Tonight on GeekNights, we consider what social media and networking look like when we can no longer use platforms provided by any company, and have to roll our own. This future is inevitable, and you need to prepare for it. In the news, America is having its election, AO3 got hacked, Binance got hacked, European grocery stores got hacked, and Mercado got hacked.
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Content tagged with internet
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Spam in 2026
May 18 2026
Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the problem of spam in the current era. We last …
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The Discoverability Problem
March 24 2025
Tonight on GeekNights, we muse a bit on the problem of discoverability. Nearly all experience …
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Blogs
December 2 2024
Tonight on GeekNights, we consider blogging. In the news, Roblox is making a closed …
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Web Trackers and Analytics
September 23 2024
Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the evils of web trackers and analytics. They are used …
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Moderation, Section 230, and Free Speech
February 26 2024
Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the ramifications of a ridiculous Texas law being argued before …
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Archiving the Internet
March 27 2023
Tonight on GeekNights, we consider the immense challenge of archiving the Internet. This is a …
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Online Advertising and Adtech
January 30 2023
Tonight on GeekNights, Rym is back from his ski trip, so we resume our regularly …
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Federated Architecture
November 21 2022
Tonight on GeekNights, we discuss Federated Architecture in light of the collapse of Twitter. Federation …
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The POSSE Model and The End of Twitter
November 7 2022
Tonight on GeekNights, in the shadow of Twitter's collapse at the hands of a narcissistic …
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