TechCrunch
Bluesky backs a project that would let Mastodon apps, like Ivory, work with its network
3 min · · SkyBridge was among the recipients of a small distribution of $4,800 in grant funding from Bluesky, distributed across projects. · Shared by 5, including Bill Johnston
TechCrunch
Meta starts testing Threads integration with ActivityPub
1 min · · Mark Zuckerberg said today that Meta has started testing a feature to show Threads posts on Mastodon and other ActivityPub protocol-supported networks. · Shared by 6, including Bill Johnston
WIRED
BlueSky Ain’t It
3 min · · The new social platform will never be the “next Twitter”—and that’s by design. · Shared by 15, including Backchannel, Bill Johnston
The New York Times
The Future of Social Media Is a Lot Less Social
6 min · · Facebook, TikTok and Twitter seem to be increasingly connecting users with brands and influencers. To restore a sense of community, some users are trying smaller social networks. · Shared by 70, including Matt Navarra, luis antónio santos, Zoe Scaman, Bill Johnston, Kyle Chayka, Richard Bernabe
varunsrinivasan.com
Sufficient Decentralization for Social Networks
6 min · · A design pattern to reduce centralized control and change incentives in social networks. · Shared by 23, including Bill Johnston
farcaster.xyz
Farcaster
· Farcaster, a decentralized social network · Shared by 15, including Bill Johnston, Balaji, Mathew Ingram
Internet Archive
04- Decentralized Social Media
· This resource guide was created to accompany Session 04 of the Webinar Series Imagining a Better Online World: Exploring the Decentralized Web. This session... · Shared by 5, including Bill Johnston
medium.com
FFDW Supports Spritely Networked Communities Institute to Develop Decentralized Social Media
4 min · · Award will further efforts to give people control over identity and relationships online · Shared by 7, including Bill Johnston
billjohnston.io
Metaverse: Season 3 of the Cohere Podcast
4 min · · During Season 2 of the Cohere podcast, Dr. Lauren Vargas and I examined the role networks play in our lives – from the obvious to the subtle. In Season 3, Lauren and I are exploring the topic… · Shared by 8, including Bill Johnston
structure3c.com
[Podcast] Do DAOs Hold the Secret of Orchestrating Collaboration?
2 min · · Subscribe to the Cohere Podcast: Apple Podcasts | Spotify Podcasts · Shared by 7, including Bill Johnston
w3.org
Verifiable Credentials Data Model 1.0
20+ min · · This section describes the status of this document at the time of its publication. Other documents may supersede this document. A list of current W3C publications and the latest revision of this… · Shared by 22, including Bill Slawski ⚓ 🇺🇦, Christopher Allen, Bill Johnston, Sebastien Meunier, Jamie Burke ⛺️, Angie Jones
w3.org
Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) v1.0
· A DID points to a DID document. DID documents are the serialization of the § 3. Data Model . The following sections define the properties of the DID document, including whether these properties are… · Shared by 42, including Tim Sweeney, Charles Hoskinson, Chris Messina, Gordon, Christopher Allen, Kent Bye (Voices of VR), Bill Johnston, Angie Jones, Sacha Roger
The New York Times
Opinion | You Are the Object of a Secret Extraction Operation
11+ min · · Ending data extraction is the key to ending surveillance capitalism. · Shared by 93, including Ceferino Díaz, Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA 🇺🇦, Shoshana Zuboff, Gerd Leonhard, Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis, luis antónio santos, Tactical Tech, Tiffany Shlain, William Gibson, Mathew Ingram, Bill Johnston
WIRED UK
Could this plan make Facebook obsolete?
4 min · · Your digital self is fragmented and wholly owned by third parties – but identity activist Kaliya Young has a plan to help us pull ourselves together, and make tech fairer for all · Shared by 18, including Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 wesfryer.com/after, Bill Johnston
CoinDesk
The Path to Self-Sovereign Identity
16+ min · · Blockstream identity practice specialist Christopher Allen discusses how he believes identities should be managed and stored online. · Shared by 14, including Bill Johnston, Christopher Allen
nonfungible.com
NFT MARKET OVERVIEW
· Shared by 17, including Bill Johnston, your #1 source for absurdist true crime 🐀 🐍👑 🌷