Prelude Language allows humans to imagine impossible things and sometimes this possibility becomes unbearable. Or rather: the impossibility to talk something into existence. Instead, the world is made every day. “The ultimate hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently,” wrote David Graeber. [ ]
In general, its hard to explain the Fediverse to people in an exciting way. Its especially hard to get across a central feature of the Fediverse: that on the Fediverse you CAN more or less view everything from everywhere, but depending on where you are (aka which app you use), you can do certain things [ ]
One of the central things the Fediverse has to offer in online discussions is being able to pull out of toxic discussions without leaving one’s community. And while this already is nice in itself, it could also result in overall better designed social apps, because due to the possibility of migrating accounts and network effects, [ ]
To Federate or not to Federate: is this the Fediverse’s Don’t be Evil-Moment or its own Liberation through transfiguration? And why is the current political Left in wide parts unable to answer this question without willingly letting a historical opportunity pass by? On the one hand, you have those signing the FediPact: in fear of [ ]
The Fediverse will soon have power on the social web to shape its future, but only through and in the interaction with Meta. This is the reality the Fediverse has to start arranging itself with. Most people see the upcoming joining of Threads as a conflict of interest, however, by now, the futures of both [ ]
“It is so easy to be immature. If I have a book to serve as my understanding, a pastor to serve as my conscience, a physician to determine my diet for me, and so on, I need not exert myself at all. I need not think, if only I can pay: others will readily undertake [ ]
At the end of last year, the Verge made a 2024-outlook with a big post on the future of social media, which was basically a pitch for the Fediverse. And it s focus had been on: money. The narrative went something like the following: before the WWW, there was AOL, which decline eventually lead to a [ ]
(Creating your first instance for you and your friends Image by @simzart on tumblr.com) I think that one of the greatest assets behind the Fediverse is for communities to reach a new level of digital agency. Currently, many communities on the web are bound by their digital infrastructure, for example to Discord or in [ ]
America in the 1950s hummed with the symphony of progress, yet for women like me, the melody often rang hollow against the walls of male-dominated boarding rooms and smoky buros. Me, that s Evelyn Harper, a typist at Sterling Powell Advertising Agency, knew this all too well. Raised in the aftermath of war s devastation, I [ ]
Imagine an internet where the entire Harry Potter fandom seamlessly merges into one interconnected network, akin to a vast social platform tailored for Potterheads, Potterfans and everyone else at the same time. This is the vision the Fediverse could bring to life, where all fansites, from forums to fanfiction archives, unite in one digital haven. [ ]