Really nice interview with protocol godfather @masnick.com from @protocolsforpublishers.com protocolsforpublishers.com/mike-masnick...

Mike Masnick on protocols for publishers

An interview with @masnick.com (of TechDirt), the author of the influential 2019 paper "Protocols, Not Platforms," reflecting on how his ideas apply to publishers in 2026.

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Registrations are now open for August! Come along and learn how to investigate with maps using QGIS 🗺️ luma.com/7rq6w3sp

Journocoders: Investigating with maps using QGIS · Luma

This month we'll be learning how to investigate with maps using QGIS. QGIS is a free Geographic Information System (GIS) — a tool for viewing, editing, and…

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CEO Toni Schneider on protocols, community, and control. www.theverge.com/podcast/9743...

Bluesky’s new CEO wants to grow it all

Bluesky is many different things in a trenchcoat.

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An interview with @masnick.com (of TechDirt), the author of the influential 2019 paper "Protocols, Not Platforms," reflecting on how his ideas apply to publishers in 2026. protocolsforpublishers.com/mike-masnick...

Mike Masnick on protocols for publishers

An interview with @masnick.com (of TechDirt), the author of the influential 2019 paper "Protocols, Not Platforms," reflecting on how his ideas apply to publishers in 2026.

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Platforms < Protocols < People New protocols → New capabilities → New possibilities Next newsletter drops tomorrow featuring @masnick.com Sign up here: protocolsforpublishers.com

Protocols for Publishers✨

Bringing together publishers and developers for a sustainable agentic web

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Remember when the internet was fun? What would you give to go back? Human-first digital infrastructure must be built and protected. That's why we're building dedicated spaces on the Social Web for communities of real people.

“The easiest way to tell if a platform is open or not: do you need to ask permission to integrate with it? Open: RSS, IndieWeb, Bluesky, Mastodon, Micro.blog. Closed: Threads, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube.”

Manton Reece@manton.org · last wk.

Dave Winer blogging about a new WordPress → RSS.chat integration from Matthias Pfefferle: "Matthias didn’t need to tell us about what he did until it was done. That my friends is how the web works, that’s what I’ve been trying to... https://www.manton.org/2026/07/28/dave-winer-blogging-about-a.html

#tbdcon call for proposals are still open! Get your pitches in before Aug 14 www.tbdcon.ai

i believe that Bluesky needs these things soon-ish: 1) default to adding a Publications tab on your profile, if you have a standard.site pub 2) controllable public tabs in Bluesky app (ex so you can turn off Media or Likes showing up) 3) a way to set a "default reader" for standard.site pubs

Protocols > Platforms www.techtimes.com/articles/320...

Vint Cerf Retires From Google With a Warning: AI Agents Need Real Protocols

Vint Cerf retirement from Google after 21 years as chief internet evangelist closes with a warning: the rise of AI agents will force the industry back to formal interoperability standards, just as TCP...

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New this week 🚀 We've added built-in support for llms.txt and markdown output of your posts to help AI search tools discover and recommend your content to more people Enable it in your admin area under Settings→Metadata ghost.org/changelog/geo/

Optimize your site for AI search

Give AI tools a clearer way to find and recommend your work

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In the latest newsletter we introduce @masnick.com's important paper to a whole new audience.

Protocols for Publishers@protocolsforpublishers.com · 3w ago

Exploring the 'Protocols, Not Platforms' paper alongside a curated digest of recent AI crawler policy shifts and developer experiments. protocolsforpublishers.com/protocols-no...

Want to know how to improve online conversations, reduce sensationalism and toxicity? So do we!

Modal Foundation@modalfoundation.eurosky.social · 3w ago

Pleased to share that our flagship @eurosky.social project is collaborating with Germany's Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation (SPRIND) to explore algorithms to improve online conversations and increase understanding. eurosky.tech/news/eurosky...

Exploring the 'Protocols, Not Platforms' paper alongside a curated digest of recent AI crawler policy shifts and developer experiments. protocolsforpublishers.com/protocols-no...

"Build protocols, not platforms"

Exploring the 'Protocols, Not Platforms' paper alongside a curated digest of recent AI crawler policy shifts and developer experiments.

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Are you building a cooperative newsroom or media project? Apply to be part of Start.coop's Accelerator for Worker-Friendly Media, including financial and technical support, plus a week with my lab here in Boulder. Learn more here: https://www.start.coop/accelerator

I'll be on a panel discussing the future of social media from a European policy angle on the 22nd at the European Union's San Francisco office, with some distinguished other panelists. www.eventbrite.com/e... It's open to the public, but registration required. Say Hi if you are coming.

Latest Protocols for Publishers ✨ issue is live 🎉 Are you interested in coming to a PfP event in Toronto 🇨🇦 ? Also inside: digital sov, courts on Google & AI, pubs losing to platforms (and what might actually help), plus wins for open social protocols 🏆 protocolsforpublishers.com/pfp-toronto-...

