Dan Fichter
fichtitious.bsky.social
Dan Fichter
@fichtitious.bsky.social
previously at The Trevor Project | previously CTO at Moat | https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-fichter-83418873 | https://crisiscrowd.org | https://hucklemelon.org
On the first episode of my new podcast, Hucklemelon, I ask three tech policy experts if we could use YouTube, TikTok, Twitter, and all the other social media platforms with their algorithms turned off, and a new marketplace of alternative curators turned on: hucklemelon.org
Hucklemelon
Conversations about tech policy, the mental health system, and schemes for change. By Dan Fichter [email protected]
hucklemelon.org
March 31, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Reposted by Dan Fichter
...Related to social media, Three Pillars piece links to this blog post exploring just the kind of @nytimes.com middleware service you suggest -- with both algorithmic and editor curation options.
ucm.teleshuttle.com/2024/10/maki...
Making Social Media More Deeply Social with Branded Middleware
ucm.teleshuttle.com
December 22, 2024 at 7:15 PM
Reposted by Dan Fichter
I am working on a podcast series on ‘middleware’ and would love to speak with anyone involved with this project or interested in it. Thank you for the incredible work that went into this paper!

Beyond the paper’s scope, but in its spirit, I am interested in exploring:
December 18, 2024 at 2:33 AM