Tag: Fediverse

  • New possibilities as I cut ties with Meta

    New possibilities as I cut ties with Meta

    This week, I am ceasing my use of Instagram. Over the course of 2023, I will cease use of Messenger. My timeline for departing Facebook is less clear, but it is a certainty that I will leave the platform. I’m not interested in persuading others to follow, but I will explain: For-profit social platforms will…

  • The deep end of the Fediverse, and a blog

    The deep end of the Fediverse, and a blog

    From an imploding Twitter to a profusion of federated and self-hosted platforms, including this blog. A few years ago I started the work to reclaim my digital and online footprint, to bring more of it within my own control using open source software and privacy-minded services. At the time that meant trading Gmail for Fastmail…