PfP✨ Toronto Expression of Interest

With an extended link round-up featuring digital sovereignty mixed messaging, a series of reports on AI, and some awards recognition!

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Latest Protocols for Publishers ✨ issue is live 🎉 Are you interested in coming to a PfP event in Toronto 🇨🇦 ? Also inside: digital sov, courts on Google & AI, pubs losing to platforms (and what might actually help), plus wins for open social protocols 🏆 protocolsforpublishers.com/pfp-toronto-...

PfP✨ Toronto Expression of Interest

With an extended link round-up featuring digital sovereignty mixed messaging, a series of reports on AI, and some awards recognition!

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We're the Grand Prize Winners at the inaugural #OpenSocialAwards 🥳🍾🥂 @newpublic.org @publicspaces.net

Honored to be recognized with an Honorable Mention at the New_ Public Open Social Awards! #OpenSocialAwards Huge congrats to the winners & other honorees!

New_ Public@newpublic.org · 2mo ago

🏆 Congratulations to @newsmastfoundation.org, @sill.social, and @blackskyweb.xyz, the winners of the first ever Open Social Awards! 👏👏👏 New_ Public, @publicspaces.net, and @waag.org are proud to award them in recognition of their excellence and innovation on the open social web. newpublic.org/OSA

It is 1:15 am here in the Netherlands, and I am tired but grateful. Plenty more to say in the coming days, but I’m so honored by the Excellence Award from the #OpenSocialAwards by @newpublic.org and @publicspaces.net

"I can't leave because they've locked me in" Once again, Substack is the opposite of independence. Also, classic @molly.wiki breakdown of how you win when you leave Substack:

Molly White

Yep. I saved hundreds or even thousands of dollars a month just from switching from Substack to self-hosted Ghost. I pay a roughly flat $85/month now (~$75 for mailsending, $10 for hosting), vs. 10% o...

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Anil Dash@anildash.com · 2mo ago

For the folks who’ve been saying that people can’t get off of Substack to other platforms because they lose subscribers when they do — what’s the percentage? How many readers? What % of total dollars coming in? Do we have hard numbers?

"Let's make connected community spaces our mission for the next year." A bold call to action to connect community spaces within the year from @michael.eurosky.social Read the full blog now 👇 www.blog-pat.ch/connected-co...

Connected community spaces

This week the Newsmast team is heading to Amsterdam for Public Spaces, where the theme is Technology for Democracy. Here are three talking points - and one call to action - for the conference, the…

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Learn about @standard.site's integration with @bsky.app, controlling AI crawlers, micro-payment infra and experiments, and how the @openmarkets.bsky.social Institute is not a fan of the AI content license market protocolsforpublishers.com/june-2026-ro...

v1.122 is rolling out today, featuring a better way to discover and share articles, blog posts and newsletters across the Atmosphere via new, dynamic Standard.site link cards. 🧵

No you don't have to migrate your CMS. No you don't have to put your full content on protocol (though we should talk about that too). But you can get better branding, publish dates on your link cards (fight context collapse!), and better paths to subscriptions, donations, etc. It's a no-brainer.

Hello journalism friends. Do you want your news organization's links on Bluesky to look fancy like this? Get in touch, I can help. blog.euphonos.studio/3lyfwrx7zn222

Sill: The antidote to doomscrolling

Using Sill to make social media more sane

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Bluesky are in #Toronto for #ttw2026 #TorontoTechWeek doing some events with @gandersocial.ca and also a Pub night with @arshy.bsky.social of The Hatchet #journalism Added to the PfP✨ Luma too for our community. If you are in the area tonight and tomorrow check them out! luma.com/protocolsfor...

Protocols for Publishers · Events Calendar

View and subscribe to events from Protocols for Publishers on Luma. Bringing together publishers and developers for a sustainable agentic web

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Hey Toronto pals, the folks from The Hatchet (one fo the best investigative journalism podcasts in Canada) are teaming up with some folks from Bsky for a tech + journalism pub night. I likely won't be able to make it but you should go! luma.com/bdfykdfj

Bluesky x The Hatchet · Luma

Bluesky is partnering with The Hatchet for a pub night! We're in town for Toronto Tech Week and wanted to do a journalist-focused event while we're here! We…

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My analysis of Google I/O: Google laid out a big, not always coherent vision for making the web more agent-ready. The strongest signals came from Chrome, while Gemini Spark and AI search raise questions. Also: could Parallel’s Index solve AI’s publisher economics? agenticweb.news/google-agent...

Google's agentic web stack takes shape — but publisher economics remain unresolved

Google used I/O to push Chrome, Search and developer tools toward an agentic web. But the harder question is economic: who gets paid when agents use the web? Index by Parallel offers one possible answ...

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