Toot
Explore how pro-democracy users are migrating from Twitter and whether Mastodon can evolve into a central hub for discussion and connection.
It seems like #Twitter pro-democracy users are not just fleeing but being driven away, in order to de-platform and fragment this group. Is there a way #mastodon could ever become the same sort of “central” meeting/finding/discussing place?
On the surface, this seems difficult because of certain Mastodon design/features, most important the lack of algorithmic discovery.
Would it be possible to “train” new users to use hashtags and hashtag-based search until their follow-bases were established?
Nobody takes you aside anymore
Print taught a generation when to stop. What we lose when the machines absorb the constraints that used to form us.
Your AI agents need a water cooler
Coordination is a property of the room, not the org chart. What that means when your coworkers are agents.
On the death of the author and the birth of the detector
Why worrying about AI authorship is lazier, and more prejudiced, than it looks.
The work of being available now
A book on AI, judgment, and staying human at work.
The practice of work in progress
Practical essays on how work actually gets done.
Did the state change? A simple test for whether work actually happened
Either something exists now that did not exist before, or it does not. A simple test for whether work actually happened, and what changes when you build your systems so they can't record anything else.
How to manage content for multiple clients without flattening their voices
How to manage content for multiple clients without their voices blurring into one house style: a workspace and a voice profile per client, batchable stages, and approval buffers.
Why does AI writing sound generic? It has nothing to work with
Why does AI writing sound generic? Because the model has none of your perspective, examples, constraints, or stakes to work with. The fix is interview-first, not better adjectives.
Tweet
Explore alternatives to Twitter for pro-democracy discussions, including Mastodon, blogs, and email, as the platform shifts its focus.
Twitter is a central meeting place. R...
Explore how Twitter's recent changes impact pro-democracy discussions and discover alternative platforms for meaningful connection.
The Twitter changes are meant to deny Twitter to pro-democracy thinkers
Explore how recent Twitter changes aim to marginalize pro-democracy voices and the need for alternative platforms to regroup and connect.