FR#167 - ChangeOn coordination in a decentralised network, and the European Social Stack declaration.Laurens·12h ago·9 min readFollownlnet
FR#166 – No ChangeMany people in Europe see the open social web as a path to digital sovereignty. This week demonstrated a problem: the assumption that European governments actually want to be sovereign.Laurens·5d ago·9 min readFollownlnet
FR#164 – The Pope on DefederationThis week, the Catholic Church wrote one of the better diagnoses of why decentralised social networks keep struggling.Laurens·May 28·9 min readFollownlnet
FR#163 – Decrypting MatrixOn the convergence towards private data on social networking protocols, and the connection to MatrixLaurens·May 20·11 min readFollownlnet
On discourse and decentralisationOver the last year, as Bluesky got more popular, conversations about whether Bluesky and ATProto are really ‘decentralised’ have gotten more “popular” as well. These conversati…Laurens·Sep 10·1 min readFollownlnetAnalysis
Funding Update and Summer ScheduleSome practical updates for Connected Places: I’m happy to announce that I’ve gotten a grant from NLnet’s Open Social Fund! The goal of the Open Social Fund is to promote and support the growth of…Laurens·Jul 29·1 min readFollownlnet
