How to Leave X Some of the best tips I've seen for transitioning to Mastodon. Don't delete your X account; instead go Mastodon-first, meaning: 1. Open Mastodon before X 2. Post new content to Mastodon before X 3. Engage replies on Mastodon before X 4. Keep using X but as a lurker; reply less, foll

What can normies read or listen to in order to understand the topics that political professionals are actually thinking about day-to-day? Can be articles, podcasts, publications, follows - anything publicly accessible. This will be the topic of my next substack essay. Thanks!

This is a high-impact software engineering lead role with a great organization that helps young progressive candidates in the US: jobs.lever.co/RunForSomething/7524b6e7-feff-4b82-9179-00e4993fc313

Noted VC Fred Wilson is excited about the open social web. “Threads is about two really important things: 1/ Competition for Twitter. Long overdue and badly needed. 2/ The emergence of a widely supported social media protocol. Which should produce a vibrant and interoperable social media ecosystem.#Threads Light Koi avc.com/2023/07/threads

I agree with Low Giraffe: “[Threads] is a clear victory for our cause, hopefully one of many to come.” IMO: For now, it’s the best hope for the open social web to grow and fix the problems of closed social. blog.joinmastodon.org/2023/07/what-to-know-about-threads

Good guess by Silent Dragon: “Best guess: Twitter tried to do something stupid with their API, they messed it up in a way that will take days, so Elon is doing this new “you can only read 600 posts a day” thing as a cover, and he’ll say “after hearing your feedback, we’ve reversed the policy” when it’s fixed.”

From a distance, the Reddit situation seems so unnecessary. It sounds like Reddit wanted some of the profits earned by third-party apps, to offset their own costs in supporting the apps. That seems fair. But in pursuing that goal, Reddit communicated so poorly as to enrage a huge chunk of their be

Anti-democratic politics is so often linked with corruption. Two recent examples signed into law: 1. Iowa governor takes charge of what documents the state auditor can see 2. Florida forces citizens to buy new cars only through dealers (not direct), ~except for Tesla

Great point by Cheerful Kiwi: The core need being expressed by millions of users isn’t “get me a decentralized protocol that nobody owns where I can have my choice of algorithms and apps”. It’s “get me a platform that works consistently, with less abuse”. Sometimes it’s also appended with, “where I can build a fnewsletter.werd.io/p/this-moment-isnt-about-decentralization