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user: benwerd
created: 2010-01-21
karma: 4836

Helping to build communities on the open web.

I lead tech at https://propublica.org/

Previously: The 19th*, ForUsAll, Unlock, Matter Ventures, Medium, Known, Latakoo, Elgg.

Personal homepage: https://werd.io

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/benwerd; my proof: https://keybase.io/benwerd/sigs/YK-QOCNnsiG6ADHQHU5pAARzJFek-ajUnq2wvcDCRk0 ]

submissions:

It's not enough to have better ideals
3 points | 0 comments
The community-first software era
2 points | 0 comments
Know Your Point C
3 points | 0 comments
Pope Leo XIV says AI must serve humanity, not the powerful few
345 points | 67 comments
Why micropayments can't save news
5 points | 0 comments
Speed Month – The Reader Meets the Fediverse
3 points | 0 comments
The Open Social Web Needs Section 230 to Survive
3 points | 0 comments
Product-Shaped or Movement-Shaped?
1 points | 0 comments
Building with Love, and Paying for It
4 points | 1 comments
Sustaining innovation has failed us. It's time to think more radically
2 points | 0 comments
Launching XOXO Explore
1 points | 0 comments
The User-Tailored Newsroom
1 points | 0 comments
Palantir posts mini-manifesto denouncing inclusivity and 'regressive' cultures
30 points | 3 comments
You Own Your Role, We Own the Outcome
2 points | 0 comments
One size fits none: let communities build for themselves
1 points | 0 comments
The Federal Government Is Rushing Toward AI: Three Cautionary Tales
4 points | 0 comments
The open web isn't dying, we're killing it
84 points | 76 comments
Design for the Roller Coaster
9 points | 1 comments
Surf demonstrates the power of the open social web
2 points | 0 comments
Meta and YouTube found negligent in landmark social media addiction case
3 points | 0 comments
0 points | 0 comments
Businesses rush to rehire staff after regretted AI-driven cuts
4 points | 2 comments
Can We Build the Dog?
1 points | 0 comments
Good Vibes, Bad Vendors
3 points | 0 comments
The political effects of X's feed algorithm
82 points | 100 comments
An Increasingly Dangerous World
3 points | 0 comments
The Five Levels: From spicy autocomplete to the dark factory
74 points | 71 comments
Who Owns Your Data?
1 points | 0 comments
Remembering Beyond Vietnam on MLK Day
1 points | 0 comments
The Zurich Protocol
3 points | 1 comments