Samantha Lai
@samlai.bsky.social
Product Policy Manager at Instagram/Threads. Previously at @ieproject.bsky.social and @brookings.edu.
Super grateful that I got to explore these questions with @yoyoel.com, @noupside.bsky.social, @klonick.bsky.social, @mallory.techpolicy.social.ap.brid.gy, @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy, and @aaron.bsky.team!
March 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Super grateful that I got to explore these questions with @yoyoel.com, @noupside.bsky.social, @klonick.bsky.social, @mallory.techpolicy.social.ap.brid.gy, @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy, and @aaron.bsky.team!
Reposted by Samantha Lai
Congrats to @samlai.bsky.social and a big thank you to everyone who contributed. Shout out to Jon Bateman for his help on the final stretch. @ieproject.bsky.social takes a village to be sure.
December 13, 2024 at 12:36 PM
Congrats to @samlai.bsky.social and a big thank you to everyone who contributed. Shout out to Jon Bateman for his help on the final stretch. @ieproject.bsky.social takes a village to be sure.
It’s a bit more complicated than that! I liked what @dustyweb.bsky.social and @bnewbold.net had to say about it:
dustycloud.org/blog/how-dec...
whtwnd.com/bnewbold.net...
dustycloud.org/blog/how-dec...
whtwnd.com/bnewbold.net...
Reply on Bluesky and Decentralization | bryan newbold
This is a reply to Christine Lemmer-Webber's thoughtful (and widely read) "How decentralized is Bluesky really?" blog post.
I am so happy and grateful that Christine took the time to write up her tho...
whtwnd.com
December 2, 2024 at 9:05 PM
It’s a bit more complicated than that! I liked what @dustyweb.bsky.social and @bnewbold.net had to say about it:
dustycloud.org/blog/how-dec...
whtwnd.com/bnewbold.net...
dustycloud.org/blog/how-dec...
whtwnd.com/bnewbold.net...
If you’d like to read more about what governance looks like in the fediverse, I have to recommend @kissane.bsky.social and @tinysubversions.bsky.social’s report:
erinkissane.com/fediverse-go...
erinkissane.com/fediverse-go...
Fediverse Governance Drop - Erin Kissane's small internet website
After a few months of prepping and conducting interviews and then many more months of analyzing and writing up what we found, we’re <a href=
erinkissane.com
December 2, 2024 at 5:02 PM
If you’d like to read more about what governance looks like in the fediverse, I have to recommend @kissane.bsky.social and @tinysubversions.bsky.social’s report:
erinkissane.com/fediverse-go...
erinkissane.com/fediverse-go...
Of course we had to mention @mmasnick.bsky.social’s paper on “Protocols, Not Platforms”, which inspired this very platform:
knightcolumbia.org/content/prot...
knightcolumbia.org/content/prot...
Protocols, Not Platforms: A Technological Approach to Free Speech
knightcolumbia.org
December 2, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Of course we had to mention @mmasnick.bsky.social’s paper on “Protocols, Not Platforms”, which inspired this very platform:
knightcolumbia.org/content/prot...
knightcolumbia.org/content/prot...
And here are some links to works I referenced in the podcast. A lot of what I cover here draws from my past work with @yoyoel.com:
www.techpolicy.press/online-safet...
www.techpolicy.press/online-safet...
Online Safety and the “Great Decentralization” – The Perils and Promises of Federated Social Media | TechPolicy.Press
If we want to empower consumers and rebuild social media, we need to develop shared trust and safety capabilities, write Samantha Lai and Yoel Roth.
www.techpolicy.press
December 2, 2024 at 5:00 PM
And here are some links to works I referenced in the podcast. A lot of what I cover here draws from my past work with @yoyoel.com:
www.techpolicy.press/online-safet...
www.techpolicy.press/online-safet...
Thank you! @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy, Mallory Knodel and @tomcoates.bsky.social would be the folks to chat with about that!
October 20, 2024 at 9:43 PM
Thank you! @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy, Mallory Knodel and @tomcoates.bsky.social would be the folks to chat with about that!