I don't understand the moat and economic future of OpenAI and Anthropic... I hit my limits on claude and codex and switched to k3, and honestly it's good, better in some areas, slight worse in others, but mostly indistinguishably amazing. Why would anybody pay the premimum for the american mdoels?

What are people actually paying for when subscribing to OnlyFans? People pay to connect with creators they love, but big platforms don't want that relationship built outside their app, since it costs them revenue. @taylorlorenz.bsky.social & @rabble.nz break it down at @vidcon.bsky.social.

This pro-AI advertisement from Meta is very confusing, why are you betting on people if you're all in on ai? Also does anybody trust Meta to get AI right after having done such an amazing job with social media? www.facebook.com/watch/?v=134...

546K views · 29K reactions | Meta has always believed in giving people the power to share, connect, and shape your world in the ways you want. As we enter this next wave with AI, we continue to believe the future is for everyone. We're focused on giving every person the tools to reach your full potential and making sure the benefits of technology are distributed to everyone. | Mark Zuckerberg

Meta has always believed in giving people the power to share, connect, and shape your world in the ways you want. As we enter this next wave with AI, we continue to believe the future is for...

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In a world of so many social video platforms, what’s the appeal of Divine? @rabble.nz makes the case for why Divine isn't about replacing the platforms you’re familiar with, it's about finally being in the driving seat: owning what you create and choosing what you see.

And now he’s broke. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

New York sculptor spent $100,000 to make a Charlie Kirk statue no one wants to buy

Sergio Furnari said he thought the lifesize sculpture – which no one commissioned – would raise ‘millions’ of dollars

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Big social media platforms control our content & keep us locked in their walled gardens. So why don’t we rebuild it? That’s exactly that @divine.video is doing. @rabble.nz sat down with @louderback.com at @vidcon.bsky.social to dig into social media & what comes next. youtu.be/JWCY5ih25bc

Learning from Twitter’s Chaos for Divines Comeback!

YouTube video by revolution.social with @rabble

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Before CapCut, TikTok, and Reels, there was Vine. @rabble.nz, the founder of @divine.video, breaks down how the invention of Vine back in 2013 put a professional editing studio in everyone's pocket, and sparked the era of social video we know today. Full episode out now.

Blaine and @rabble.nz talk about Twitter’s first steps and what new prosocial web projects like Roundabout, New_ Public’s local community app, can learn from this history.

Rebuilding Social Media From Scratch!

YouTube video by revolution.social with @rabble

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Es muy raro a estar en el aeropuerto de Londres mirando el semi-final del mundial entre Argentina y Inglaterra...

Tweet so good I printed it out and put it on my wall. I referred to it in a conference talk today @hypervisible.blacksky.app

Staying in the game I'm four months into my interim CEO role at Bluesky, and it's time for an update. Most importantly, as of today, the interim part of the title is gone. I'm... https://toni.org/2026/07/10/staying-in-the-game/

Verify your Age: we had a party line when I was a kid

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Verify your Age: my first computer was a commodore 64

New_ Public’s @blaine.bsky.social reveals to @rabble.nz how Twitter was almost decentralized — like Bluesky or Mastodon — way back in 2008. Nearly 20 years later, Blaine is now the Head Engineer of Roundabout, our local community app, where he's helping us create a better social media.

Rebuilding Social Media From Scratch!

YouTube video by revolution.social with @rabble

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I’m in Berlin, Germany but Bluesky has decided I need to do KYC to comply with Texas laws. This social media future is both Kafkaesque and Orwellian.

Everything you do with Twitter and now by extension Bluesky is shaped by the early design decisions and tradeoffs. @blaine.bsky.social talks about how those decisions were made and how his concerns about future abuse were ignored.

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Twitter chose virality over safety with the @ mention. @blaine.bsky.social, the creator of the @ mention on Twitter, on the design decision that opened the door to harassment. Full episode with @rabble.nz out now.

Blaine Cook, the creator of @ mentions & OAuth at Twitter, says we need to rethink social media. @rabble.nz and @blaine.bsky.social talk: - Design decisions that made Twitter viral - The decentralized Twitter he built in 2008 - Building online communities on Roundabout youtu.be/TX8PAc01d4w

Rebuilding Social Media From Scratch!

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It’s Independence Day & time to think about seeking independence from big tech platforms that keep you dependent on their rules, algorithms, & inside walled gardens. Our founder @rabble.nz wrote the Social Media Bill of Rights because it's time for a fundamental reset. medium.com/revolution-s...

We Deserve Better: A New Social Media Bill of Rights

by Evan Henshaw-Plath — aka Rabble

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Well turns out I didn’t know as much about the offside rules as I thought. #worldcup #mexico

“We have problems (in the world), but we are also on the cusp of breakthroughs that solve these problems. An optimistic view would help explain the complex future and give everyone hope.” - Om Malik 1966-2026

NEW: The story behind a silencing. Facebook whistleblower Sarah Wynn Williams is trapped in a parallel private justice system. I've written about what it tells us about the "post-state" future, a cryptolibertarian dream that's close than we realise. open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

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Facebook's silencing of a whistleblower shines a light on a private justice system and a "post-state" future where tech bros write the rules. Or as we call them, "laws"

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SCOOP: #WSocial: a Broken Ghost Town? W Social has been experiencing major technical issues for over a week: it is effectively a ghost town, filled with thousands of new accounts that cannot use the platform. I discuss the problem and a possible solution here: blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-a-b...

W Social: a Broken Ghost Town?

W Social has been experiencing major technical problems for over a week: it is effectively a ghost town, filled with thousands of new accounts that cannot use the platform.

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How the @washingtonpost.com's behavior leads to the Saudification of America. The same institution that paraded @karenattiah.bsky.social around as a beacon of press freedom fired her when speaking truth became a liability. Full episode with @rabble.nz, out now.

I'm playing in a social media celeb pickleball match at vidcon!

What do you do when an institution you believe in turns its back on you? @rabble.nz sits down with @karenattiah.bsky.social, former Global Opinions editor at @washingtonpost.com, to discuss institutional power, the Saudification of America, and why she keeps fighting. youtu.be/BNO2JMLvlkE

Is the Saudification of America Underway?

YouTube video by revolution.social with @rabble

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@karenattiah.bsky.social went from a grad student cheering on the Arab Spring to The Washington Post’s Global Opinions editor who hired Jamal Khashoggi. When she was fired over benign comments about Charlie Kirk she took to the internet to speak truth to power. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNO2...

Is the Saudification of America Underway?

YouTube video by revolution.social with @rabble

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📍 1:50 PM, Industry Mainstage (Ballroom AB) 🎤 What if Social Media Was Good for You? with @rabble.nz, @taylorlorenz.bsky.social, and ReggieCOUZ 📍 2:25 PM, Industry Mainstage (Ballroom AB) 🎤 Protecting the Next Generation: Keeping Gen Z Healthy in a Social Media World with @lizsweig.bsky.social

📍 3:30 PM, Industry Mainstage (Ballroom AB) 🎤 Rebuilding Social, with Rabble, Founder of Divine with @rabble.nz

Again and again…

Freespeech on the internet faces a serious threat, if we let governments shutdown anonymous free social media in the name of child safety our democracies themselves are threatened. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXmD...

Hasan Piker Reveals The Next Big Internet Battle

YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz

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what a nightmarish organization archive.is/cO0Pw#select...