Kevin Driscoll 📳੯‧̀͡⬮
@kdriscoll.aoir.social.ap.brid.gy
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Learning about moral economies, researching media histories, imagining post-platform futures. Also, helping with moderation on aoir.social and professoring in Media […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ aoir.social/@kdriscoll, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
!["Last year Fidonet acquired a board of directors, which established dues, protocols, and other organizational guidelines In August they held a major conference, in part to discuss these matters and to announce the newly elected board . Perhaps not surprisingly, by this time Jennings had stepped aside-two years of nonstop work had taken its toll . He needed a rest an,d escaped to his skateboard. In honor of his accomplishments. which they had inherited, the board of directors voted to give "T.J ." a special award at the conference.
"As he walked to the podium, wearing a black sweatshirt, worn blue Jeans, anklehigh red sneakers, and three twists of phone wire gracing one ear, Jennings got a terrific hand, which made his speech even more shocking . "There's no pleasant way to say it," he began. "You can view this from the point of view [that] there's a severe interest in anarchy here. This [Fidonet] was an implemented anarchist scheme of sorts. It was run by the members of the net. and now we have a top-down structure. So for what it's worth, my two cents."
"Somewhat elliptical, but everyone got the point. The man who had created the first truly decentralized and affordable computer network didn't like what was happening. And single-handedly, once again, he was out to shake it up."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dxhis4k3ql3p43wpq3usdk3i/bafkreignnk2srinv53xlxxqnyxxqveydx433pmueegvauvy4p66qxfdrwi)
