I recently had the honour of speaking at @publicspaces.net — an amazing community — about what we can do and how we can hope. It's called "We Build On Hope" and the video is now online: video.publicspaces.net/w/e4FiBfh23Xp2MivCLws79W?star…
We Build On Hope @ PublicSpaces Conference 2026
video.publicspaces.netJun 17, 2026 at 11:27 AM
We Build On Hope @ PublicSpaces Conference 2026
Keynote by Robin Berjon The current state of tech can feel disheartening. Years of critical analysis and reform efforts have left us with a digital sphere that seems worse than ever. In Europe, our...
Building resilient social media
Next week I’ll be in Berlin, speaking at a Franco-German “Summit on European Digital Sovereignty” satellite event to help launch…
From Space, to Time
This post is the text version of a talk I’ve been giving at several conferences (and I plan to give it a couple more times). I have spent many years observing and building things on the web and this is one of the main trends I’ve been…
We Deserve Better: A New Social Media Bill of Rights
Earlier this year, I was a part of a CNN documentary, Twitter: Breaking the Bird, which gave me much pause for reflection about the state of social media and how we got here. This year alone weR…
YouTube Community goes beyond video
Your bond with your viewers is deep. You've grown up together, laughed together, and done incredible things together, from shifting attitudes about gay rights to volunteering millions of dollars toward important charitable causes. Today, we’re introducing a beta version of a new product to help strengthen the bond between you and your viewers, called YouTube Community.
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New_ Public
We are researchers, engineers, designers, and community leaders working together to create digital public spaces where people can thrive and connect.
I have high hopes for @mu.social as a proving ground for democratic social media, given ample support from the atmosphere community. With the help of civilized-discourse expert @jonathanwarden.com we can have Community Notes on atproto, starting with mu.
Mu for democracy
notes.erlend.shBluesky CTO @pfrazee.com will be livestreaming with @renderatl.com tomorrow to talk about his work building the open social web. luma.com/renderatl-gqym
RenderATL Live with CTO of Bluesky, Paul Frazee · Luma
luma.comThe open social web is vibrant, dynamic, and full of amazing apps and websites! At the PublicSpaces Conference in Amsterdam, we just gave out the #OpenSocialAwards. We’re excited to introduce you to these impressive, inventive winners. 🧵
Open Social Awards | New_ Public
newpublic.orgMy @re-publica.com talk is available now (it’s in German but you can turn on english subtitles). It’s making a case for running parts of the #ATProto stack as public infrastructure and shows where we can build bridges to the #fediverse - plus I’m showing people the variety of the ecosystem.
re:publica 26: Social Media als kritische Infrastruktur - warum Europas Demokratie eigene Netzwer…
www.youtube.comVery proud to be making my @assignedmedia.org debut with this fascinating & farcical exposé! Someone — we don’t yet know who — has been bombarding the US government with blatantly machine-generated comments. All of them ask for one thing: make it harder for trans people to legally buy firearms.
Assigned Media
Before July 21 the response to the Trump administration's anti-trans gun rule was overwhelmingly negative. Almost overnight it changed. But 96 percent of influx of comments supporting the rule appear to come from bots. New EXCLUSIVE investigation by Io Dodds. assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/swarm-of-bots-p…
Very proud to be making my @assignedmedia.org debut with this fascinating & farcical exposé! Someone — we don’t yet know who — has been bombarding the US government with blatantly machine-generated comments. All of them ask for one thing: make it harder for trans people to legally buy firearms.
Assigned Media
Before July 21 the response to the Trump administration's anti-trans gun rule was overwhelmingly negative. Almost overnight it changed. But 96 percent of influx of comments supporting the rule appear to come from bots. New EXCLUSIVE investigation by Io Dodds. assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/swarm-of-bots-p…
Excited to announce that I will be giving the opening keynote for @newpublic.org + @publicspaces.net Open Social Award Show in Amsterdam next month! My keynote will discuss how we do community governance at @blackskyweb.xyz Best of luck to all applicants and hope to see you there!
Designing Technology for All #11: Open Socials Award Show
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