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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 03/12/2025

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Flipboard Tech Desk @techdesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/04/2025

Tech Dirt's @mmasnick says that President Donald Trump answers questions in the same way as some AI bots: "The facts don’t matter, the language choices are a mess, but they are all designed to present a plausible-sounding answer to the question, based on no actual knowledge, nor any concern for […]

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Mike Olson @mikeolson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/03/2025

Another excellent piece of coverage by @mmasnick: www.techdirt.com/2025/03/11/trumps-… Perkins Coie was the law firm I used when I ran Cloudera. They provided outstanding representation on a wide variety of matters. We did […]

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Andy Piper @andypiper.org · 09/03/2025

"Fediverse Corner" with @pcottle @mmasnick @evan moderated by @davidimel#fediversehouse

Four men sitting across two couches on stage, from left to right Peter Cottle, Mike Masnick, Evan Prodromou, David Imel. Evan has his hands raised as he makes a point in the discussion. The scene is lit in purple light.

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Francois Heinderyckx @fheinderyckx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/03/2025

Political reporters are mostly stuck in “he said - she said” journalism. “This is why tech journalism’s perspective is so crucial right now. We’ve spent decades documenting how technology and entrepreneurship can either strengthen or undermine democratic institutions. We understand the dangers […]

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Mike Masnick ✅ @mmasnick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/12/2024

We just passed 80% of our funding threshold with 1000 backers! Only 12 hours to go to hopefully get that other 20%! www.kickstarter.com/projects/mmasni…

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Quinn Norton @quinn.social.circl.lu.ap.brid.gy · 19/12/2024

Guys we got to get this one over the line www.kickstarter.com/projects/mmasni…

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Mike Masnick ✅ @mmasnick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/12/2024

Folks, we're getting down to the wire on our Kickstarter for "One Billions Users" are ridiculously fun "social media" card game. Yes, it's fun even if (*especially if*) you hate social media. We're haven't reached our funding threshold, but are still holding out hope that we'll get there with […]

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Dan Gillmor @dangillmor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/11/2024

Do read @mmasnick on the rancid hypocrisy of people like Matt Taibbi, who LOVE the blend of government and social media when it's the extremists they support. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion… (There was a time when I respected […]

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Mike Masnick ✅ @mmasnick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/11/2024

Hey folks, we just launched our Kickstarter, for our (amazingly fun) card game about running a social media network: One Billion Users! www.kickstarter.com/projects/mmasni… In One Billion Users, players compete to build the most […]

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Mike Masnick ✅ @mmasnick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/10/2024

Figure I should post this here as well. How I view the wider decentralized social media ecosystem. A variety of necessary experiments to figure out what will actually bring value. www.techdirt.com/2024/10/29/some-sl…

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Mike Masnick ✅ @mmasnick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2024

Coming soon... the most fun card game you could ever imagine. One Billion Users. A card game about building your own social media network. Can you do a better job than the billionaires in charge? www.kickstarter.com/projects/mmasni…

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Mike Masnick ✅ @mmasnick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2024

For folks on Mastodon, but not Bluesky, one of the best news accounts to follow on Bluesky is Joshua Friedman, and he's now bridging to Mastodon. Follow him! @joshuajfriedman.com

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Flipboard @flipboard.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2024

🌐 Curious about the fediverse and the open social web? In this week's Community tab, we're spotlighting developers, journalists and experts who will help you learn how the fediverse is shaping a more open and connected internet, and what this means for […] [Original post on flipboard.social]

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Danny O'B @danny.mastodon.spesh.com.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2024

ah; it was DNS

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Mike Masnick ✅ @mmasnick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2024

Sharing over here as well. I'm joining the Bluesky board to help provide them guidance. I remain a supporter of all experiments in decentralized social media, and will write more on that later. I still have high hopes for Mastodon/ActivityPub as well […]

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 25/07/2024

You can't convince me that back in the craziest days of Buzzfeed that they wouldn't have assigned one of their reporters to fuck a couch and then write about the experience.

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Davey 민선 @daveyk.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/07/2024

Ctrl Alt Speech Live at #trustcon w @mmasnick

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Mike Masnick ✅ @mmasnick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/06/2024

Me in the Daily Beast pointing out that the Surgeon General seems to be ignoring basically all of the evidence (including some in his own report) in pushing for warnings on social media. www.thedailybeast.com/the-surgeon-g…

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