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   Daniel Supernault (dansup@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jun-2026 19:16:34 JST Daniel Supernault

   Congrats to all the winners of the Open Social awards!

   I submitted Loops but when LaurensHof got on stage and mentioned that every social network is trying to be TikTok and how bad they think it is, I kinda knew I wouldn't win.

   I get that infinite scroll and doomscrolling can be unhealthy, but at the same time, being able to take control and empower communities with a real alternative is something I think is worthwhile.

   Build better bridges. People will come. 🚀

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     ikuturso 🇪🇺 (ikuturso@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jun-2026 19:44:06 JST ikuturso 🇪🇺

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     @dansup seems like there's still a good case for an open source, decentralized TikTok alternative that can evolve to address the problems with TikTok's dark patterns even if the likes of Youtube or Instagram are trying to be like TT too.

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     Resolviendo la incógnita 🌐 (rliblog@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jun-2026 19:58:16 JST Resolviendo la incógnita 🌐

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     RE: https://infosec.exchange/@david_chisnall/116696597934617319

     @dansup I think this is a good answer to LaurensHof, even if it's with websites and smartphone apps instead of Windows and Linux programs.

     https://mastodon.social/@david_chisnall@infosec.exchange/116696598061212899

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     Daniel Supernault (dansup@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jun-2026 20:14:37 JST Daniel Supernault

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     • 🫧 Social coding commons

     @smallcircles Oh? Which one?

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     🫧 Social coding commons (smallcircles@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jun-2026 20:14:38 JST 🫧 Social coding commons

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     @dansup

     Unless I overlooked the link, one of the winners looks to be proprietary software. So far for the open in social then?

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     Daniel Supernault (dansup@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jun-2026 20:20:36 JST Daniel Supernault

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     • 🫧 Social coding commons

     @smallcircles its actually open source!

     It only took a few seconds to find this btw.

     https://github.com/TylerFisher/sill

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     🫧 Social coding commons (smallcircles@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jun-2026 20:20:37 JST 🫧 Social coding commons

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     @dansup

     Looks like https://sill.social is closed source. But perhaps the site just doesn't link to the repo, dunno. Got an "Excellence award".

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     Daniel Supernault (dansup@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jun-2026 20:24:01 JST Daniel Supernault

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     • 🫧 Social coding commons

     @smallcircles Yeah, I don't think the judge panel would award anything to a proprietary entity.

     That being said, good on you for ensuring they are all open, as that is kinda in the award name.

     I feel like we should be more forgiving for early prototypes like Loop was, a lot of people hated me for not publishing the source code, but I'm glad I delayed it until I got it right and polished for other people to use.

     Now there are dozens of Loops servers!

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     🫧 Social coding commons (smallcircles@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jun-2026 20:24:02 JST 🫧 Social coding commons

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     @dansup oh, very happy about that, thanks!