The Federated Web Show – Rethinking Decentralization

By Katía Truijen, March 23, 2013

The best way to criticize platform monopolies is to support alternative free and open source software that can be locally installed. A lot of alternative social networks are being developed with the aim to give users greater power, for example over their data. During The Federated Web Show, five speakers from different backgrounds discussed the [...]

[schedule proposal] The participation to the The Global Square at...

Upcoming events: The Global Square – Berlin Biennale

By marcstumpel, April 12, 2012

[schedule proposal] The participation to the The Global Square at Berlin Biennale is divided in two types of activity: Nodes (contents) and Actions. Nodes are: 1.- TGS Starting date: 27 April Presence: 2 months TheGlobalSquare is a decentralized social and organizational environment which respects privacy and transparency for individuals, public organizations and actions. TheGlobalSquare will consist [...]

Pitfalls of Building Social Media Alternatives (Debate)

By Nicola Bozzi, March 10, 2012

This panel session was pretty intense, as was the following debate. Below an overview of each presentation. Elijah Sparrow‘s speech was focused on presenting the Crabgrass platform, a social network for activist groups currently in an early alpha phase, but nonetheless serving some 30.000 users already. Theoretically based on a very specific idea of networking [...]

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The Federated Web Show – Rethinking Decentralization

Upcoming events: The Global Square – Berlin Biennale

Pitfalls of Building Social Media Alternatives (Debate)