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"content": "<p>Here's my writeup of <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/FediForum\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>FediForum</span></a>, in which I ask the question: is the fediverse making meaningful progress vs. centralized platforms? The post includes <span class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@_elena\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>_elena</span></a></span>'s excellent video and has discussion of <span class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https://social.coop/@cwebber\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>cwebber</span></a></span>'s presentation, Bounce (by <span class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@quillmatiq\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>quillmatiq</span></a></span> & <span class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://snarfed.org/about\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>snarfed.org</span></a></span>), Surf (by <span class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https://flipboard.com/@mike\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>mike</span></a></span> & <span class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https://flipboard.com/@marci\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>marci</span></a></span>), Channels.org (by <span class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https://newsmast.social/@michael\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>michael</span></a></span> & <span class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https://newsmast.social/@newsmast\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>newsmast</span></a></span> team), & Bandwagon (by <span class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@benpate\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>benpate</span></a></span>). Thx also <span class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https://j12t.social/@j12t\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>j12t</span></a></span> & <span class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.xyz/@anca\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>anca</span></a></span> for FediForum. The headline is via Christine: "we can’t succeed without joy." <a href=\"https://thenewstack.io/bringing-joy-back-to-the-web-fediverse-vs-centralized-apps/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"><span class=\"invisible\">https://</span><span class=\"ellipsis\">thenewstack.io/bringing-joy-ba</span><span class=\"invisible\">ck-to-the-web-fediverse-vs-centralized-apps/</span></a></p>",
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