Over the past year we’ve been working with the podcast “Search Engine” on a project that reimagines what the internet can be. What if instead of rage-baiting, a social platform incentivized friendly interaction and good faith discussion? Today we’re bringing “Hard Fork” listeners an episode we made with the “Search Engine” team called “ The Fediverse Experiment ” where we end up creating our own social media platform.
Guest:
PJ Vogt, host of the podcast “ Search Engine .”
Additional Reading:
The Dream of the Fediverse Is Alive on Threads
What Is Mastodon and Why Are People Leaving Twitter for It?
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