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  "path": "/2023-03/Backlash-technology.html",
  "publishedAt": "2023-03-08T12:22:18.000Z",
  "site": "at://did:plc:cf6futaebyc2k4wgzsr4v42k/site.standard.publication/3mp2ewx43js2g",
  "tags": [
    "decentralization",
    "crypto",
    "p2p",
    "backlash",
    "bluesky",
    "mastodon",
    "Peter Watts"
  ],
  "textContent": "Backlash Technology is a term coined by Peter Watts - it's tech for which one of the key properties is a prominently displayed middle finger at something else. Think Signal and Telegram adoption spikes whenever WhatsApp screws something up, or crypto as a reaction to the financial system (particularly in places plagued with hyperinflation).\n\nI got reminded of the term by a discussion regarding Bluesky vis-a-vis Mastodon, the Fediverse, and ActivityPub. It seems that something being Backlash Tech can also provide a certain stickiness, since it a lot of the reactions could be summed up as \"I've already lashed back, what else does this add?\"\n\nHere's the link, if you are curious. The conversation is biased towards skepticism - expected, given the participants and where it's taking place - but there are some good points in there.",
  "title": "Backlash technology"
}