The Applied Social Media Lab is a two-year project (June 2024-June 2026) at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. We are bringing industry-trained technologists into academia to build social media solutions in the public interest and establish a long-lasting community of practice. This document explains the strategy we will take to accomplish our… Read more: Our strategy and goals

I’ve been writing software for decentralized, federated social media (aka the Fediverse) since 2017. I do this work because I believe that breaking the network effects of big social media platforms and giving people more control over their social media experience will vastly improve the social media landscape.  I believe a Fediverse that connects a… Read more: Request for Comments: The Fediverse Schema Observatory