We have to bulld a new healthier open social web. The current closed, commercialized siloes are indeed a cancer. GOV. COX: "Social media has played a direct role in every single assassination and assassination attempt that we have seen over the last 5, 6 years. There is no question... Cancer probably isn't a strong enough word. What we have done especially to our kids, it took us decade to realize how evil these algorithms are." https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meet-press-september-14-2025-n1312719

This is my priors on this too, btw. But we will see what we see. As i said before believe nothign you don’t see validated by trusted sources. #charliekirk

Mental note: do not trust anything on this story until it is verified by trustwothy sourcing. Just wait. #charliekirk

Very well put.

Bluesky Social

Giraffe Or Possibly Popehat (@kenwhite.bsky.social)

Political violence disproportionately hurts people with less power, not people with more power. Political violence will disproportionately hurt pe...

✊ Am happy to endorse this statement - along with many thought leaders from both #ATProto and #ActivityPub sides of the Open Social Web dev community…

Writings of Emelia

Statement on discourse about ActivityPub and AT Protocol

Foreword This statement was originally published on the swicg/general repository after I had been granted approval to merge. Since then one commun...

A small but big thing: every profile UX on the open social web should copy #Threads: Show the full handle w/ domain plus a “Copy” button in account details. None do now—Mastodon, Bluesky, PixelFed, etc. Only Threads does, and it’s a must-have.

First real study of #Threads-#Fediverse interop at scale. Key bits: Fedi→Threads replies dominate (likely due to current UX on Threads for fedi), surges tied to rollout events, steady growth, & interop didn’t worsen convo tone. Early but encouraging data:

Fediverse Sharing: Cross-Platform Interaction Dynamics between Threads and Mastodon Users

It's never ending. But so should our community push to keep us all safe from crap like this: Boost and share this around to all servers.

Indieweb.Social

Admin (@indiewebadmin@indieweb.social)

🚨 Mastodon Support Scam 🚨 It looks like there's another wave of fake Mastodon support accounts asking you to verify your account. Do NOT c...

All the more need for the open social web, & discovery services like @Flipboard & @npub1ekk7...vy6m -- "The number of sessions resulting from Google Search traffic has declined to 28% from 52%...The decline has prompted People Inc. to internally use the term 'Google Zero.' ...'OK, we need to aggregate audience from as many sources as possible, ...What happens if Google goes to zero? What happens if Google no longer sends us traffic?'" https://seekingalpha.com/news/4483889-companies-find-new-avenues-to-drive-up-sessions-as-googles-ai-search-tools-reduce-web-traffic

#Wikipedia is one of the most important and underrated digital platforms around - every other one should take notes on this.

The Verge

How Wikipedia is fighting AI slop content

Wikipedians are wading through the muck.