Move Slowly and Build Bridges: Mastodon, the Fediverse and the Struggle for Democratic Social Media - Couverture souple

Gehl, Robert W.

 
9780197776681: Move Slowly and Build Bridges: Mastodon, the Fediverse and the Struggle for Democratic Social Media
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 019777668X ISBN 13 : 9780197776681
Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 2025

Synopsis

Move Slowly and Build Bridges tells the story of activists, software developers, artists, and everyday people who have built the fediverse -- a large, noncentralized, alternative social media system. In contrast to big tech corporations like Meta, TikTok, or X, the fediverse is comprised of thousands of small, independent communities who use a powerful internet protocol to communicate with one another. These small communities can govern themselves and moderate content at the human scale -- in stark contrast to the global and advertiser-friendly interests of Meta or X.

The Mastodon network is perhaps the most notable and successful platform in the fediverse. Founded in 2016, Mastodon has positioned itself as an alternative to Twitter -- one that can be completely under the control of its members, from it to its daily operations to it underlying software.

Making a noncentralized, ethically-run social media system is no easy task. The people building the fediverse have faced burnout, bigotry, angry debates, and death threats. And they face constant, nagging doubts: can we really do this? Can noncentralized social media survive? Can we -- all of us -- have our own social media? In this thoroughly researched book, Robert W. Gehl argues that the answer is yes -- but it won't be easy.

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À propos de l?auteur

Robert W. Gehl (@rwg@aoir.social) is the Ontario Research Chair of Digital Governance for Social Justice at York University in Toronto. He is the author of several books, including Weaving the Dark Web (MIT 2018) and Social Engineering (MIT 2022, co-authored with Sean Lawson).

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press Inc
Date d'édition
2025
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
019777668X
ISBN 13 
9780197776681
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
238
Coordonnées du fabricant
Oxford University Press
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ISBN 10 :  0197776671 ISBN 13 :  9780197776674
Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 2025
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