{"podcast":{"title":"Revolution.Social","slug":"revolution-social-7409931","podcast_index_feed_id":7409931,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/11425154c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://revolution.social/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/46229419/49a2b074e1d12f41.jpg","author":"Rabble a.k.a. Evan Henshaw-Plath","episode_count":49,"summary":"A podcast about the future of social media and reclaiming our digital communities. Revolution.Social is hosted by technologist and community advocate Rabble, a.k.a. Evan Henshaw-Plath — who was Twitter’s first employee and hired Jack Dorsey. In weekly interviews, Rabble will interview thought leaders, technologists, academics, and more about the need for a new social media \"bill of rights.\" Just as the original Bill of Rights protected individual freedoms from government overreach, we need fundamental protections from corporate control and surveillance capitalism. This is the start of a conversation about what developers are building, how they're building it, and what consumers need to be asking for. Guests will include Jack Dorsey (former CEO & co-founder of Twitter); Kara Swisher (host of On with Kara Swisher, co-host of Pivot); Cory Doctorow (science fiction author & former editor of Boing Boing); and Taylor Lorenz (founder of User Mag, host of Power User).","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T16:20:23.930135+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/revolution-social-7409931"},"episode":{"title":"Rebuilding Social Media From Scratch!","slug":"rebuilding-social-media-from-scratch","published_at":"2026-07-09T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/revolution-social-7409931/rebuilding-social-media-from-scratch","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/revolution-social-7409931","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/divine01/episodes/Rebuilding-Social-Media-From-Scratch-e3lre9n","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/11425154c/podcast/play/122582775/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-9%2F9288a21f-320c-03fe-491e-963b4c1e6de6.mp3","summary":"What happens when the person who once architected one of social media’s biggest platforms decides it needs to be entirely re-thought? From day one Blaine Cook helped build Twitter creating the @ mention, OAuth, and numerous technologies that still quietly power the internet. Disillusioned by what social media has become, he stepped back to rethink it entirely. In this episode, he chats with Rabble about Twitter's early chaos, the decisions that shaped it, and why he refuses to accept that these platforms can't be changed. Today he’s building a better approach to online community called Roundabout, Blaine explains why he's betting on people to get this right. Show notes: Blaine Cook on Twitter: @blaine Blaine Cook on Bluesky: @blaine.bsky.social Blaine Cook on Mastodon: @blaine@mastodon.social Roundabout app: https://joinroundabout.com/ New_ Public foundation: https://newpublic.org/ Follow Rabble on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rabble.nz Follow the podcast: https://episodes.fm/1824528874 Our executive producer is 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/","meta_description":"What happens when the person who once architected one of social media’s biggest platforms decides it needs to be entirely re-thought? From day one Blaine…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4795,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/revolution-social-7409931/episodes/rebuilding-social-media-from-scratch/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/revolution-social-7409931/rebuilding-social-media-from-scratch.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}