Rabble
@rabble.nz
Hacker, anarchist, troublemaker.
Currently: https://verse-pbc.org, nos.social, protest.net
Previously indymedia.org, odeo, twttr, center for civic media, affinity.works, etc….
Personal site: https://Evan.Henshaw-Plath.com
(they/them)
Currently: https://verse-pbc.org, nos.social, protest.net
Previously indymedia.org, odeo, twttr, center for civic media, affinity.works, etc….
Personal site: https://Evan.Henshaw-Plath.com
(they/them)
@benjaminwaldman.bsky.social,@blaine.bsky.social, @bmann.ca
Cool project, but this feels a bit disingenuous: gandersocial.ca#data-privacy
ATprotocol doesn't support privacy the way you're implying. Your data definitely goes to servers outside of Canada and there's no privacy or access control.
Cool project, but this feels a bit disingenuous: gandersocial.ca#data-privacy
ATprotocol doesn't support privacy the way you're implying. Your data definitely goes to servers outside of Canada and there's no privacy or access control.
Gander: The Social Media You Want, Built in Canada
Fun, private, and ethical. We're changing the way social media is done around here, all without your personal data taking an unexpected trip down south.
gandersocial.ca
November 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
@benjaminwaldman.bsky.social,@blaine.bsky.social, @bmann.ca
Cool project, but this feels a bit disingenuous: gandersocial.ca#data-privacy
ATprotocol doesn't support privacy the way you're implying. Your data definitely goes to servers outside of Canada and there's no privacy or access control.
Cool project, but this feels a bit disingenuous: gandersocial.ca#data-privacy
ATprotocol doesn't support privacy the way you're implying. Your data definitely goes to servers outside of Canada and there's no privacy or access control.
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Apps give companies more power because users can’t modify them, block ads, or protect their privacy.
Live at Web Summit, Cory Doctorow spoke with @rabble.nz about how anticircumvention laws turned apps into ideal tools for data extraction and control.
Full episode out now.
Live at Web Summit, Cory Doctorow spoke with @rabble.nz about how anticircumvention laws turned apps into ideal tools for data extraction and control.
Full episode out now.
November 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Apps give companies more power because users can’t modify them, block ads, or protect their privacy.
Live at Web Summit, Cory Doctorow spoke with @rabble.nz about how anticircumvention laws turned apps into ideal tools for data extraction and control.
Full episode out now.
Live at Web Summit, Cory Doctorow spoke with @rabble.nz about how anticircumvention laws turned apps into ideal tools for data extraction and control.
Full episode out now.
Apparently i was accused of being a fake account on reddit...
arstechnica.com/information-...
arstechnica.com/information-...
reddit founders made hundreds of fake profiles so site looked popular
In its early days, reddit was built on lies. Sure, lots of code, but some lies.
arstechnica.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Apparently i was accused of being a fake account on reddit...
arstechnica.com/information-...
arstechnica.com/information-...
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Live from @websummit.bsky.social in Lisbon, Cory Doctorow joined @rabble.nz to discuss enshittified platforms & how users can reclaim control.
In this ep:
- How Europe could export jailbreaking tools
- Targeted pressure on tech giants
- Why tech workers lost leverage
Out now: youtu.be/CpLudlrwS_g
In this ep:
- How Europe could export jailbreaking tools
- Targeted pressure on tech giants
- Why tech workers lost leverage
Out now: youtu.be/CpLudlrwS_g
Enshittification and “Breaking Kings” (with Cory Doctorow at Web Summit)
YouTube video by revolution.social with @rabble
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Live from @websummit.bsky.social in Lisbon, Cory Doctorow joined @rabble.nz to discuss enshittified platforms & how users can reclaim control.
In this ep:
- How Europe could export jailbreaking tools
- Targeted pressure on tech giants
- Why tech workers lost leverage
Out now: youtu.be/CpLudlrwS_g
In this ep:
- How Europe could export jailbreaking tools
- Targeted pressure on tech giants
- Why tech workers lost leverage
Out now: youtu.be/CpLudlrwS_g
We can liberate ourselves from enshitified tech platforms.
