Can We Build a Better Social Network?
In a collaborative experiment between the Hard Fork and Search Engine podcasts, hosts Casey Newton, Kevin Roose, and PJ Vogt attempt to build their own social media platform on the Fediverse, a decentralized alternative to today’s closed social networks. What begins as a joke evolves
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