Is the Saudification of America Underway?

Vine Was Chaos. That’s Why It Worked.

OG Viner on How the Creator Economy is Broken

How Social Media Platforms Use Regulation To Stifle Competition

Can We Bring Vine Back From the Dead?

Why the Algorithm Loves a Villain, And How to Beat It

Why the Internet Keeps Getting Worse (and How We Fix It)

Ethical Venture Capital: Why Social Media Needs a Conscience (with Brad Burnham & Zoe Weinberg)

"Block and report" is not enough

Escaping Algorithmic Binds: Creators vs. Corporate Platforms (w/ Bridget Todd & Rudy Fraser at SXSW)

AI slop is making us even more outraged

What Creators Can Do & AI Can’t (with Jim Louderback)

You can't go get a new face.

An Alternate History of Social Media (with Ben Werdmuller)

The AI everyone hates vs. the AI we need

Ethics Have Become Optional in Big Tech. We Can Do Better. (with Alex Komoroske)

Why the history of protocols matters

Silicon Valley Has Lost Its Moral Compass (with Anil Dash)

“I've Never Been More Optimistic” (Flipboard’s Mike McCue On the Open Social Web)

Building Community vs. Building an Audience (with VidCon’s Jacques Keyser)

The Battle for Digital Freedom and Why KOSA Ain’t It (with Evan Greer)

An Update on diVine: Joyscrolling, AI Filtering, and Trust & Safety

Open Source Safety Tools for Everyone (with Camille François)

Social Media Should Be Public Infrastructure (with Ben Cerveny)

AI Slop Is Killing the Joy of the Internet (with Bridget Todd)

Decentralized Social Media for 40 Million+ Users (with Bluesky’s Jay Graber)

Team Human vs. Tech Monopolies (with Douglas Rushkoff)

Defending Digital Rights in the Surveillance Era (with Jillian York)

Building on Nostr: Open protocols and new possibilities. Recorded at Web Summit, Lisbon 11.25 #nostr

Enshittification and “Breaking Kings” (with Cory Doctorow at Web Summit)

Vine Revisited and The Fight Against AI Slop

"Our Mission Is To Keep Flickr Pictures Visible for 100 Years" (with George Oates)

Building Human Rights Into the Social Web (with Mallory Knodel)

How to Overthrow Dictators Without Violence (with Srđa Popović)

Banning Kids From Social Media Isn’t the Answer (with Pamela Wisniewski)

Jeff Jarvis on the End of Mass Media, Twitter vs. UberMedia, and Section 230’s Brilliance

Harper Reed on Building for Obama, Social Media for Bots & Why Tech Isn't Always the Solution

“Think Like a Commoner" Author David Bollier on the Commons & Why Open Platforms Aren't Enough

“The Etymology Nerd” Adam Aleksic on Algospeak, AI Slop, and the End of Writing

Rudy Fraser on Blacksky, Mutual Aid & Reclaiming Social Media

Techdirt’s Mike Masnick on Growing Bluesky, Clueless Regulators & the Case for Optimism

Bonus: Cory Doctorow on Sci-Fi Influences & the Social Media Bill of Rights

Cory Doctorow on Escaping Big Tech, Privacy Battles & “Enshittification”

Taylor Lorenz on Moral Panics, Tech Villains & Protecting Free Expression

Chris Messina on Hashtags, Google+ & the Unintended Consequences of Building Social Media

Medium CEO Tony Stubblebine on AI Slop, Quality Content & Social Media Fragmentation

Four Freedoms of Social Media Protocols at why2025

"Invisible Rulers" author Renee DiResta on propaganda, disinformation, & online abuse

Substack CEO Chris Best on democratizing media, content moderation & freedom of speech

SXSW 2026 Panelpicker. "Escaping Algorithmic Binds: Creators & Users vs. Corporate Social Media"

Why We Need a New Social Media Bill of Rights

Yoel Roth on Banning Trump, Battling Bots & the Difficult Job of Trust & Safety

Kara Swisher on Tech Founders' Flaws & Why Social Apps Are the New Cigarettes

Jack Dorsey on Selling Twitter, Leaving Bluesky & What He's Building Next

Podcast Trailer - Revolution.Social with Rabble

Web Summit Vancouver 2025: Why We Need A New Social Media Bill of Rights