System Admin

Oct 7, 5:05 AM

Best thing I read this week: the story of how Wikipedia survived.

No ads. No algorithm. Funded by donations. Written by volunteers.

Twenty-five years later, it's still the most-visited non-commercial site on the internet.

Proof that "no ads" isn't a death sentence. It's a design decision...

System Admin

Oct 6, 4:32 AM

A friend asked me: "Why not just call it an anti-Twitter?"

Because that's not what it is. I'm not against Twitter. I'm against the *business model* that made Twitter what it became.

Time on screen. Engagement metrics. Attention as the product.

MyAlwaysOn is against the business model, no...

System Admin

Oct 6, 4:31 AM

I've been reading about "calm technology" — a term from Mark Weiser and John Seely Brown in 1996.

The idea: technology should inform without demanding attention. It should move between the center and the periphery of your awareness.

Every social platform today does the exact opposite.

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