Hucklemelon

Dan Fichter

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TECHNOLOGY

Hucklemelon

Conversations about tech policy, the mental health system, and schemes for change. By Dan Fichter hucklemelon@gmail.com

MAR 31

Instead of the Algorithm

An exploration of social media 'middleware' with guests Marc Faddoul, Chand Rajendra-Nicolucci, and Jonathan Stray. Transcript here. Recommended reading: Report of the Working Group on Platform Scale (November 2020) How to Quiet the Megaphones of Facebook, Google and Twitter (February 2021) X Algorithm Feeds Users Political Content — Whether They Want It or Not (October 2024) Suit Against Meta, Using a Tech Shield Law, Is Dismissed (November 2024) Shaping the Future of Social Media with Middleware (December 2024) A research agenda for encouraging prosocial behaviour on social media (March 2025) https://freeourfeeds.com https://rankingchallenge.substack.com Clips used with their creators' permission: Francis Fukuyama: Middleware Could Give Consumers Choices Over What They See Online (November 2021) Is Middleware the Solution to the Problem of Platform Power? (March 2023) featuring Daphne Keller Dave Troy Presents: Better Conflict with Jonathan Stray (January 2024) Jack Dorsey - CEO of Block | Podcast | In Good Company | Norges Bank Investment Management (February 2025) Episode produced and scored by Dan Fichter (hucklemelon@gmail.com).

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Conversations about tech policy, the mental health system, and schemes for change. By Dan Fichter hucklemelon@gmail.com

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