In the video in the post I just boosted, @nprofile1q... says #Substack is now boiling the frog in a slow move from email towards lock-in. And of course they work with Nazis etc.

What we need is an effort between newsletter publishers like #Ghost #WordPress etc and reader apps like @nprofile1q... to build an ecosystem like podcasting. To make it smooth while remaining totally open. I'd argue for using #ActivityPub in addition to RSS to support boosts. Then we need decentralized money.

#APnative

Western nations with social safety net happier

via @nprofile1q...

https://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/25/opinion/radcliff-politics-of-happiness

imagine all media is decentralized, like a podcast. created how you want and consumed how you want. no middleman involved.

then whether the work gets attention is democratically determined. no algos or ads, only the collective boosts of a decentralized social media network.

and the money flows directly to the creators based on time spent with the work, each of us giving monthly what we can, automatically distributed.

fuck their prisons.

#DemocracyOfReach

Please consider that journalists, politicians, activists, governments and maybe most media creators want to maximize their reach, even if you do not want to use social media in that way. And a lot of them would like that to be organic, once they recognize the Faustian bargain of corporate algos etc.

Also how many of your family members would not be welcome to honestly express their political and cultural opinions here?

We're squandering the potential of #ActivityPub.

#SocialWeb #fediblockmeta

The conservative argument often sounds reasonable until you ask "and your workable alternative is what exactly?"

The leftist does not think VC is required to build tech businesses. Nor is #AI replacing our jobs inevitable. But lots of establishment Dem types do believe both of these things. They think they fight the good fight but at some level, they bought the corporate propaganda.

And this is why breaking the power of wealth to determine what ideas receive the most attention and constant reinforcement is ultimately more important than winning the next election (that matters too tho).

#DemocracyOfReach

How do we act in cyberspace?

imo the question as it pertains to social media comes down to whether it is a place itself. Then I think we have to ask whether what matters here is more the convos or the boosting of content from somewhere else. I strongly believe the latter. It's an improvement on the open web. An attention layer we all create together.

Would we call the web a place? I don't think so because it is universal. Same with the fedi. A group of everyone is no group at all.

cc @nprofile1q...