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Meta lends a crowbar to open the gates of social media
A revolutionary approach to sharing content online is picking up steam and may well fix some pressing troubles of today’s troubled Internet
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After two decades of running a strictly walled garden, Meta was starting to open up.
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Dave Lee
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It didn’t receive much fanfare outside tech circles, but Meta Platforms Inc. took a pretty monumental step last week. For the first time, it allowed content posted on one of its apps to be interoperable with a social network it didn’t own or control. After two decades of running a strictly walled garden, Meta was starting to open up.
The “why” is fascinating and quietly revolutionary. Please stick around to hear it, because unfortunately I must first explain the “how” – knowing full well that words like “fediverse,” “decentralised” and “protocol” can send even the most dedicated reader scrambling for an exit.
