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Why does the internet feel worse than it used to?
From scams and spam to platforms we don’t control, many of the systems shaping our online lives feel increasingly broken.
In this episode of Revolution.Social, Rabble (Twitter’s first employee) sits down with Molly White, software engineer, Wikipedia editor, and creator of “Web3 is Going Just Great”, to unpack what’s actually gone wrong, and whether it can be fixed.
Molly has spent years documenting the realities behind crypto and the modern internet, from high-profile collapses to the incentives that allow scams and bad actors to thrive.
Together, they explore:
Plus: how Rabble became the subject of a $50,000 prediction market bet.
Can we rebuild an internet that’s more open, trustworthy, and user-controlled — or are these problems here to stay?
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
4:34 Wikipedia as a Commons
10:25 Resisting Authoritarian Attacks on Open Projects
14:05 The Rise and Fall of the Web3 Utopian Myth
18:23 Crypto Scams and Failures
20:34 Cozying Up to the White House
24:00 The Dangers of Online "Safety" Laws
30:19 Regulatory Capture and the Return of High-Risk Finance
38:23 "The Financialization of Everything"
45:51 Social Good vs. Token Value
55:26 Returning to the IndieWeb and Open Protocols
1:01:27 Why You Should Own Your Domain Name
1:05:09 Protocols Over Platforms as a Check on Power
Molly’s website
Her newsletter, Citation Needed
Follow Rabble on Bluesky
Follow the podcast
This episode was produced and edited by Eric Johnson from LightningPod.fm, and executive produced by Alice Chan from Flock Marketing.
To learn more about Rabble’s Social Media Bill of Rights, and sign up for our newsletter, visit https://revolution.social/
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By Rabble a.k.a. Evan Henshaw-PlathFrom scams and spam to platforms we don’t control, many of the systems shaping our online lives feel increasingly broken.
In this episode of Revolution.Social, Rabble (Twitter’s first employee) sits down with Molly White, software engineer, Wikipedia editor, and creator of “Web3 is Going Just Great”, to unpack what’s actually gone wrong, and whether it can be fixed.
Molly has spent years documenting the realities behind crypto and the modern internet, from high-profile collapses to the incentives that allow scams and bad actors to thrive.
Together, they explore:
Plus: how Rabble became the subject of a $50,000 prediction market bet.
Can we rebuild an internet that’s more open, trustworthy, and user-controlled — or are these problems here to stay?
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
4:34 Wikipedia as a Commons
10:25 Resisting Authoritarian Attacks on Open Projects
14:05 The Rise and Fall of the Web3 Utopian Myth
18:23 Crypto Scams and Failures
20:34 Cozying Up to the White House
24:00 The Dangers of Online "Safety" Laws
30:19 Regulatory Capture and the Return of High-Risk Finance
38:23 "The Financialization of Everything"
45:51 Social Good vs. Token Value
55:26 Returning to the IndieWeb and Open Protocols
1:01:27 Why You Should Own Your Domain Name
1:05:09 Protocols Over Platforms as a Check on Power
Molly’s website
Her newsletter, Citation Needed
Follow Rabble on Bluesky
Follow the podcast
This episode was produced and edited by Eric Johnson from LightningPod.fm, and executive produced by Alice Chan from Flock Marketing.
To learn more about Rabble’s Social Media Bill of Rights, and sign up for our newsletter, visit https://revolution.social/