Live from @websummit.bsky.social in Lisbon, Cory Doctorow joined @rabble.nz to discuss enshittified platforms & how users can reclaim control.
In this ep:
- How Europe could export jailbreaking tools
- Targeted pressure on tech giants
- Why tech workers lost leverage
Out now: youtu.be/CpLudlrwS_g
In this ep:
- How Europe could export jailbreaking tools
- Targeted pressure on tech giants
- Why tech workers lost leverage
Out now: youtu.be/CpLudlrwS_g
Enshittification and “Breaking Kings” (with Cory Doctorow at Web Summit)
YouTube video by revolution.social with @rabble
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
We can liberate ourselves from enshitified tech platforms.
divinevideo
divine.video is an open source revival of vine.
www.reddit.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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How do we resist #enshitification? Divine creator @rabble.nz interviewed Cory Doctorow @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy at WebSummit.
youtu.be/IgEAD_a1Cx0?...
youtu.be/IgEAD_a1Cx0?...
Cory Web Summit Video v1
YouTube video by revolution.social with @rabble
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 12:42 AM
How do we resist #enshitification? Divine creator @rabble.nz interviewed Cory Doctorow @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy at WebSummit.
youtu.be/IgEAD_a1Cx0?...
youtu.be/IgEAD_a1Cx0?...
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George Oates, founding executive director of @flickrfdn.bsky.social, is leading the effort to preserve Flickr's history for the next century.
@rabble.nz, creator of diVine, reflects on how much culture disappeared when Vine shut down with no archive to protect it.
Full episode out now.
@rabble.nz, creator of diVine, reflects on how much culture disappeared when Vine shut down with no archive to protect it.
Full episode out now.
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
George Oates, founding executive director of @flickrfdn.bsky.social, is leading the effort to preserve Flickr's history for the next century.
@rabble.nz, creator of diVine, reflects on how much culture disappeared when Vine shut down with no archive to protect it.
Full episode out now.
@rabble.nz, creator of diVine, reflects on how much culture disappeared when Vine shut down with no archive to protect it.
Full episode out now.
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diVine, an open source reboot of Vine, is built to stay community-driven.
@rabble.nz, diVine’s creator, explains why real ownership and user freedom matter for the future of social media.
Full episode out now.
@rabble.nz, diVine’s creator, explains why real ownership and user freedom matter for the future of social media.
Full episode out now.
November 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
diVine, an open source reboot of Vine, is built to stay community-driven.
@rabble.nz, diVine’s creator, explains why real ownership and user freedom matter for the future of social media.
Full episode out now.
@rabble.nz, diVine’s creator, explains why real ownership and user freedom matter for the future of social media.
Full episode out now.
This is why I’m building @divine.video
Six-second videos. Archived Vines. Zero generative AI.
In our new episode, @rabble.nz, creator of diVine, explains the vision behind the social video app.
Full episode out now.
In our new episode, @rabble.nz, creator of diVine, explains the vision behind the social video app.
Full episode out now.
November 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
This is why I’m building @divine.video
I so want to just throw divine.video out to the world, but that's not the responsible thing to do. When I realized it's going to get a lot of attention and use, we had to step back and make sure we had systems in place for it to scale both the servers and trust & safety systems.
We're not ready to launch yet. We found flaws in the way we were detection AI content and some bugs that let users post videos longer than 6 seconds and a few spam related issues. We've got solutions to these issues, but need to implement them.
November 18, 2025 at 6:10 AM
I so want to just throw divine.video out to the world, but that's not the responsible thing to do. When I realized it's going to get a lot of attention and use, we had to step back and make sure we had systems in place for it to scale both the servers and trust & safety systems.
One of the completions that come up when I search for my name is “… net worth” and sometimes I tap on it to see if the internet knows about some secret reserve of wealth that my conscious mind is unaware of.
November 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
One of the completions that come up when I search for my name is “… net worth” and sometimes I tap on it to see if the internet knows about some secret reserve of wealth that my conscious mind is unaware of.
Apparently the attention @divine.video is getting is causing people to reach out asking to work for me... which is kind funny, I built divine as a project i could do myself on my own, because i was miserable being a boss who had to tell other people what to do in order to get stuff done.
