Speakeasy
@spkeasy.social
Cooperatively owned social media built for focus, safety and authentic connections
Social media optimised for humans
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Speakeasy
@spkeasy.social
· Mar 26
Hey Bluesky folks! We're Speakeasy. Cooperatively owned, no billionaire wannabes. We're building social media that works for us, not advertisers.
Intrigued? Skeptical? We get it. Check us out: about.spkeasy.social
Intrigued? Skeptical? We get it. Check us out: about.spkeasy.social
As long as social media is owned by investors looking for money back, they will choose to hurt kids than review their model of maximum engagement
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:20 AM
As long as social media is owned by investors looking for money back, they will choose to hurt kids than review their model of maximum engagement
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
We're aware of an issue preventing Blacksky users from accessing private posts on Speakeasy and are looking into it
Sorry for the trouble! 😞
Sorry for the trouble! 😞
August 31, 2025 at 5:43 AM
We're aware of an issue preventing Blacksky users from accessing private posts on Speakeasy and are looking into it
Sorry for the trouble! 😞
Sorry for the trouble! 😞
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Slowly rolling out the new suite of Blacksky tools... ⏳
- @blackskyweb.xyz People's Assembly: We'll use this tool to gather feedback and collectively govern Blacksky, democratically
- Login using your atproto account (bsky.social, blacksky.app, w.e.)
- Serves as both poll and forum for the community
- @blackskyweb.xyz People's Assembly: We'll use this tool to gather feedback and collectively govern Blacksky, democratically
- Login using your atproto account (bsky.social, blacksky.app, w.e.)
- Serves as both poll and forum for the community
August 2, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Slowly rolling out the new suite of Blacksky tools... ⏳
- @blackskyweb.xyz People's Assembly: We'll use this tool to gather feedback and collectively govern Blacksky, democratically
- Login using your atproto account (bsky.social, blacksky.app, w.e.)
- Serves as both poll and forum for the community
- @blackskyweb.xyz People's Assembly: We'll use this tool to gather feedback and collectively govern Blacksky, democratically
- Login using your atproto account (bsky.social, blacksky.app, w.e.)
- Serves as both poll and forum for the community
If in 2025 a social media platform has this much hate on it, it is because the owners have chosen to allow it.
We need people in charge of social media who care about people's safety
We need people in charge of social media who care about people's safety
Normal day for a wāhine Māori, Green Party MP online. Studied ~400 comments on FB/Twitter on Tamatha Paul's recent comments, incl. on Instagram www.instagram.com/p/DLg5Jz-Jyg... to decolonialise memorialisation. 0 intellectual engagement present in online ecologies studied. Just a frothing hate.
June 30, 2025 at 7:57 AM
If in 2025 a social media platform has this much hate on it, it is because the owners have chosen to allow it.
We need people in charge of social media who care about people's safety
We need people in charge of social media who care about people's safety
"You can just assume that anything you're not saying in an encrypted area it's being vacuumed up at this point"
- Brian Merchant, System Crash Podcast
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
- Brian Merchant, System Crash Podcast
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
What Elon Musk’s “Exit” From White House Really Means and What’s Next for DOGE
Podcast Episode · System Crash · 06/06/2025 · 55m
podcasts.apple.com
June 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
"You can just assume that anything you're not saying in an encrypted area it's being vacuumed up at this point"
- Brian Merchant, System Crash Podcast
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
- Brian Merchant, System Crash Podcast
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
The tech giants want to use their tech to isolate us, but we don't have to accept it.
We can choose to use tech that connects us rather than isolates us
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
We can choose to use tech that connects us rather than isolates us
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘Nobody wants a robot to read them a story!’ The creatives and academics rejecting AI – at work and at home
Is artificial intelligence coming for everyone’s jobs? Not if this lot have anything to do with it
www.theguardian.com
June 3, 2025 at 10:56 AM
The tech giants want to use their tech to isolate us, but we don't have to accept it.
We can choose to use tech that connects us rather than isolates us
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
We can choose to use tech that connects us rather than isolates us
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
We’re building Speakeasy the way social media should be: welcoming, genuinely connecting people, and nurturing growth
That starts with how we write code
Whether you want to shape the future of social media or are curious to learn alongside others, come code with us
about.spkeasy.social/mob-coding
That starts with how we write code
Whether you want to shape the future of social media or are curious to learn alongside others, come code with us
about.spkeasy.social/mob-coding
Speakeasy Mob Coding
Learn from an experienced engineering leader while working on code that makes a real impact.
about.spkeasy.social
May 27, 2025 at 10:28 PM
We’re building Speakeasy the way social media should be: welcoming, genuinely connecting people, and nurturing growth
That starts with how we write code
Whether you want to shape the future of social media or are curious to learn alongside others, come code with us
about.spkeasy.social/mob-coding
That starts with how we write code
Whether you want to shape the future of social media or are curious to learn alongside others, come code with us
about.spkeasy.social/mob-coding
What if we optimised technology for people instead of advertisers and investors?
