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Moats One of the most common conversations about the open social web is about "moats," or the apparent lack thereof.

So I'm moving again, this time to a home I see myself in for the foreseeable future.

Over the last few months, I’ve been thinking through what services that cross the Atmosphere would look like.

Last weekend, I was at the second annual AtmosphereConf among 300-some-odd of the kindest people I think I’ve ever met in tech/tech-adjacent spaces.

We made it!

Well, not me, really.

I’ve been thinking a lot about our accounts lately.

Back in November, I wrote an essay that explored the significance of services like Bridgy Fed, a protocol-level bridge that connects open social platforms.

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We’re in an exciting moment for the open social web.

Hi - it’s been a while, but I’m so happy to be back.

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“User-generated content continues to be tremendously undervalued by the platforms that distribute user-generated content” - John Green The vlogbrothers have entered the conversation about the future of human-generated content, and you already know that I…

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It’s been just over a year since Meta launched Threads, a microblogging platform built upon Instagram’s foundation.

On June 24th, Paramount Global announced that it’s shutting down MTVNews.com, erasing over two decades of cultural history recorded by people passionate about preserving important cultural moments through their crucial journalism.

“My goal for the next issue is to not talk about the Fediverse.”

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There’s a famous quote by Reed Hastings, former CEO of Netflix, that always sticks with me: “The goal is to become HBO faster than HBO can become us.”

Screencap of Apple’s Technologic iPod Ad from 2004 “And I hope that, with our innovation, [Google] will definitely want to come out and show that they can dance.

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Ghost just announced that they’ll be joining the Fediverse.

Today, the social platform Post announced its official closure.

Last month, Meta’s Threads took its first step into the Fediverse, a promise they made to users at launch.

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