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revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 42m

Online slang spreads faster than ever, but not always with its meaning intact.

As @etymologynerd.bsky.social explains, algorithms accelerate context collapse, collapsing boundaries between cultures and mixing language faster than ever.

Full episode with @rabble.nz, out now.

revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 23h

Our host, @rabble.nz, joined @malwarebytes.com's Lock and Code podcast to talk about what’s still good in social media and what’s being done to preserve it.

Listen to Rabble and host @davidalruiz.bsky.social on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

What's there to save about social media? (feat. Rabble)

Podcast Episode · Lock and Code · 10/05/2025 · 50m

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revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 4d

AOC and Marjorie Taylor Greene go viral. New York’s Paul Tonko doesn’t.

Algorithms boost extremes, distorting our reality. @etymologynerd.bsky.social says it widens America’s perception gap.

@rabble.nz says fixing it means rethinking incentives, tech, and governance.

Full episode, out now.

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revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 5d

Banning phones or forcing age checks might look like safety, but @etymologynerd.bsky.social argues it backfires.

They hand more data to Big Tech, block smaller platforms (Bluesky isn’t in MS), & stop kids from gaining algorithmic literacy.

Phone bans are book bans.

Ep with @rabble.nz, out now.

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revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 5d

“Unalive” started as TikTok slang. Now middle schoolers use it in essays.

Invented as a word to dodge moderation, it’s spread offline. Proof algorithms can shape real-world culture.

@etymologynerd.bsky.social says it’s not brain rot, but creativity & identity.

Ep w/ @rabble.nz, out now.

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revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 6d

Bluesky is a microblogging app like Twitter. Like its parent, both are niche. Twitter never got adoption with “less tech savvy people”.

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revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 6d

Adam Aleksic, aka @etymologynerd.bsky.social, joins @rabble.nz to discuss how algorithms are reshaping language and culture.

From algospeak to the push for algorithmic choice, Adam explains the impact of feeds on how we speak, connect, and share ideas.

Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpkW...

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

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revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 6d

How do social media algorithms shape language and culture? @etymologynerd.bsky.social talks with @rabble.nz about it and the open alternatives like bluesky.

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

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revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 7d

If your mom can’t use it, it won’t work.

For @rude1.blacksky.team, founder of Blacksky, that’s the real test of accessibility. If his non-tech-savvy mom can use it, then anyone can.

Alternatives to Big Tech can’t just be for experts. They must work for everyone.

Full ep with @rabble.nz, out now.

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revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 8d

“My life’s mission is to make mutual aid a normal, everyday practice in American culture.” — Rudy Fraser, Blacksky founder.

For @rude1.blacksky.team, mutual aid is accountable community care, a value that Blacksky carries online to help people connect.

Full episode with @rabble.nz, out now.

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revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 12d

On big social platforms, moderation is a black box: if you get deplatformed, there’s little explanation & no one to talk to.

Blacksky is different. Community-led moderation means real people, real accountability, and rules shaped by the community.

Ep with @rude1.blacksky.team & @rabble.nz out now.

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revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 13d

“If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product.”

Big social platforms monetize our data & assume we all want the same.

@rude1.blacksky.team, founder of Blacksky, is building a subscription-funded, community-owned network that puts people before advertisers.

Ep out now.

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revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 13d

Rudy Fraser, founder of Blacksky, joins @rabble.nz to discuss building a community-owned social network.

From mutual aid to moderation to infrastructure, Blacksky shows how users can control their feeds and future online.

Full episode with @rude1.blacksky.team: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA1D...

Rudy Fraser on Blacksky, Mutual Aid & Reclaiming Social Media

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Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 13d

A wide ranging convo between me & @rabble.nz for @revolution.social
→ past, present and future of Blacksky (the community + company)
→ mutual aid, susus, people's assemblies, etc
→ building protocols for people

wherever you get your podcasts.

Rudy Fraser on Blacksky, Mutual Aid & Reclaiming Social Media

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revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 16d

Various countries are rolling out age-verification laws for social media. But @mmasnick.bsky.social says the real effect is a boom in VPN usage.

These laws don’t protect kids, they just push people to find alternative routes around the restrictions.

Watch the full episode, out now.

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revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 18d

Bluesky's AT Protocol helped the platform grow by making decentralization accessible.

But as board member @mmasnick.bsky.social notes, the next challenge is building a truly open, permissionless network, without losing what makes it work for everyday people.

Full episode out now.

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revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 19d

We’re used to living online under a few billionaires. If something’s wrong, we complain, leave, or hope lawmakers act.

@mmasnick.bsky.social calls this “learned helplessness.” Bluesky’s idea of letting people choose their own algorithms and moderation aims to give that control back.

Ep out now.

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revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 19d

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

This week, @rabble.nz and @mmasnick.bsky.social cover Bluesky’s AT Protocol, why age verification laws fail, lessons from open protocols, & how to align incentives with user freedom.

Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s73B...

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

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revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 21d

Big Tech wants us to believe their platforms can’t change.

But Cory Doctorow argues that’s not true.

The imagination that drives science fiction is also central to activism. If we can imagine a better Facebook, Twitter, or internet, we can fight to build it.

Full episode out now.

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revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 22d

Cory Doctorow has had plenty of “enshitification-resistant” platforms pitched to him. But as he says, it doesn’t matter how good they are if people can’t leave the old ones.

That's why the right to exit is essential.

Watch the full episode, out now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=exvp...

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revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 23d

Revolution.Social began with @rabble.nz's idea for a Social Media Bill of Rights: a framework focused on privacy, ownership, exit, transparency, & self-governance.

Cory Doctorow says the challenge is turning principles into protections that work.

Bonus episode out now.

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revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 26d

Big Tech wants you to think resistance is futile.

Apologists claim platforms are inevitable, lack of privacy is the price of connection, and enshitification can’t be stopped.

But Cory Doctorow says they’re wrong.

Full episode out now.

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revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 26d

This week, Cory Doctorow joins @rabble.nz to talk about the enshitification of social media, the fight for online privacy, and strategies for a better internet.

As a bestselling author and activist, Cory shows how the imagination of sci-fi connects to the imagination of activism.

Episode out now.

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revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 27d

It’s understood that anything new is often feared, and blamed for societal issues. Even landline telephones once caught the blame.

While this sounds absurd, as @taylorlorenz.bsky.social points out, we’re living through a similar moral panic about social media.

Full episode out now.

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revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 28d

Social media platforms promised a public square. Instead, corporations control free speech online, deciding who's heard, who monetizes & who grows.

As @taylorlorenz.bsky.social tells @rabble.nz, the Far Right innovates faster than the left, while both parties push laws on online speech.

Watch now.

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