Huge shoutout to @jpm-nz.bsky.social for implementing our first human centred adaptive algorithm (or AI✨)
As you use speakeasy it will adjust the timing of this pause in the scroll, optimising for *less* time on site
Huge shoutout to @jpm-nz.bsky.social for implementing our first human centred adaptive algorithm (or AI✨)
As you use speakeasy it will adjust the timing of this pause in the scroll, optimising for *less* time on site
May 25, 2025 at 11:57 PM
What if we optimised technology for people instead of advertisers and investors?
Huge shoutout to @jpm-nz.bsky.social for implementing our first human centred adaptive algorithm (or AI✨)
As you use speakeasy it will adjust the timing of this pause in the scroll, optimising for *less* time on site
Huge shoutout to @jpm-nz.bsky.social for implementing our first human centred adaptive algorithm (or AI✨)
As you use speakeasy it will adjust the timing of this pause in the scroll, optimising for *less* time on site
#BigTech can't be trusted. When put to the test they always put profits ahead of doing the right thing.
If we want something better, we're going to have to build it ourselves
#cooperatives #capitalism
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
If we want something better, we're going to have to build it ourselves
#cooperatives #capitalism
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Big Tech takes a harder line against worker activism, political dissent
A tighter labor market and lower corporate tolerance have stifled employee input on controversies over company policy, AI safety and the Israel-Gaza war.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 21, 2025 at 5:57 AM
#BigTech can't be trusted. When put to the test they always put profits ahead of doing the right thing.
If we want something better, we're going to have to build it ourselves
#cooperatives #capitalism
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
If we want something better, we're going to have to build it ourselves
#cooperatives #capitalism
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
We need platforms that are truly independent and for all people
people in gaza are getting their accounts deleted even when they don’t post at all
May 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
We need platforms that are truly independent and for all people
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I keep catching strays from "technology is neutral" people, so let's set things straight.
1) Technology is not neutral, especially the subset of technology called "algorithms"
2) The form-factor that makes a technology into a tool is not neutral
3) How tools are productized is not neutral
[rant]
1) Technology is not neutral, especially the subset of technology called "algorithms"
2) The form-factor that makes a technology into a tool is not neutral
3) How tools are productized is not neutral
[rant]
April 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I keep catching strays from "technology is neutral" people, so let's set things straight.
1) Technology is not neutral, especially the subset of technology called "algorithms"
2) The form-factor that makes a technology into a tool is not neutral
3) How tools are productized is not neutral
[rant]
1) Technology is not neutral, especially the subset of technology called "algorithms"
2) The form-factor that makes a technology into a tool is not neutral
3) How tools are productized is not neutral
[rant]
How do we break from enshitified, surveillance capitalism?
🔑 The key is cooperatives
2025 is the year of the cooperative. Here’s 4 (big) coops that have changed the world
🔑 The key is cooperatives
2025 is the year of the cooperative. Here’s 4 (big) coops that have changed the world
April 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM
How do we break from enshitified, surveillance capitalism?
🔑 The key is cooperatives
2025 is the year of the cooperative. Here’s 4 (big) coops that have changed the world
🔑 The key is cooperatives
2025 is the year of the cooperative. Here’s 4 (big) coops that have changed the world
Building a kinder internet starts at home
While we work on Speakeasy, we want to create a collaborative space that supports growth.
Come hang out, write some code, and make the internet a little better
April 17, 2pm AEST
about.spkeasy.social/pairing-hours
While we work on Speakeasy, we want to create a collaborative space that supports growth.
Come hang out, write some code, and make the internet a little better
April 17, 2pm AEST
about.spkeasy.social/pairing-hours
Speakeasy Pairing Hours
Learn from an experienced engineering leader while working on code that makes a real impact.
about.spkeasy.social
April 13, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Building a kinder internet starts at home
While we work on Speakeasy, we want to create a collaborative space that supports growth.
Come hang out, write some code, and make the internet a little better
April 17, 2pm AEST
about.spkeasy.social/pairing-hours
While we work on Speakeasy, we want to create a collaborative space that supports growth.
Come hang out, write some code, and make the internet a little better
April 17, 2pm AEST
about.spkeasy.social/pairing-hours
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We need to ditch the FAANGs for something rooted in #solidarity, #democracy, #wellbeing and #inclusion and where we don’t have to ask investors for permission to do the right thing
#coop #cooperatives
#coop #cooperatives
April 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
We need to ditch the FAANGs for something rooted in #solidarity, #democracy, #wellbeing and #inclusion and where we don’t have to ask investors for permission to do the right thing
#coop #cooperatives
#coop #cooperatives
Want to stop giving away your attention to the have yachts?
We've got you covered
#MICF #GillianCosgriff #Billionaire
youtu.be/s-HgE2LfjjY?...
We've got you covered
#MICF #GillianCosgriff #Billionaire
youtu.be/s-HgE2LfjjY?...
Gillian Cosgriff | 2025 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala
YouTube video by TheMelbComedyFest
youtu.be
April 4, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Want to stop giving away your attention to the have yachts?
