My first encounter with federated networks was through Diaspora. At the time, I was already aware of the harm caused by centralized, monopolistic platforms, both in terms of privacy and of power abuse.

I had just shut down the Face*k account I was using during the Arab Spring, and started embedding the FSF logo “You won't find me on Face*k” in all my blog posts. My Diaspora account was hosted on an independently run server, a pod in Diaspora's terminology.

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