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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 4 Dec 2017

    Aral Balkan Retweeted Facebook Jailed

    Facebook 👏 is 👏 a 👏 shopping 👏 mall; 👏 it’s 👏 private 👏 property. 👏 You 👏 have 👏 no 👏 right 👏 to 👏 free 👏 speech 👏 on 👏 private 👏 property. 👏 If 👏 you 👏 don’t 👏 like 👏 that 👏 let’s 👏 fund 👏 and 👏 create 👏 public 👏 spaces 👏 from 👏 the 👏 commons.https://twitter.com/FacebookJailed/status/937714392329748488 …

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    Facebook Jailed @FacebookJailed
    .@facebook is removing activists groups protest events & have deleted a post by @_irenemerrow telling people of Maine to make their voices heard. Facebook is literally trying to stop democracy from happening
    8:19 AM - 4 Dec 2017
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    • Ross Byrne Yavuz Gunalay Emanuel Bronshtein 0c0m0y0k Thomas Mortagne Michele Stara Atul Veer Arie van Wijngaarden fasol
    19 replies 143 retweets 272 likes
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      2. Rich Hauck‏ @mandalatv 4 Dec 2017
        Replying to @aral

        Tweet liked, but isn’t it ironic that you’re publishing this on another private property? I feel like I’ve seen so many open networks fail to materialize that I've become skeptical that a truly free public space is self-sustainable :(

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      4. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 4 Dec 2017
        Replying to @alex_wykoff @mandalatv

        Of course :) It’s one of the most promising ones. Also keep your eye on what @matrixdotorg and @Puri_sm are working on :) (And keep a side eye on us too – @indie.)

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      5. Purism‏ @Puri_sm 4 Dec 2017
        Replying to @aral @alex_wykoff and

        You have to meet people where they are at in order to invoke change. (Hey friends, Facebook is awful...come check out Diaspora)

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      6. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 4 Dec 2017
        Replying to @Puri_sm @alex_wykoff and

        https://ar.al/notes/spyware-vs-spyware/ … ;)

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Hans Lak 🌍‏ @HansLak 4 Dec 2017
        Replying to @aral @LeoSonneveld

        YES lets do that! #Facebook is horrible since the day that Organic Reach died! In September 2014! So what will be the next BIG THING for the people by the people? @Matthijs85 are you in with @Piratenpartij ?

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      2. Patrick  🌈‏ @patrickdoupe 4 Dec 2017
        Replying to @aral

        We couldn't help byut walk through town squares in the old days. How do you make a common space where we don't have to pass through?

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      3. Marcus Bointon‏ @SynchroM 4 Dec 2017
        Replying to @patrickdoupe @aral

        Facebook isn’t a town square. It’s a pretty private park with misleading signposts at the entrance and no exits

        1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
      4. (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻‏ @w03_ 4 Dec 2017
        Replying to @SynchroM @patrickdoupe @aral

        So basically a casino in Las Vegas

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      2. Theo Caber‏ @Caber_nl 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @aral

        @NickyBouwers En toch is Twitter/Facebook etc. zo essentiëel in bijvoorbeeld verkiezingen... Dat ze tot dezelfde standaard als de overheid zou moeten worden gehouden. #VvME

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      3. Theo Caber‏ @Caber_nl 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @Caber_nl @aral @NickyBouwers

        Maar vanaf welke grootte is dat zo? Op mijn webforumpje over treinen gelden mijn regels! Bevalt dat je niet? Succes ergens anders...

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Nicky Bouwers  🇳🇱 🇪🇺‏ @NickyBouwers 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @Caber_nl @aral

        Facebook wil met haar beleid nadrukkelijk als mediabedrijf aanwezig zijn. Het liefst zouden ze de nieuwsvoorziening helemaal via hen laten lopen, zodat ze nog meer data over de gebruikers hebben.

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      5. Theo Caber‏ @Caber_nl 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @NickyBouwers @aral

        Zeker weten. Alleen wil ik dat dan weer niet. (Heb Facebook ook vaarwel gezegd.)

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      1. pixels sideways is pissed off AF‏ @pixelssideways 4 Dec 2017
        Replying to @aral

        There will be no public commons if Net Neutrlity is repealed.

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      1. Maciej Sołtysiak‏ @maciejsoltysiak 4 Dec 2017
        Replying to @aral

        Funny how my list of "Reasons to quit Facebook" changed from growing by one a month to one every 2-3 days.

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      1. draxtor™‏ @draxtor 4 Dec 2017
        Replying to @aral

        Don’t tell Roy Moore that. He may Be prowling for underage girls already over there....

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      1. Kaliya-Identity Woman‏ @IdentityWoman 4 Dec 2017
        Replying to @aral

        Totally agreed. Would be great if you joined the conversation and development around Decentralized Identifiers and the layer of identity infrastructure to build the commons and public spaces for communities to organize and be free.

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      1. Sara Kubik, PhD‏ @SaraKubik 4 Dec 2017
        Replying to @aral

        I know some lawyers that forget Twitter is a private world too. These lawyers protested, trolled and raged when people retweeted them. Alas, raging gets clicks.

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      1. Carrie Ballard‏ @AtelierEnglish 4 Dec 2017
        Replying to @aral

        Bears repeating and repeating. Wonder why people are so blind to it. I am sick of the whole thing.

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      1. Ranek Männikus‏ @ranek_mannikus 5 Dec 2017
        Replying to @aral

        In need of an alternative ASAP!

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