Mathew Lowry
@mathewlowry.bsky.social
Australian in Brussels. Info architect, innovation, KM & content strategist.
Stuff I Like, Think & Do: https://myhub.ai/@mathewlowry/
Stuff I Like, Think & Do: https://myhub.ai/@mathewlowry/
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Mathew Lowry
@mathewlowry.bsky.social
· Sep 6
Bluesky growth will not come from being X2.0, but from:
1. people discovering how composable moderation permits higher engagement & s/n
2. ATmosphere growth: being the dominant chat app in a growing ecosystem of unique, value-delivering apps, with which it is deeply integrated.
1. people discovering how composable moderation permits higher engagement & s/n
2. ATmosphere growth: being the dominant chat app in a growing ecosystem of unique, value-delivering apps, with which it is deeply integrated.
Next week I’ll be in Berlin for a European Digital Sovereignty Summit satellite event to help launch @eurosky.social.
So it's time to ask: what does #sovereignty look like in the #socialmedia space?
mathewlowry.medium.com/building-res...
So it's time to ask: what does #sovereignty look like in the #socialmedia space?
mathewlowry.medium.com/building-res...
Building resilient social media
Next week I’ll be in Berlin, speaking at a Franco-German “Summit on European Digital Sovereignty” satellite event to help launch…
mathewlowry.medium.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Next week I’ll be in Berlin for a European Digital Sovereignty Summit satellite event to help launch @eurosky.social.
So it's time to ask: what does #sovereignty look like in the #socialmedia space?
mathewlowry.medium.com/building-res...
So it's time to ask: what does #sovereignty look like in the #socialmedia space?
mathewlowry.medium.com/building-res...
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November 11, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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The @ec.europa.eu's strategy for DMA success:
1. Tech monopolies must comply.
2. Industry must build alternatives.
3. Users must switch.
So, no plan for the Commission to actually do anything?
1. Tech monopolies must comply.
2. Industry must build alternatives.
3. Users must switch.
So, no plan for the Commission to actually do anything?
November 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The @ec.europa.eu's strategy for DMA success:
1. Tech monopolies must comply.
2. Industry must build alternatives.
3. Users must switch.
So, no plan for the Commission to actually do anything?
1. Tech monopolies must comply.
2. Industry must build alternatives.
3. Users must switch.
So, no plan for the Commission to actually do anything?
Europeans, please take note: that whole American "privatise profits, socialise costs" strategy doesn't work out great in the long run.
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Europeans, please take note: that whole American "privatise profits, socialise costs" strategy doesn't work out great in the long run.
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I made a “how do you do, fellow kids?” joke to someone in their mid 20s who, it turns out, was too young to have heard of that meme.
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
November 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I made a “how do you do, fellow kids?” joke to someone in their mid 20s who, it turns out, was too young to have heard of that meme.
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
"Is that why you post there?" is the correct response.
Ben Shapiro tells Megyn Kelly that to avoid vile extremists like Nick Fuentes “the first thing people need to do is turn off X, which is poisoning brains and making people think not true things.” Yet, Shapiro continues to post there, often multiple times a day. youtu.be/tprng5mObQg?...
Ben Shapiro Responds to Tucker Carlson, Plus Sydney Sweeney and Newsom, with Knowles and Klavan
YouTube video by Megyn Kelly
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 7:34 AM
"Is that why you post there?" is the correct response.
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
I was literally discussing something like this with one of the other @eurosky.social speakers at more or less exactly the same time @seabass.bsky.social posted this. Best of luck with this proposal!
If successful, Social-PETs will make decentralised social media competitive with today’s giants - but safer, more transparent, and future-proof.
A European-led path to usable privacy, algorithmic choice, and digital sovereignty on the open social web.
A European-led path to usable privacy, algorithmic choice, and digital sovereignty on the open social web.
November 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I was literally discussing something like this with one of the other @eurosky.social speakers at more or less exactly the same time @seabass.bsky.social posted this. Best of luck with this proposal!
That's my weekend sorted, then.
