#fiefdoms — Public Fediverse posts

"#Socialmedia seems to have splintered — much like other aspects of the internet have — into separate #fiefdoms, one (or possibly two) for conservatives and right-wing trolls, and another (or possibly two) for the left. Not to mention private Discord groups and other “dark social.”

…the potential for #federation of posts and other content [the Fediverse] is one of the few rays of hope in the current fractured landscape.
@mathewi
https://mathewingram.com/work/2025/06/18/reports-of-blueskys-death-have-been-greatly-exaggerated/

“#NathanSchneider has the patience and fortitude most of us lack. He’s identified a phenomenon he calls “#ImplicitFeudalism’ - the bias to build our online and real #communities as #fiefdoms, and how this has made us more tolerant of similarly autocratic CEOs and politicians. He’s even optimistic and energetic enough to see how the blockchain could be employed to distribute #governance in a more democratic fashion.”

- @Rushkoff on @ntnsndr

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rushkoff_nathan-schneider-team-human-activity-7175559675608760320-AcoW?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios

The fight over information #supremacy shapes the world.

#Science as a global public institution for #humanity is a threat to populist #influencers and #narratives, #powerful individuals, #businesses, and #state actors, all forces who dominate in the current #digital world of #fragmented realities and have an interest to entrench their separate little #epistemic #fiefdoms.

https://protagonistfuture.substack.com/p/asymmetric-power-in-the-information-6fb