[liberationtech] Wealthy entrepreneurs ask whether you would use a Liberationtech-friendly Twitter clone?

[Yosem Companys]

One thing I will note because it has come up a few times in the discussion
already is the following: The founders of the Twitter clone in question did
NOT build it for commercial gain. In fact, they are specifically offering
to provide it as private, secure, and decentralized FLOSS software run by a
nonprofit foundation, if that's what people want.

On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 2:43 AM Petter Ericson <pettter at acc.umu.se> wrote:

> I would agree insofar as to say that any particular social media
> _platform_ is
> unlikely to be "liberation" technology, but federated _protocols_ as well
> as
> specific online/digital places to be and ways to organise can be (and are,
> sometimes) liberatory.
>
> In particular, if it's hard to monetize, it's more likely to be liberatory.
>
> And if it is built by "wealthy serial entrepreneurs" it is decidedly less
> likely to be.
>
> Best
>
> /P
>
> On 28 april, 2022 - Jillian C. York wrote:
>
> > While I would certainly welcome a Twitter clone, I'd be really hesitant
> > about calling any social media platform "liberation" technology at this
> > point. I think we've all witnessed that this tech is/can be/will be
> > utilized just as much by malicious actors as by liberatory ones,
> regardless
> > of the policies implemented or content moderation strategies employed.
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 12:35 AM Yosem Companys <ycompanys at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Dear Liberation Technology community,
> > >
> > > A group of wealthy serial entrepreneurs who built a Twitter clone to
> > > foster civic democracy in the 2020 elections just reached out to me to
> ask
> > > whether you would be interested in using a Liberationtech-friendly
> Twitter
> > > clone now that Elon Musk has bought Twitter. They want to know the
> > > following:
> > >
> > >    - Would you use a Liberationtech-friendly Twitter clone?
> > >    - What would make you want to use it? Conversely, what would make
> you
> > >    NOT want to use it?
> > >    - What would you name it? They said they might even be open to
> calling
> > >    it Liberationtech, if there were enough interest.
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > > Yosem
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> >
> >
> > --
> > +1-JILLIAN
> >
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> James
> > Baldwin
> >
> > "We must not be afraid of dreaming the seemingly impossible if we want
> the
> > seemingly impossible to become a reality" - *Vaclav Havel*
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