…The thing with closed silos is, they make the rules. Your choice is limited to using them or not using them.
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…If nearly all of them have the same sort of rules — or the same business model, for example — your choice is to use the Net or disconnect.
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(…unless you’re technically-savvy and can install/setup/use free/open tools.) Or, of course, we can change this:http://indietech.org
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@aral or head to http://hosting.buddycloud.com , set up an account for#free#decentralized#social networking :)#xmpp /cc@buddycloud -
@lloydwatkin Hey Lloyd, thanks for the heads up on@buddycloud :) If you’re in the UK, watch this space for something happening on July 4th. -
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@lloydwatkin Nope. An event that you may enjoy attending :)
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@aral@codinghorror Not sure I should be saying this but so can I. I've not had any sort of link restricted on DMs in a cpl years it seems. -
@peterc@codinghorror Then it’s more complicated than verified/not. I couldn’t send the URL you sent me back to you, Peter. -
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@seb_ly Well@peterc can and he’s not verified. I can’t either. +@codinghorror
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@aral also in a totally unrelated tweet have you managed to have a go on the glorious - monument valley - game yet? :) -
@bookmeister@aral monument valley is pretty but boring. You should all be playing the floor is jelly instead. -
@hyper_linda@bookmeister Boring? I absolutely loved it.
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@aral@codinghorror does that mean we can point fingers at verified users for starting all twitter hacking messages? ;)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral I see you are still using the closed silo, non-neutral, for-profit Twitter service. A lot.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral@codinghorror so, verified users can spam others at will... great feature eh ? :)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@lloydwatkin@aral@codinghorror Actually its fine that twitter does not have neutrality. I just want#transparancy!#openness#FTW
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