
A podcast about the future of social media and reclaiming our digital communities. Revolution.Social is hosted by technologist and community advocate Rabble, a.k.a. Evan Henshaw-Plath — who was Twitter’s first employee and hired Jack Dorsey. In weekly interviews, Rabble will interview thought leaders, technologists, academics, and more about the need for a new social media "bill of rights." Just a... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 24 | Founded | 5 months ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | BusinessTechnology | |||

In this live interview recorded in November at Web Summit 2025 in Lisbon, Cory Doctorow returns to Revolution.Social to talk about building alternatives to “enshittified” digital platforms.
"Apps are websites that are illegal to protect your privac... more
Designer, community-builder, and Flickr co-creator George Oates is now the executive director of the Flickr Foundation, which is working to preserve the platform's 21 years of photos for the next 100 years. She helped create Flickr's community guidel... more
Rabble and Alice Chan, Revolution.Social’s host and executive producer, talk about the launch and overwhelming reception to diVine, a new social video app that resurrects the six-second looping format of Vine and features archived original Vine conte... more
Mallory Knodel is the executive director of the Social Web Foundation and former CTO of the Center for Democracy & Technology. Her roots go back to the activists, anarchists, and dreamers who built the open web, and then lost control of it to big bus... more
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Here’s the thing. Social media has been around for decades. Revolution.social is exploring its origins. Why things are the way they are, and what can be done to make change. Rabble has been on the frontline from the beginning and he’s working toward a better future. Context is everything. Understand the past to change the future.
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The content primarily tackles pressing issues related to the evolution of social media, focusing on the need for a new framework analogous to a Social Media Bill of Rights. Conversations explore topics such as user ownership, privacy, content moderation, and the implications of corporate control over social platforms. This series is distinguished by its guest lineup, which includes prominent figures in the tech industry, who share insights from their experiences while advocating for a more equitable digital future. The discussions frequently center on the ethical considerations of social media and the potential shift towards decentralized platforms that prioritize user autonomy and community engagement.
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Recent guests on Revolution.Social include:
1. George Oates
2. Mallory Knodel
3. Srđa Popović
4. Pamela Wisniewski
5. Jeff Jarvis
6. Adam Aleksic
7. Rudy Fraser
8. Mike Masnick
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