markhurst.bsky.social
Reader, writer, speaker, host. Encouraging better tech, resisting Big Tech. Host, Techtonic - https://techtonic.fm Host, Gel conference - http://gelconference.com Criticism - https://creativegood.com/blog Newsletter - https://creativegood.com/newsletter
👤 Joined on 23 October 2023
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@markhurst.bsky.socialThe total eradication of corporate power over social media isn’t even “the moderate position”, it’s a baseline. Thinking Meta, X et al can exist is incoherent with a belief in functioning democracy.
Show PostMeta has taken down “No Kings” page featuring over 3,000 protests across the US. Meta censored 1,000 Pro-Lula accounts. In Brasil & US, Meta is undermining democracy paydayreport.com/meta-censors...
Show PostAs we try to restore access to the No Kings instagram today, this is what I am thinking about.
Show Postit’s cool how you can just hike to medieval towers above ghost towns in Abruzzo
Show PostThe idea that something is now a nonnegotiable because it is widely used is absurd. I am 45. Do you have any idea how much and how often the consumer landscape has changed over the course of my life? Demand, rules, infrastructure—all of these things change.
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