November 16, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Apparently the attention @divine.video is getting is causing people to reach out asking to work for me... which is kind funny, I built divine as a project i could do myself on my own, because i was miserable being a boss who had to tell other people what to do in order to get stuff done.
THIS IS WHY I BUILD DIVINE
Divine is built on the idea that we all should demand basic rights when it comes to social media. They're laid out in rights.social
Social Media Bill of Rights
Five fundamental rights we need for a free, open, and humane social media ecosystem
rights.social
November 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
THIS IS WHY I BUILD DIVINE
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Nothing like getting 10,000 enthusiastic testers to figure out which bugs are most critical to fix.
November 14, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Nothing like getting 10,000 enthusiastic testers to figure out which bugs are most critical to fix.
Well this makes me really wish Apple would approve @divine.video in to the AppStore.... we're stuck with 10k TestFlight users and no more.
November 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Well this makes me really wish Apple would approve @divine.video in to the AppStore.... we're stuck with 10k TestFlight users and no more.
Can we build an internet centered around human rights? I sat down with
@mallory.techpolicy.social.ap.brid.gy to talk about building the social web for all of us.
youtu.be/BBrJpbN4Lw4?...
@mallory.techpolicy.social.ap.brid.gy to talk about building the social web for all of us.
youtu.be/BBrJpbN4Lw4?...
Building Human Rights Into the Social Web (with Mallory Knodel)
YouTube video by revolution.social with @rabble
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Can we build an internet centered around human rights? I sat down with
@mallory.techpolicy.social.ap.brid.gy to talk about building the social web for all of us.
youtu.be/BBrJpbN4Lw4?...
@mallory.techpolicy.social.ap.brid.gy to talk about building the social web for all of us.
youtu.be/BBrJpbN4Lw4?...
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We're trying to revive the original dream of Vine. techcrunch.com/2025/11/12/j...
Jack Dorsey funds diVine, a Vine reboot that includes Vine's video archive | TechCrunch
Jack Dorsey backs diVine, a Vine reboot that includes Vine's video archive of six-second, looping videos. A new app called diVine will give access to more than 100,000 archived Vine videos, restored f...
techcrunch.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:51 AM
We're trying to revive the original dream of Vine. techcrunch.com/2025/11/12/j...
I miss Vine. I miss authentic human social media instead of AI slop. Being able to choose who you follow rather than being force fed content by adversarial algorithms. So I built a thing to bring the idea of Vine back.
techcrunch.com/2025/11/12/j...
techcrunch.com/2025/11/12/j...
Jack Dorsey funds diVine, a Vine reboot that includes Vine's video archive | TechCrunch
Jack Dorsey backs diVine, a Vine reboot that includes Vine's video archive of six-second, looping videos. A new app called diVine will give access to more than 100,000 archived Vine videos, restored f...
techcrunch.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:23 AM
I miss Vine. I miss authentic human social media instead of AI slop. Being able to choose who you follow rather than being force fed content by adversarial algorithms. So I built a thing to bring the idea of Vine back.
techcrunch.com/2025/11/12/j...
techcrunch.com/2025/11/12/j...
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Today at @websummit.bsky.social in Lisbon, @rabble.nz sat down with Cory Doctorow to discuss why Big Tech’s power harms society & why “move fast and break things” isn’t always progress.
Tomorrow, he joins @jb55.bsky.social and @harrymccracken.com to discuss building a freer, decentralized internet.
Tomorrow, he joins @jb55.bsky.social and @harrymccracken.com to discuss building a freer, decentralized internet.
November 12, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Today at @websummit.bsky.social in Lisbon, @rabble.nz sat down with Cory Doctorow to discuss why Big Tech’s power harms society & why “move fast and break things” isn’t always progress.
Tomorrow, he joins @jb55.bsky.social and @harrymccracken.com to discuss building a freer, decentralized internet.
Tomorrow, he joins @jb55.bsky.social and @harrymccracken.com to discuss building a freer, decentralized internet.
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This week, @rabble.nz takes the stage twice at @websummit.bsky.social 🇵🇹
He joins @jb55.bsky.social & @harrymccracken.com on Nov 13 to discuss how open, decentralized protocols like Nostr can power a freer internet.
