{"generator":"GNU social 2.0.2-dev","title":"Conversation","totalItems":2,"items":[{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/ntnsndr","displayName":"Nathan Schneider","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/66149-original-tmp20251122034438.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/66149-96-20251122043501.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/66149-48-20251122041702.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/66149-24-20251122091232.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"66149"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/66149-96-20251122043501.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Teaching and writing media studies at CU Boulder. Helping to build a cooperative fediverse with Social.coop. Fan of democratic experiences and divine mysteries. Co-leading e2c.how, medlab.host, metagov.org, start.coop, wagingnonviolence.org.","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@ntnsndr","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"ntnsndr","displayName":"Nathan Schneider","note":"Teaching and writing media studies at CU Boulder. Helping to build a cooperative fediverse with Social.coop. Fan of democratic experiences and divine mysteries. Co-leading e2c.how, medlab.host, metagov.org, start.coop, wagingnonviolence.org."}},"content":"<p>Just read. This is great, <a href=\"https:\/\/fediversereport.com\/author\/laurenshof\/\" class=\"u-url mention\">@LaurensHof<\/a>! <\/p><p>In my forthcoming protocol book, I explicitly define protocols as *not meaning*, which is consistent with the pattern you identify. Meaning begins where protocols end.<\/p><p>This also extends the notion of power vacuums that I develop a bit in ch. 1 of Governable Spaces. And I think in ch. 4 I make clear that the fediverse does not address these but replicates implicit feudalism (which is not quite a vacuum but a specific theory of governance embedded in software like Mastodon). <\/p><p>Thank you for further making the case for why we need real governance design for a truly decentralized social.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-05-24:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/ntnsndr\/statuses\/116257231684470081","object":{"id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/ntnsndr\/statuses\/116257231684470081","objectType":"note","content":"<p>Just read. This is great, <a href=\"https:\/\/fediversereport.com\/author\/laurenshof\/\" class=\"u-url mention\">@LaurensHof<\/a>! <\/p><p>In my forthcoming protocol book, I explicitly define protocols as *not meaning*, which is consistent with the pattern you identify. Meaning begins where protocols end.<\/p><p>This also extends the notion of power vacuums that I develop a bit in ch. 1 of Governable Spaces. And I think in ch. 4 I make clear that the fediverse does not address these but replicates implicit feudalism (which is not quite a vacuum but a specific theory of governance embedded in software like Mastodon). <\/p><p>Thank you for further making the case for why we need real governance design for a truly decentralized social.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@ntnsndr\/116257231684470081","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/ntnsndr\/statuses\/116253632303356753","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@ntnsndr\/116253632303356753"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/fediversereport.com\/author\/laurenshof\/"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-19:objectType=thread:nonce=68bb54d0cc6c9681","notice_info":{"local_id":"12317180","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-19T18:23:27+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@ntnsndr\/116257231684470081"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/ntnsndr","displayName":"Nathan Schneider","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/66149-original-tmp20251122034438.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/66149-96-20251122043501.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/66149-48-20251122041702.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/66149-24-20251122091232.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"66149"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/66149-96-20251122043501.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Teaching and writing media studies at CU Boulder. Helping to build a cooperative fediverse with Social.coop. Fan of democratic experiences and divine mysteries. Co-leading e2c.how, medlab.host, metagov.org, start.coop, wagingnonviolence.org.","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@ntnsndr","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"ntnsndr","displayName":"Nathan Schneider","note":"Teaching and writing media studies at CU Boulder. Helping to build a cooperative fediverse with Social.coop. Fan of democratic experiences and divine mysteries. Co-leading e2c.how, medlab.host, metagov.org, start.coop, wagingnonviolence.org."}},"content":"<p>And stay tuned for my next book, all about protocols!<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-05-24:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/ntnsndr\/statuses\/116253632303356753","object":{"id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/ntnsndr\/statuses\/116253632303356753","objectType":"note","content":"<p>And stay tuned for my next book, all about protocols!<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@ntnsndr\/116253632303356753","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-03-19:objectType=thread:nonce=68bb54d0cc6c9681","notice_info":{"local_id":"12313827","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-03-19T03:08:05+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@ntnsndr\/116253632303356753"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/6248574","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}