Jonathan Bellack
@bellack.com
Author of the Platformocracy newsletter, Advisory Fellow at Harvard's Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society, 30-year Internet veteran, Xoogler, grilling/smoking, an old house, and many, many comic books.
My mind is exploding from seeing @jonrosenberg.bsky.social and @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social talking to each other.
November 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
My mind is exploding from seeing @jonrosenberg.bsky.social and @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social talking to each other.
I'm stuck on FB for a bunch of local community groups, because there's no way to pick them up and move to another platform. [Partially explaining my recent obsession with Exit.]
Can we regulate or spend our way to Exit? Lessons from Europe, Utah, and Project Liberty
The EU has regulated data portability, but the US is dragging its heels. A deep-pocketed benefactor has put $500 million into the fight, but is even a large fortune enough to make a difference?
www.platformocracy.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I'm stuck on FB for a bunch of local community groups, because there's no way to pick them up and move to another platform. [Partially explaining my recent obsession with Exit.]
More like you ask how to get for Terminal D and they insist you hear out their proposal before telling you.
November 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
More like you ask how to get for Terminal D and they insist you hear out their proposal before telling you.
We’re never going to get straight answers about what the platforms are doing (and doing to us) until we get mad, stop accepting their bullshit transparency numbers, and demand something better. 3/3
November 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
We’re never going to get straight answers about what the platforms are doing (and doing to us) until we get mad, stop accepting their bullshit transparency numbers, and demand something better. 3/3
Either Meta has such contempt for their users that they really think we’ll buy it, or they are so arrogant that they believe they can get away with stonewalling and a smirk, like Robert DeNiro as Al Capone in The Untouchables shouting “You got nothing!” 2/3
November 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Either Meta has such contempt for their users that they really think we’ll buy it, or they are so arrogant that they believe they can get away with stonewalling and a smirk, like Robert DeNiro as Al Capone in The Untouchables shouting “You got nothing!” 2/3
Same amount of thinking, but spread more thinly over 10x more ideas.
November 1, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Same amount of thinking, but spread more thinly over 10x more ideas.
The Gaussian Splats were a great new wave band. They deserved more recognition than they got.
October 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The Gaussian Splats were a great new wave band. They deserved more recognition than they got.
This was the best home console. Baseball was GOAT, Football not far behind, to say nothing of Astrosmash and Advanced D&D.
October 28, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This was the best home console. Baseball was GOAT, Football not far behind, to say nothing of Astrosmash and Advanced D&D.