Social Media Manifesto at Minicon 54
Apr. 20th, 2019 09:54 pmWhereas: Fandom is at its best when it provides communities a place to gather;
Whereas: Fans have perfected the art of the personal essay;
Whereas: Livejournal was an exceptional gathering place for Fandom;
Whereas: Russia, a hostile foreign power, controls Livejournal;
Whereas: Hostile entities have disproportionate representation on Facebook and Twitter, with serious impacts on their pleasantness and utility; moreover, bots and trolls infest these platforms;
Whereas: The curated feed allows these companies to determine what we see and in what order;
Whereas: Dreamwidth is the logical successor to Livejournal, and uses the same code;
Whereas: Dreamwidth does not have a surveillance-based corporate profit-driven business model;
THEREFORE, we, the undersigned call upon Fandom to recreate their online community and to do it on Dreamwidth.
Signed,
(And I have to find the other user names: Martin Schafer, Bill Higgins).
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Date: 2019-04-22 02:29 am (UTC)K. [PS: any readers of this: shall we be Access-reciprocal (or, in LJ-speak: "Friends"?]
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