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   Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Saturday, 28-Sep-2024 14:47:56 JST Evan Prodromou

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   • Will Tuladhar-Douglas

   @yetiinabox sounds good. I think it's absolutely essential that people can follow whoever they want.

   I also think it's important that our social engagements are meaningful.

   Point taken with "users". I wanted to make it clearer that the connection is happening through the protocol, and "people" sounded like it was happening off-platform. But I agree, it's a better way to talk about people. I'll work harder on the wording in the future.

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     Will Tuladhar-Douglas (yetiinabox@todon.nl)'s status on Saturday, 28-Sep-2024 14:47:58 JST Will Tuladhar-Douglas

     So about the #SocialWebFoundation announcement... This sentence sort of sums it up for me:
     "Users on any platform can follow their friends, family, influencers, or brands on any other participating network."

     So, not people but users.
     No collaborators, organizers, activists, co-conspirators, fellow players, or colleagues, but influencers and brands.

     It sounds like a dream from corporate USA, not an underground movement, mycorrhizal network, research collaboratory or emancipatory project.

     I specifically do not want any influencers or brands in my timeline.

     That is not what I want to build or live or love in.