The UX of internet content bans, magical girl manga, Nabokov's Lolita, and why I don't believe in community (and neither should you) - Multi-hyphenate

The Death of DeviantArt and the art-site shaped hole haunting the Internet - Multi-hyphenate

Why every new "Art Community" fails. Equal parts eulogy, condemnation, and mourning.

I got banned from Bluesky last weekend, let's all have a talk about it - Multi-hyphenate

about user experience and atprotocol and silicon valley

An open letter to Bluesky Social PBC.: Please stop posting and listen to users and devs - Multi-hyphenate

I'm going to try to be nice and professional

Permissioned Data Shapes: Community-Moderated Content - Nick's Blog

A community can own spaces the way a person does: a club's members post to each other under a dedicated community DID, with a feed space for content, a moderation space for notes, a labels space for filtering, and a single app view as the only window into any of it.

An open letter to Bluesky Social PBC.: Please stop posting and listen to users and devs · Multi-hyphenate

I'm going to try to be nice and professional

Trust and Faith in Our Web

I’m not Brennan, but I’m very interested in decentralization and a fan of AtProto specifically, so I’d like to weigh in. First I should mention I’ve personally never been able to get into microblogging, so I haven’t touched bluesky myself, despite having an account for ATProto reasons. But I agree it’s concerning that the company chooses to continue to host the content of harmful individuals and calling that act “neutral”. I’m certainly against the idea of the “marketplace of ideas” as it’s cle...

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The definitive guide for escaping social media (and joining the indie web.)

Moderation on Blacksky-Only Posts: A Community Proposal

Our team has explored several ways to make permissioned posts possible. Now we’re bringing the decision back to the community. Below are three approaches to moderation: a machine-learning system that automates moderation, a large-scale peer moderator program, or a hybrid model that combines both. We’re inviting your feedback to help decide how we should govern privacy together.

For The Love of God, Make Your Own Website - Aftermath

The internet felt like a limitless expanse of free expression. Now I usually end up at the same three or four websites.

Octothorpes: Jailbreaking hashtags to connect websites together

My friend Nik and I share a lot of interests, and we like to write about them on our own websites. We’d hang out and talk about printmaking or building websites or the complexity of planning creative work, only to discover later that one or both of us had

Five Interesting Indie Platforms You Might Not Have Heard Of

After deleting my corporate social media accounts, I've discovered five interesting indie platforms and online communities you might not have heard of: Special Fish, Ctrl + Shift + 3, web1.0 Hosting, Pillowfort, and Blue Dwarf. A look at what makes each unique, from brutalist design to old-device accessibility, and a call to support the independent web financially.

Introduction | Blacksky Documentation

Blacksky Algorithms builds open-source, community-driven infrastructure for decentralized social media. Our mission is to empower communities with tools for safety, governance, and control over their online spaces. This documentation is designed to help new users understand what Blacksky offers and how to get started with our feeds and moderation services.

Anti-brainrot aktion: A guide to Digital minimalism for the brokes, queers, disabled, and everyone else. - Multi-hyphenate

Cuz Cal Newport can kind of show his whole lily white rich man ass in his lil book sometimes and the subreddits are just showing off stuff people bought.