It’s time. We ignored their lack of openess. We looked the other way when they read our messages. We condoned their selling of our information. We rationalized their centralization of editorial and social power. But not any more. Facebook’s latest censoring of Nick Uts famous picture of a naked Kim Phuc fleeing from the napalm bombs, and even worse: Its censoring of the following discussion and criticism (even from the Norwegian prime minister), was the final straw. The time of jaded ignorace is over. It’s time we make a change towards an open social network based on sustainable technology.

theguardian.com/technology/2016/sep/08/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-napalm-girl-photo-vietnam-war

Let’s bring the social back to the social media. We are users, not consumers. For the sake of democracy, we cannot let Facebook last. We knew a change was needed, but we didn’t know how nor when. We must move to an open, non-profit, decentralized and privacy aware social network. Diaspora is such a network. A sustainable technology which will only improve with more people using it. It’s not as streamlined as Facebook yet, but everyone can contribute: The more people use it, the better it will get. Every change has some friction in the start, but if it means we finally can build a global community based on sustainable technology without a centralized power, it is undoubtedly worth it.

However, building a community is not possible alone. We need to collectively do the shift, and this is the time to do it. Find and join a Diaspora-pod at podupti.me, or join one of these directly:

joindiaspora.com flokk.no poddery.com

Although these are different sites, they will all connect you to the same network.

After joining, find your invitation-link, swap it for the one below and post this entire message on your Facebook wall.

My link: [enter link here]

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