Tag: open social web

9 posts

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Moats & Drawbridges

In a world obsessed with moats, the open social web drops drawbridges

Jul 10, 2026

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Open social web: horses for courses

Rethinking my open social web setup after dealing with AI haters.

May 30, 2026

Introducing Disperse: A Share Sheet for the Atmosphere

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Introducing Disperse: A Share Sheet for the Atmosphere

Over the last few months, I’ve been thinking through what services that cross the Atmosphere would look like. It’s led to a few experiments that are worth sharing, so here’s the first one.

Apr 29, 2026

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The Joy of AtmosphereConf

Last weekend, I was at the second annual AtmosphereConf among 300-some-odd of the kindest people I think I’ve ever met in tech/tech-adjacent spaces. I wanted to capture some of my emotions as I left the space on Monday, so here’s a peek into my experience.

Mar 30, 2026

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augment's Atmospheric Home

We made it! augment has officially moved over to a self-hosted site, and I’m so excited to tell you all about it.

Mar 9, 2026

Decentralizing FedCM

Working to Decentralize FedCM

Bluesky Social PBC have given a grant to Emelia Smith, an Invited Expert with the FedID Working Group, to work on FedCM with the goal of making FedCM really work for the decentralized web.

Mar 6, 2026

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The Everything Account

I’ve been thinking a lot about our accounts lately. We all have an ever-growing pile of digital identities scattered across the web, many forgotten after a brief stint with a random service we found in an app store.

Feb 4, 2026

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But First, Interoperability

Back in November, I wrote an essay that explored the significance of services like Bridgy Fed, a protocol-level bridge that connects open social platforms. Since then, Ryan Barrett, the builder behind Bridgy Fed, and I have started A New Social: a nonprofit focused on building more cross-protocol tools like the bridge.

Jun 13, 2025

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Bridges & The Last Network Effect

We’re in an exciting moment for the open social web. As Elon makes one bad decision after another on X, we’ve seen waves of users leave the platform for alternatives. Three obvious beneficiaries of these, ahem, lapses of judgment are Threads, Bluesky, and Mastodon.

Nov 8, 2024