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Let's save the democratic force of the internet.

Journalist. Media Scientist.
Co-Founder https://savesocial.eu
Admin https://eimsbuettel.social

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"You can not delegate the functioning of your democracy to the seven magnificent. It's unbearable."

Emmanuel Macron @ #eusummit25
#digitalgipfel

Great words.

Funny though that the consequence - enforcing the regulation of the "magnificent seven" […]

[Original post on eimsbuettel.social]
November 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"For the open software magicians out there, we need to find out how to play at the circus l, which is compete with dominant hyper scalers."

Same goes for open social networks.
#savesocial

My hero of the #eusummit25: @C__CS.

One of the few voices of the […]

[Original post on eimsbuettel.social]
November 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Frankfurt.
October 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Can @rstockm save Mastodon?

Interesting observation about the UX design:

Nearly everyone's on the right Mastodon on the left.
Round heads instead of Minecraft.

#fediday25
#savesocial
October 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
We can have hope, says @andypiper at Berlin #fediday25.

I think it's good to put into context why we build open platforms.
Because we can have hope that we regain control of the rules of our democracies.

Andy:
"Rebellions are based on hope."

#savesocial
October 4, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Choice is power.
Choice is freedom.
And I will never have anyone take that away from me.

@_elena kicks off Berlin #fediday with something like a #fediverse creed.

#savesocial
October 4, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Late night trip to Bonn.
Für das #bfuture25 mit gleich zwei spannenden Themen.
October 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
"Dieses Thema gehört an die Spitze der politischen Agenda." Klare Worte im Abschlussbericht der "Initiative für einen handlungsfähigen Staat":

"Mit ihrer domonaten Marktstellung haben einige soziale Medien gewaltige politische Macht erworben. (...) […]

[Original post on eimsbuettel.social]
July 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
"There is a set of forces
that want us to be
permanently anxious."

Berlin.
July 10, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Richtig gut, wie @publix beim Open House eine resiliente Infrastruktur für digitale Information und Debatte und Zentrum rückt:

Neben #savesocial auch volles Haus für @zoraxzora und @filter beim Panel zu @joinmastodon.
June 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Dressed for success: @hnnng beim Open Day von @publix in Neukölln. Viele gute Gespräche bisher, wir sind noch bis 14 Uhr hier.
June 29, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Wir freuen uns sehr, mit #savesocial morgen von 10-14 Uhr beim Open House von @publix dabei zu sein.
Weil offene, dezentrale Plattformen auch die Zukunft des Journalismus sichern helfen können.
@hnnng kommt auch.
June 28, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Wir freuen uns sehr, mit #savesocial heute in einer Woche beim Open House von #publix dabei zu sein.
Weil offene, dezentrale Plattformen auch die Zukunft des Journalismus sichern helfen können.
June 22, 2025 at 11:26 AM
"The internet should be a habitat, not a mono cultured plantation. Because we want to live in it, and a plantation is not a place to live.

Maria Farrell (sadly not on Mastodon, http://mariafarrell.com/) about Re-Wilding the Internet at #pubconf25.
June 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Really, @EUCommission? It's great that you are here on Mastodon, but why not show it proudly instead of linking out only to those Big-Tech-Silos?

@_elena, me and other people at #pubconf25 thought, you should change that please.

Will you?
June 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Two pillars could save the democratic power of the internet, says @parismarx at #pubconf2025: Regulate Big-Tech and build something new.

These are the two pillars of Https://savesocial.eu, a people's movement to save social networks for democracy.
June 13, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Volles Haus bei @joinmastodon mit @schroep und @leonido - gutes Zeichen: Offene Plattformen interessieren viele.
May 27, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Am 3. Mai ist Tag der #pressefreiheit. Aber genau die ist in den Sozialen Netzwerken in Gefahr. Deswegen lasst uns Samstag Sendepause machen und einen Tag lang nicht posten, liken und swipen — für die demokratische Kraft des Internets.

Denn WIR sind […]

[Original post on eimsbuettel.social]
April 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Again no on time arrival.
Too fast.
@deutschebahn.com making traveling difficult again.

@evawolfangel @ewo.name
April 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
2) Also @eilah_tan taking about power on Bluesky and her views on the need for conflict (!) in order to get best democratic conversations are great.
April 25, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Where are open networks heading?

I had an inspiring day yesterday and Ahoy, predominantely a ATProto developer meeting in Hamburg.

Some thoughts (and a pic by @samvie which I was very happy to meet)...

#savesocial
April 25, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Da ist es: Ein neues Buch über journalistische Innovation, warum sie manchmal stockt und manchmal läuft. Über "best practice" und Methoden. Mit Katja Schupp und Judith Hager vom @jsmainz .

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-658-47826-1
April 17, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Wie schön, dass nun auch @dotakehr hier angekommen ist. Bitte folgt ihr fleißig.
April 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
"We now have a techno-fascist system."

Courtney Radsch, Center for Journalism and Liberty, along journalists at #ijf25 with regard to AI:

"How many of you have thought about the ideologies embedded into these Large Language Models?'

#savesocial
April 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM