Opening the Web

Brent Simmons on using Micro.blog:

We could continue to flock to Twitter and Facebook — we could keep paying those who have and will rip off democracy for a stock price — or we could turn our backs and help the open web instead.

We could say goodbye to the creepy targeted ads and the algorithms, to the Nazis and bots and propagandists, to the harassers and the people selling hate. We could stop being spied-on for profit.

This blog entry sums up why we need to make the open web great again. It’s really up to us on how this trend will continue. Let’s make a choice.