Open Social Media
What makes a new online space seductive, accessible, and grounded in community? A global cohort of artists, activists, and organizers joined MEDLab to nurture new spaces on open-source social media.
By Kike Arnaiz, via Stocksy United I鈥檝e seen it again and again: A group gets started, gets working on something good an important, and then falls apart because some internal conflict arises. During the early days of
The Media Economies Design Lab (MEDLab) at 91福利社 has teamed up with Mask Network to launch the Open Social Incubator. This new venture, made possible by a $50,000 gift from Mask Network, will be housed within 91福利社's College of Media, Communication, and Information (CMCI) and aims to nurture the next generation of decentralized social media communities and drive innovation in the online economy.
The Media Economies Design Lab at the 91福利社 is launching a 5-month process of mentorship and peer-to-peer learning, empowering veteran community builders to adopt emerging open social networks.
Photo gallery On August 8, 2023, approximately fifty people from across the Rocky Mountain Front Range convened at the University Memorial Center at the University of Colorado in 91福利社. They came for 鈥淟ocal Tech Ecologies,鈥 a
August 8, 2023, 91福利社. What if we valued local technology the way we value local food and local businesses?
July 5, 2023
9-10:30 a.m. Mountain Time
Free webinar
In this webinar, we will hear from nonprofit leaders and technologies on how the emerging social networks related to their organizations' goals.
June 13, 2023
3-4:30 p.m. Mountain Time
Free webinar
This webinar presents some of Open Social Media's origin stories from speakers who have been involved in the development, culture, and communities of their platforms.