New top story on Hacker News: Tell HN: Social media strike proposed for July 4-5 by Wikipedia co-founder

Tell HN: Social media strike proposed for July 4-5 by Wikipedia co-founder
13 by lsanger | 4 comments on Hacker News.
"Humanity has been contemptuously used by vast digital empires," says my new "Declaration of Digital Independence" (https://ift.tt/2xklq1V), which you can sign. So I'm calling a massive social media strike (https://ift.tt/2LumTuM) for July 4-5 to raise awareness of the possibility of decentralizing social media, which in my experience is wildly popular whenever proposed. Read the FAQ (https://ift.tt/2XBUFoj) and use some collected resources (https://ift.tt/300KV4v) to learn and spread the word far and wide. Look for lots of news about this soon. And get ready! Maybe we can make a long-held geek dream finally come true.

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