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This Publishing Platform Sees the Future, with Ghost’s John O’Nolan

Jun 25, 20241 hr 6 minEp. 12
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Episode description

John O’Nolan, the founder and CEO of Ghost, calls himself “the inverse Peter Thiel.” That’s because he wants to build a tech company that bucks the usual narratives, with as few monopolies as possible. His open-source publishing platform is structured as a nonprofit and is integrating with the ActivityPub protocol, giving creators digital sovereignty. No longer do writers have to perform for an algorithm to succeed or get stuck inside closed systems that monetize off their backs.

Does this scenario seem too good to be true? As you’ll hear in this conversation with Flipboard CEO Mike McCue, John doesn’t think so. There’s still a lot to be figured out, but both entrepreneurs are here for whatever this next phase of the internet brings. 

Highlights of this conversation:

  • Why John believes in ActivityPub
  • Ghost’s ActivityPub integration
  • Parallels with the early internet
  • Being at a grassroots stage
  • Decentralizing human connection
  • Impact of catering to algorithms
  • Micropayments and other models

🔎 You can find John at https://john.onolan.org/

✚ You can connect with Mike McCue on Mastodon at @[email protected] or via his Flipboard federated account, where you can see what he’s curating on Flipboard in the fediverse, at @[email protected]

💡 To learn more about what Flipboard's doing in the fediverse, sign up here:  https://about.flipboard.com/a-new-wave/

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