Thanks to the open web, it’s more viable than ever for creators to take back ownership and control of their work, their audience, and their livelihood. No one knows this better than Molly White, a researcher, writer and software engineer. This episode was recorded live at SXSW 2025.
Rebuilding Social Media From Scratch!
Rebuilding Social Media From Scratch!
FediForum | Growing the Open Social Web:<br>An Online Un-Workshop
Since the Twitter takeover by Elon Musk over three years ago, the Open Social Web has been adopted by an enthusiastic community. People world-wide are building and using open social platforms and open social protocols to better interact with others online.
W Social, Public Institutions and the Theater of European Digital Sovereignty
European public institutions are betting big on digital sovereignty and open source software. And yet they recently moved their Bluesky accounts to W Social, a private, for profit network owned by Swedish entrepreneurs that has quietly gone closed-source.
FediForum | Growing the Open Social Web un-workshop, 2026/03/02
“No One’s Coming to Save Us. Why Communities Must Build Their Own Internet” -Rudy Fraser, Blacksky
Anil Dash on The Web We Lost
Rudy Fraser on Blacksky, Mutual Aid & Reclaiming Social Media
revolution.social with @rabble
When Software Took the Word 'Social'
Social Media Should Be Public Infrastructure (with Ben Cerveny)
Building your own algorithm on Bluesky and AT Protocol with Graze
“Policy Without Tools Is Just Poetry” - AT Protocol
Juliet Shen from ROOST joins the show to talk through the Coop 1.0 release, what open-source trust and safety unlocks for new builders, and where AI actually belongs in moderation
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