Semble alpha is now open! ✨
Check it out at semble.so
More details in our leaflet pub! (link in next post > )
Check it out at semble.so
More details in our leaflet pub! (link in next post > )
November 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
That's my weekend sorted, then.
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pictured: leaflet & the atmosphere homies
[context: from a session at IETF, working towards making parts of atproto more official internet standards…very cool!]
[context: from a session at IETF, working towards making parts of atproto more official internet standards…very cool!]
November 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
pictured: leaflet & the atmosphere homies
[context: from a session at IETF, working towards making parts of atproto more official internet standards…very cool!]
[context: from a session at IETF, working towards making parts of atproto more official internet standards…very cool!]
I told you it was a smart move to not actually delete my X account!
Would anyone like to start an affiliate marketing business with me?
Looks like X is juicing web visit numbers by opening a browser WebView in the background whether the user visits the link or not.
They've re-invented pop-under fraud (allegedly).
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4580...
They've re-invented pop-under fraud (allegedly).
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4580...
November 4, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I told you it was a smart move to not actually delete my X account!
Clever. Could a custom feed be built to do this, or would it have to be done by the app?
(I was literally going to hit Send before cancelling, following the OP and then rewriting from scratch).
(I was literally going to hit Send before cancelling, following the OP and then rewriting from scratch).
deboost quote posts where the author doesnt follow the quotee tbh
November 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Clever. Could a custom feed be built to do this, or would it have to be done by the app?
(I was literally going to hit Send before cancelling, following the OP and then rewriting from scratch).
(I was literally going to hit Send before cancelling, following the OP and then rewriting from scratch).
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I knew Gill and Farage and the rest of the UKIP crew in the European Parliament
They were crooks and shysters to a man
They repeated Putin talking points and appeared on Russia Today
UKIP then and Reform now are both a threat to our democracy
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
They were crooks and shysters to a man
They repeated Putin talking points and appeared on Russia Today
UKIP then and Reform now are both a threat to our democracy
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill
How did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament?
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:20 AM
I knew Gill and Farage and the rest of the UKIP crew in the European Parliament
They were crooks and shysters to a man
They repeated Putin talking points and appeared on Russia Today
UKIP then and Reform now are both a threat to our democracy
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
They were crooks and shysters to a man
They repeated Putin talking points and appeared on Russia Today
UKIP then and Reform now are both a threat to our democracy
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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Personally, I love blocklists. And when I'm added to one, they're just doing me a favor. It's a win-win.
I’ve been more appreciative of bluesky lately but, still, this is not great.
November 1, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Personally, I love blocklists. And when I'm added to one, they're just doing me a favor. It's a win-win.
New battleground opening up.
Community Notes on Mod Services 😤
November 1, 2025 at 9:50 PM
New battleground opening up.
Really liking the look of @gandersocial.bsky.social, particularly the built-in bias ratings, source credibility, and fact-check results, something I wireframed for myhub (checks notes) over 5y ago!!??
October 31, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Really liking the look of @gandersocial.bsky.social, particularly the built-in bias ratings, source credibility, and fact-check results, something I wireframed for myhub (checks notes) over 5y ago!!??
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Ahem.
We give you Gander. The app. On a phone.
Not public yet… but it’s real, in our hands, and soon in beta.
The timing is a bit nuts… given we just opened investment to all Canadians (at frontfundr.com/gandersocial) but we’re over the moon.
Amazing what can get done with community.
We give you Gander. The app. On a phone.
Not public yet… but it’s real, in our hands, and soon in beta.
The timing is a bit nuts… given we just opened investment to all Canadians (at frontfundr.com/gandersocial) but we’re over the moon.
Amazing what can get done with community.
October 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Ahem.
We give you Gander. The app. On a phone.
Not public yet… but it’s real, in our hands, and soon in beta.
The timing is a bit nuts… given we just opened investment to all Canadians (at frontfundr.com/gandersocial) but we’re over the moon.
Amazing what can get done with community.
We give you Gander. The app. On a phone.
Not public yet… but it’s real, in our hands, and soon in beta.
