As the federated social network Mastodon has surged in popularity over the last month, more than a thousand instances — ranging from a single user to tens of thousands — have been started by the community. That’s a really great development in terms of decentralization and distribution, which bring a lot of benefits, but it […]
about me
Parker Higgins is an artist and activist based in Brooklyn, New York. He writes about computers, creativity, and the law, and works as the Director of Special Projects at the Freedom of the Press Foundation. Previously, he was the Director of Copyright Activism at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. more »
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Recent Posts
- Shutting down @LinkArchiver, the Twitter link backup bot 26 August, 2018
- Twitter should allow users to “hide” old tweets: my correct opinion 5 August, 2018
- Subtitles for Norway’s SlowTV train ride to Oslo 4 April, 2018
- Archiving threatened outlets for the Freedom of the Press Foundation 12 March, 2018
- “The Florida Project” and questions of control 13 October, 2017
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