Legitimisation, amplification, and the structure of permission
Laurens Hof writes about decentralised online social networks and does so very well, covering the wider social, political, and technical aspects. In his most recent post/newsletter he connects Elon Musk calling for race-based pogroms, the (unrelated) resignation of Keir Starmer as UK Prime Minister, and both the "structure of permission" and "amplification layer" that decentralised social networks could make even worse.
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