Discover a refreshing digital experience that is free from attention manipulation and platform lock-in while helping you connect with others.

In a digital landscape dominated by profit-driven tech giants that monetize attention and exploit user data, Mastodon's Andy Piper presents a liberating alternative. This episode explores how the Fediverse, with Mastodon at its center, is creating a more open, user-controlled social media ecosystem. Discover how decentralized networks let you own your digital presence, connect across platforms, and escape the engagement-maximizing algorithms designed to keep you scrolling.

Join Andy, Head of Communications at Mastodon and formerly with Twitter (now X) and IBM, as he explains why distributed, community-owned social networks offer more resilience, control, and authentic connection than closed corporate platforms like Facebook and X. Learn how the Fediverse empowers users to take back control of their attention and data while fostering diverse communities with localized moderation. This conversation offers essential insights for anyone tired of being the product in surveillance capitalism and ready to reimagine their social media experience.

Key Insights
-How the Fediverse lets you communicate across platforms instead of being locked in walled gardens
-Why data portability matters: Move your account without losing followers
-How decentralized networks create resilience against manipulation and single points of failure
-Why community-specific moderation creates safer, more inclusive spaces than global rules
-How current platforms manipulate attention through algorithms and content insertion
-Why the "everything app" approach serves corporate interests, not users
-How interoperability and open standards foster collaboration and innovation
-The importance of consciously choosing where you spend your digital attention
-Why resilient, distributed infrastructure matters for our digital future
-How nonprofit models can create sustainable alternatives to surveillance capitalism
Connect with Andy Piper and Mastodon
Mastodon: @[email protected]
Website: https://andypiper.co.uk
Mastodon website: https://joinmastodon.org
Mastodon blog: https://blog.joinmastodon.org
FediForum Event (June 5-7, 2025): https://fediforum.org/
Recommended Reading
"The Internet Con" by Cory Doctorow
"Chokepoint Capitalism" by Rebecca Giblin and Cory Doctorow

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