https://www.noemamag.com/the-last-days-of-social-media/

Worth a read. It was a nice surprise to see that an article on the "last days of social media" mentioned Farcaster, albeit very briefly.

"The technical architecture of the next social web is already emerging through federated and distributed protocols like ActivityPub (used by Mastodon and Threads) and Bluesky’s Authenticated Transfer (AT) Protocol, or atproto, (a decentralised framework that allows users to move between platforms while keeping their identity and social graph) as well as various blockchain-based experiments, like Lens and Farcaster."

~ James O'Sullivan

The system is broken. Few understand why. Almost no one knows what to do about it. My mission is to change that

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And I'll bet @abundance will find this paragraph of interest:

"To make algorithmic choice more than a thought experiment, we need to change the incentives that govern platform design. Regulation can help, but real change will come when platforms are rewarded for serving the public interest. This could mean tying tax breaks or public procurement eligibility to the implementation of transparent, user-controllable algorithms. It could mean funding research into alternative recommender systems and making those tools open-source and interoperable. Most radically, it could involve certifying platforms based on civic impact, rewarding those that prioritize user autonomy and trust over sheer engagement."