the most interesting experiment going in social media.” Originally launched as a project within Twitter in 2019,…
The Fediverse’s Trust and Safety Warriors, with Samantha Lai and Jaz-Michael King
The fediverse offers an opportunity to rethink how trust and safety works in social media. In a decentralized environment, creating safe and welcoming places relies on community moderation,…
This Publishing Platform Sees the Future, with Ghost’s John O’Nolan
John O’Nolan, the founder and CEO of Ghost, calls himself “the inverse Peter Thiel.” That’s because he wants to build a tech company that bucks the usual narratives, with as few monopolies as…
Entering a New Phase of the Web, with Citation Needed’s Molly White
Molly White is a leading cryptocurrency critic, but get to know her and you’ll see she’s anything but cynical. In fact, this researcher, writer and software engineer cares so deeply about free and…
Building Bridges to the Fediverse, with Bridgy Fed’s Ryan Barrett
The beauty of an open system is that anyone can build on top of it and try to make it a better place. In the Fediverse, software engineer Ryan Barrett is one such developer.Ryan’s been building…
Threads Has Entered the Fediverse, with Meta’s Rachel Lambert and Peter Cottle
On March 21, Meta’s Threads entered the fediverse. This means that people on other ActivityPub-powered platforms, like Mastodon, can follow federated Threads profiles and see, like, reply to, and…
Moving the Fediverse Forward at FediForum and Beyond, with Johannes Ernst of Dazzle Labs
For stewards of the fediverse (they sound like superheroes, right?), FediForum is a key date on the calendar. The third edition of the “unconference” is happening soon, on March 19-20, 2024. With…
Pivoting Out of the Attention Economy, with Medium's Tony Stubblebine
Something happened when the internet turned into an ad-driven business. Incentives became oriented around grabbing attention over valuing substance and connection. What’s happening now in the…
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