#Fiddleware – Federated #Middleware, any user agent service that gives users more direct control to fiddle with how they see online content presented (whether server, client, or protocol level), potentially usable for a consolidated view of multiple online services. 4/4

New words to think about in 2023: 🧵
#Platformdammerung – Twilight of the Platforms.
#Plativerse – #Platforms bridged with the #Metaverse of #Mastodon.
#Fiddleware – Federated #Middleware user agents. https://techpolicy.press/into-the-plativerse-through-fiddleware/ 1/4

Beyond #Twitter & #Mastodon...
How a more flexible, federated #Middleware solution may arise from the #Fediverse to solve the problem of scalable, participatory governance of digital town squares: #Fiddleware! In @TechPolicyPress@twitter.com.
https://techpolicy.press/into-the-plativerse-through-fiddleware/

Shouldn’t they be able to compose multiple ranking services to generate composite rankings, and shift the gears – weighting and steering those systems as their moods, tasks and domains change? Shouldn’t middleware be federated? Call it #Fiddleware (to fiddle with your view).

A Ghost of Social Media Future?
From the #Platformdammerung Into the #Plativerse Through #Fiddleware.
(=From the Twilight of the Platforms, Into the Hybrid/Bridged Platform/Fediverse... Through Federated Middleware
A vision of possible paths forward.🧵
https://techpolicy.press/into-the-plativerse-through-fiddleware/