We've got you covered
#MICF #GillianCosgriff #Billionaire
youtu.be/s-HgE2LfjjY?...
We've got you covered
#MICF #GillianCosgriff #Billionaire
youtu.be/s-HgE2LfjjY?...
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The problems of social media sound abstract—they’re in our lives now:
🤥 Misinformation worsens public health crises
🧌 Trolls harass women & minorities
😡 The toxic manosphere fuels hate
💸 Small orgs pay a social media tax to reach their audience
🤥 Misinformation worsens public health crises
🧌 Trolls harass women & minorities
😡 The toxic manosphere fuels hate
💸 Small orgs pay a social media tax to reach their audience
April 4, 2025 at 3:18 AM
The problems of social media sound abstract—they’re in our lives now:
🤥 Misinformation worsens public health crises
🧌 Trolls harass women & minorities
😡 The toxic manosphere fuels hate
💸 Small orgs pay a social media tax to reach their audience
🤥 Misinformation worsens public health crises
🧌 Trolls harass women & minorities
😡 The toxic manosphere fuels hate
💸 Small orgs pay a social media tax to reach their audience
Do you ever wonder what kind of world we would live in if the algorithm penalised every article with a passive voice headline?
April 3, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Do you ever wonder what kind of world we would live in if the algorithm penalised every article with a passive voice headline?
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Playing around with @spkeasy.social
after backing them - new coop social media platform built to inspire, not exploit. It’s powered by open source tech and puts people before profits to fosters connection, informed communities, and a kinder internet.
Check them out about.spkeasy.social
after backing them - new coop social media platform built to inspire, not exploit. It’s powered by open source tech and puts people before profits to fosters connection, informed communities, and a kinder internet.
Check them out about.spkeasy.social
Speakeasy
A cooperatively owned social platform built for focus, safety and authentic connections
about.spkeasy.social
March 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Playing around with @spkeasy.social
after backing them - new coop social media platform built to inspire, not exploit. It’s powered by open source tech and puts people before profits to fosters connection, informed communities, and a kinder internet.
Check them out about.spkeasy.social
after backing them - new coop social media platform built to inspire, not exploit. It’s powered by open source tech and puts people before profits to fosters connection, informed communities, and a kinder internet.
Check them out about.spkeasy.social
Hey Bluesky folks! We're Speakeasy. Cooperatively owned, no billionaire wannabes. We're building social media that works for us, not advertisers.
Intrigued? Skeptical? We get it. Check us out: about.spkeasy.social
Intrigued? Skeptical? We get it. Check us out: about.spkeasy.social
March 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Hey Bluesky folks! We're Speakeasy. Cooperatively owned, no billionaire wannabes. We're building social media that works for us, not advertisers.
Intrigued? Skeptical? We get it. Check us out: about.spkeasy.social
Intrigued? Skeptical? We get it. Check us out: about.spkeasy.social
We urgently need to start building alternative, cooperatively owned tech.
A lot of the pieces are in place. Piece by piece we can replace the silicon valley eco system with one that works for people instead of tech billionaires.
A lot of the pieces are in place. Piece by piece we can replace the silicon valley eco system with one that works for people instead of tech billionaires.
🚨🇳🇿 Join me in Auckland on April 10 where I’ll be talking about countering the Trump threat and escaping the dominance Silicon Valley has over our lives.
Now more than ever, we need digital sovereignty — and we’ll need to work together to build it.
Register here: digitalsovereignty.lilregie.com
Now more than ever, we need digital sovereignty — and we’ll need to work together to build it.
Register here: digitalsovereignty.lilregie.com
March 26, 2025 at 11:20 AM
We urgently need to start building alternative, cooperatively owned tech.
A lot of the pieces are in place. Piece by piece we can replace the silicon valley eco system with one that works for people instead of tech billionaires.
A lot of the pieces are in place. Piece by piece we can replace the silicon valley eco system with one that works for people instead of tech billionaires.
Social media commands the flow of both information and money, reinforcing the right's grip.
It's a key battleground for retaking society from right wing billionaires
That's why we're building a cooperative alternative: Speakeasy.
There's a lot of work to do, but we've got to start somewhere
It's a key battleground for retaking society from right wing billionaires
That's why we're building a cooperative alternative: Speakeasy.
There's a lot of work to do, but we've got to start somewhere
1. What you see here is clearest illustration why things are so messed up and why it cannot get any better until this asymmetry is addressed.
Put simply: the right-wing has narrative dominance.
My org @mmfa.bsky.social did this study and has been sounding this alarm for years. Some thoughts...
Put simply: the right-wing has narrative dominance.
My org @mmfa.bsky.social did this study and has been sounding this alarm for years. Some thoughts...
March 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Social media commands the flow of both information and money, reinforcing the right's grip.
It's a key battleground for retaking society from right wing billionaires
That's why we're building a cooperative alternative: Speakeasy.
There's a lot of work to do, but we've got to start somewhere
It's a key battleground for retaking society from right wing billionaires
That's why we're building a cooperative alternative: Speakeasy.
There's a lot of work to do, but we've got to start somewhere