Building on Nostr: Open Protocols & New Possibilities websummit.com/sessions/lis...
He joins @jb55.bsky.social & @harrymccracken.com on Nov 13 to discuss how open, decentralized protocols like Nostr can power a freer internet.
Building on Nostr: Open Protocols & New Possibilities websummit.com/sessions/lis...
Building on Nostr: Open protocols and new possibilities | Web Summit
websummit.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This week, @rabble.nz takes the stage twice at @websummit.bsky.social 🇵🇹
He joins @jb55.bsky.social & @harrymccracken.com on Nov 13 to discuss how open, decentralized protocols like Nostr can power a freer internet.
Building on Nostr: Open Protocols & New Possibilities websummit.com/sessions/lis...
He joins @jb55.bsky.social & @harrymccracken.com on Nov 13 to discuss how open, decentralized protocols like Nostr can power a freer internet.
Building on Nostr: Open Protocols & New Possibilities websummit.com/sessions/lis...
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Our host, @rabble.nz is speaking at @websummit.bsky.social this week! 🇵🇹
He joins Cory Doctorow on Nov 12 to discuss how “enshittification” took over tech, & how we can build an open, decentralized internet.
🎤 A Post-American, Enshittification-Resistant Internet: websummit.com/sessions/lis...
He joins Cory Doctorow on Nov 12 to discuss how “enshittification” took over tech, & how we can build an open, decentralized internet.
🎤 A Post-American, Enshittification-Resistant Internet: websummit.com/sessions/lis...
A post-American, enshittification-resistant internet | Web Summit
websummit.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Our host, @rabble.nz is speaking at @websummit.bsky.social this week! 🇵🇹
He joins Cory Doctorow on Nov 12 to discuss how “enshittification” took over tech, & how we can build an open, decentralized internet.
🎤 A Post-American, Enshittification-Resistant Internet: websummit.com/sessions/lis...
He joins Cory Doctorow on Nov 12 to discuss how “enshittification” took over tech, & how we can build an open, decentralized internet.
🎤 A Post-American, Enshittification-Resistant Internet: websummit.com/sessions/lis...
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An absolute must-listen episode of Revolution.Social. Part important history lesson, part strategy for a decentralized future for media. Thank you for the awesome convo & insights @rabble.nz and @jeffjarvis.bsky.social
revolution.social/episodes/jef...
revolution.social/episodes/jef...
revolution.social - A Podcast About the Social Media Revolution
Join us as we explore the social media revolution and how we can build an open world for all.
revolution.social
November 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
An absolute must-listen episode of Revolution.Social. Part important history lesson, part strategy for a decentralized future for media. Thank you for the awesome convo & insights @rabble.nz and @jeffjarvis.bsky.social
revolution.social/episodes/jef...
revolution.social/episodes/jef...
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Sky․app 0.5.0 is out!
• Switch AppView to blacksky.community
• Minor fix for minimum window width
getsky.app or Check for Updates in app
• Switch AppView to blacksky.community
• Minor fix for minimum window width
getsky.app or Check for Updates in app
November 9, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Sky․app 0.5.0 is out!
• Switch AppView to blacksky.community
• Minor fix for minimum window width
getsky.app or Check for Updates in app
• Switch AppView to blacksky.community
• Minor fix for minimum window width
getsky.app or Check for Updates in app
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There are many ways individuals and organizations can resist oppression, including technologists and tech policy advocates, who must use their skills to identify and interrupt the use of technology in service of authoritarianism, writes Tech Policy Press fellow Dia Kayyali.
It’s Time for Technologists and Tech Policy Advocates to Get Radical in Fight Against Authoritarianism | TechPolicy.Press
Dia Kayyali says in the face of the authoritarian threat, the fight for justice and rights for all is systemic, and requires creativity and coordination.
buff.ly
November 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
There are many ways individuals and organizations can resist oppression, including technologists and tech policy advocates, who must use their skills to identify and interrupt the use of technology in service of authoritarianism, writes Tech Policy Press fellow Dia Kayyali.