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Internet will never be the same again

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Nikhil Pahwa
A website called Run your own social has a guide on how to set up your own social network, for those who are “tired of Facebook or Twitter or wherever else and have thought that there’s got to be a better way”. While scarce on the technical details, it suggests creating a code of conduct, reminding you that: “You get to make the social rules and policies”. It reminds me of how the Internet used to be in the early 2000s, with multiple social networks and online forums to choose from. Each was its own benevolent dictatorship.

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