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Taylor Lorenz
@Taylor Lorenz
I’ve been asked on TV hits and interviews lately to explain why decentralized social media is better, especially re: Mastodon.

How would you explain the benefits of a platform like Mastodon and the fediverse to someone in just a few sentences? How would you make the argument that platforms like Mastodon allow for more free expression than big tech controlled apps?

Would love to hear people’s thoughts! Trying to make my arguments most effective
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Adam Dalliance · 4w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq5x4zdwm9h6f88jpsslct9ehxffg0cnr0ejhp9t0pz60s2qx6myvskrugp2 No owners: Nobody owns the network, it can't be bought or sold, there is no oligarch deciding who can have accounts or what they can say or selling the data or putting their thumb on the...
Stefan Bohacek · 4w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq5x4zdwm9h6f88jpsslct9ehxffg0cnr0ejhp9t0pz60s2qx6myvskrugp2 I just think it's great that you can get together with a few of your friends and run a Mastodon server for a few bucks a month. Together, you are an independent entity, you set your own...
Evan Prodromou · 4w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq5x4zdwm9h6f88jpsslct9ehxffg0cnr0ejhp9t0pz60s2qx6myvskrugp2 1. Your company, university, or club can run a Mastodon server for itself, under its full control. 2. No one can tell you which apps to use or what kind of functionality it can have. ...
Davidmill · 3w
Can I cashapp you or chime you some $$$ Taylor