The timing is a bit nuts… given we just opened investment to all Canadians (at frontfundr.com/gandersocial) but we’re over the moon.
Amazing what can get done with community.
I bet noone saw that coming. But don't worry, I'm sure their intentions towards the #fediverse are entirely honourable.
Zuck seems to believe Threads users have been sufficiently baited, so now comes the "switch" part of the "bait and switch".
Threads reaches 150 million daily users and is ramping up ads
Threads has grown to 150 million daily active users and is ramping up ads on the text-based platform.
www.engadget.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I bet noone saw that coming. But don't worry, I'm sure their intentions towards the #fediverse are entirely honourable.
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damn week two and he's already making up words
Week 2: Or, It's actually a blog now - Alex's Blog
alex-bsky.leaflet.pub
October 30, 2025 at 9:43 PM
damn week two and he's already making up words
Simple question: I've now Hubbed almost 4000 pieces of content: All the Stuff I Like or Do or Think, all annotated & tagged. myhub.ai/@mathewlowry/
How can I:
a) use that to teach a LLM what I'm interested in
b) use that LLM to drive a custom feed?
How can I:
a) use that to teach a LLM what I'm interested in
b) use that LLM to drive a custom feed?
Mathew Lowry's Hub | MyHub.AI
myhub.ai
October 30, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Simple question: I've now Hubbed almost 4000 pieces of content: All the Stuff I Like or Do or Think, all annotated & tagged. myhub.ai/@mathewlowry/
How can I:
a) use that to teach a LLM what I'm interested in
b) use that LLM to drive a custom feed?
How can I:
a) use that to teach a LLM what I'm interested in
b) use that LLM to drive a custom feed?
He's so wrong, but the silver lining here is that he's very very unlikely to come to Belgium.
He'd be terrified.
He'd be terrified.
Vance says it is "totally reasonable and acceptable" for people to not want to live next door to people who speak a different language than they do
October 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
He's so wrong, but the silver lining here is that he's very very unlikely to come to Belgium.
He'd be terrified.
He'd be terrified.
Seems bad: vibe coding is "not a 100X debugger. It’s a 100X vulnerability-suggester...the “kid who vibes 3x faster” is also the kid who just pushed 10 critical vulnerabilities to production".
medium.com/write-a-cata...
medium.com/write-a-cata...
Remember Vibe Coders? Yeah… They’re Gone
Turns out it was the first AI bubble to burst
medium.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Seems bad: vibe coding is "not a 100X debugger. It’s a 100X vulnerability-suggester...the “kid who vibes 3x faster” is also the kid who just pushed 10 critical vulnerabilities to production".
medium.com/write-a-cata...
medium.com/write-a-cata...
Storing this for the next time a client "doesn't think audience research is worth the time and money".
PS if I'd made a mistake on this level I'd close my account before sharing it.
PS if I'd made a mistake on this level I'd close my account before sharing it.
I legitimately didn't know they were competing with Steam and it's crazy to me that they burnt so much money on what sounds like something with very little (or wildly misguided) market research.
October 29, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Storing this for the next time a client "doesn't think audience research is worth the time and money".
PS if I'd made a mistake on this level I'd close my account before sharing it.
PS if I'd made a mistake on this level I'd close my account before sharing it.
Having a little difficulty imagining that I'll be sharing a stage with these guys.
The @bsky.app team will be at #EuroskyLive in force with @rose.bsky.team and @bnewbold.net. We're delighted they will be joining us as speakers.
October 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Having a little difficulty imagining that I'll be sharing a stage with these guys.
Are we going to have a list of @eurosky.social speakers and attendees, or maybe a custom feed, @sherifea.com?
With If This Then At://, you can add and remove list item records based on RSVP record events. With @graze.social, the feed would be "posts with the #ATmosphereConf tag and from people in going-to-atmosphereconf-2026 list".
What do you think @bmann.ca ?
What do you think @bmann.ca ?
October 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Are we going to have a list of @eurosky.social speakers and attendees, or maybe a custom feed, @sherifea.com?