But these two modes - social media and social networking - are different modes with different use cases and different technical requirements.
”Why the open social web matters now”, by @ben@werd.social, is a really good read/watch. Tangential to Cory Doctorow’s thesis that ”the Internet might not be the most important fight we have, it's going to be the foundational fight”.
Social networking (not social media) as a tool for building democracy. When done right.
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