freedsoftware

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   by freedsoftware 4y ago

   An interesting look at how the open protocol of ActivityPub has built a much bigger network than it may seem. I still think Mastodon needs to be made easier for people who aren't techies, but it has a lot of potential since that is onl
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   by freedsoftware 4y ago

   He is absolutely scared of Mastodon. Can't let the proles decide where to microblog for themselves!
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   by freedsoftware 4y ago

   Got a link with a discussion of his theories? I would find that interesting to see.
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   by freedsoftware 4y ago

   Here's a link to "The Californian Ideology" if you haven't read it: http://www.metamute.org/editorial/articles/californian-ideol...
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   The failed promises of tech liberation(flux.community)

   86 points by freedsoftware 4y ago|89 comments
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   by freedsoftware 4y ago

   This is a long-form podcast with Richard Barbrook, the co-author of "The Californian Ideology," a 1995 critique of what later became the dominant ethos of the tech industry. Lots of interesting history, including a discussion of h
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   by freedsoftware 4y ago

   That info is vastly counteracted by scores of academic studies showing that the algorithms promote right wing content. Whatever actions were manually taken against a few individual accounts are absolutely dwarfed by the algorithms' pro