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Jack Dorsey pumps $10 million into a nonprofit focused on open-source social media
Jack Dorsey backs nonprofit 'and Other Stuff' with $10M to build open social technology.
Image Credits: CashuAs a result, the team at “and Other Stuff” is determined not to build a company but is instead operating like a “community of hackers,” explains Henshaw-Plath. I think the team is great,” Dorsey told Henshaw-Plath, “but the structure is what I disagree with…I want to push the energy in a different direction, which is more like Bitcoin, which is completely open and not owned by anyone from a protocol layer. Image Credits: and Other Stuff (opens in a new window) In later episodes, Henshaw-Plath will interview others who have insight into how social media and tech have evolved, including journalists like Kara Swisher and Taylor Lorenz, former Twitter head of Trust & Safety Yoel Roth, Substack co-founder Chris Best, Medium CEO Tony Stubblebine, Cory Doctorow(who coined the term “ enshittification ” to describe the state of much of the current web), and renowned misinformation researcher Renée DiResta.
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