Lives in The Netherlands, EU. Works as self-employed tech consultant & software developer. Likes to tinker & has way too many interests :)
Likely to toot in NL/EN/DE […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mastodon.social/@BjornW, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
If you were in charge of social media industrial policy in the European Union, and you had complete freedom to decide, what would it be?
Or what would your advice be to them?
#EU #SocialMedia #Policy #FediForum #FediForumFriday
@j12t have you read this piece already?
https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/the-impossible-things-we-have-to-believe/
On my way to "The Web You Want" in Amsterdam with @vasilis , @julieblanc, @johannes,
@adactio, @Cyd, @sarajw & @tink
I'll be giving a presentation / workshop on digital autonomy. It will be in English, but I'll be bring Dutch #DoeiDag stickers & some 'zines as well.
Looking forward to it! […]
Johannes Ernst
RE: https://mastodon.nl/@SandraDeHaan/116736840915546503
Goed om te zien dat een initiatief zoals Parkinson.nl nu ook op het Fediverse is te vinden.
Welkom @Parkinson_nl
Kleine suggestie: op jullie website staan nu nog alleen de bekende bigtech platformen vermeld bij het kopje Sociale Media […]
Eerste stuk gelezen in 'De Dichter En De Duivel' van Lieke Marsman. Dit moet hardop gelezen / voorgedragen worden.
Kende haar werk nog niet & pas door haar overlijden kwam ik op haar spoor. Ik ben onder de indruk van dit boek(je). Nu weer verder lezen.
Aanrader!
#LiekeMarsman #Boeken […]
RE: https://mastodon.social/@_elena/116735947449480607
A warning from Elena on W Social & @EUCommission.
Why would an institute like the European Commission ever want to 'rent' a social media account instead of owning their own server is beyond me.
If you're not the owner you do not control […]
Companies should be very transparent about data collecting & purposes. Allowing people
to make an informed decision to contribute data or not. Hiding it in legalese fine print is not very transparent. Another example of why we should not trust tech companies incl. game companies with our data […]
If I understand it correctly a lot of people might be unknowingly invest into questionable companies like SpaceX via their pension fund:
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/msci-confirms-early-index-inclusion-rules-ahead-spacex-ipo-2026-06-08
It also seems environmental, social, and […]