open web love / save the internet
by Hendrik · updated 5mo ago
open web love / save the internet
- Ecologists know that diversity is resilience.
from We Need to Rewild the Internet by Maria Farrell
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- The solutions are the same in ecology and technology: aggressively use the rule of law to level out unequal capital and power, then rush in to fill the gaps with better ways of doing things.
from We Need to Rewild the Internet by Maria Farrell
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- some of what we need is already here, especially on the web. Look at the resurgence of RSS feeds, email newsletters and blogs, as we discover (yet again) that relying on one app to host global conversations creates a single point of failure and control
from We Need to Rewild the Internet by Maria Farrell
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- These days many of the best online social experiences happen in very small-scale environments. A few friends, a loose microcommunity, a cozy corner with the right vibes.
It's in the air, thick with it, even, in certain places — the cozyweb, the indieweb, the slow web; tiny internets and run your own social; independent creative communities, local le... See morefrom Towards Small-Scale Social
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- the whole point of digital gardens is that they can grow and change, and that various pages on the same topic can coexist. “It’s less about iterative learning and more about public learning,”
from Digital Gardens Let You Cultivate Your Own Little Bit of the Internet by technologyreview.com
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The indie web, it’s these thousands of websites delivering millions of pages, built up with passion, opinions and information by Net users assuming their rights as citizens. The indie web is a new type of link between people, it’s a free and open space of shared knowledge where vanity has no place.
from indie web manifesto
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