Notices by Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)

So, I guess this is my first design for a distributed social network. There has been some evolution in my thoughts since then.

https://web.archive.org/web/20071209122841/https://evan.prodromou.name/Open_relationships

Rich people love hearing about how them making more money will save the world.

Friends, while Twitter still mostly works:

- Add your Mastodon address to your Twitter bio. There are tools that help people follow you automatically.
- Run @debirdify so you can do that thing.
- For friends you didn't follow, send DMs telling them how to move.
- Do a backup if you haven't already. If you have, maybe don't stress out the servers.
- Start posting here.

Let's gooooooooooooo

Don't post on Twitter.

The content and connections that you are investing there are supporting an abusive system.

Post that content here.

Bring your connections here.

There, you are small, and you are a commodity.

Here, you are important, and you are a person.

You know all this.

If you feel compelled to open Twitter, investigate that compulsion.

You've heard that algorithmic apps can cause addictive behavior.

Is that what you're doing?

And if so, shouldn't you stop?

#introduction

My name is Evan Prodromou. I'm an Open Source software enthusiast, best known for my work in wikis and in social software.

I work as Director of Open Technology at the Open Earth Foundation.

I live in Montreal, love to garden with native plants, make wine, cook, and live an examined life.