Gander Social

A lovely little Gander update landed yesterday. 🌙 Dark Mode: cozier Gandering that's easy on the eyes. 🔇 MUTE WORDS + TAGS! FOR A DAY! A WEEK! FOREVER! EXCLUDE PEOPLE YOU FOLLOW! Oops. Sorry. Volume was on high. ✨ For You Page: tweaks to bring you more interesting convos from further afield.

Running dark mode through its paces. Or, as one member of the Gander team described it: “The cozy kind of dark mode.” Right in time for fall.

Groups are coming to Gander. (Once we are done testing them). Open and invite-only communities + cozier spaces for your closest people. They'll even be able to share into the main Gander feed. We’re following the ATProto Spaces alpha design, interop groups are the goal.

You've heard of surveillance advertising... but have you tried surveillance age verification?

Chef's kiss (as usual).

Well worth a minute of your time to watch this. This is pretty much why there’s a Gander. A quick note on "sovereignty" in the context of this speech: We want to be governed by Canadian law. We don’t want the power of government. Nobody elected us.

I’ve been spending a little more time on @gandersocial.ca . The feed feels different. People tell stories. Founders answer questions. Bugs get called bugs. Chapman’s posts about ice cream. I wrote about why that matters to me, and why digital sovereignty is more than where we park the servers.

Episode 11 of 49 Clicks featuring special guest Ben Waldman, co-founder and CEO of @gandersocial.ca , is now live! 🍁 youtu.be/8V6oaMo3lEQ?...

'Like all social media, these services will succeed only if there is sufficient uptake. If our institutions threw their weight around, it could hasten an exodus from platforms owned by Trump’s loyal servants and push Canadians toward more democratic online spaces.' Preach, Justin.

Of course we’re proud to help Tod get his Moose Farts. And we’re overjoyed to help our namesake and commemorate an extraordinary four days of human kindness.

Thanks for having us, Michael. Appreciate you reading the privacy policy too. We got into the fine details and all the nuance that goes into infrastructure, moderation, verification, privacy, and everything else that comes with the territory.

Not really into waiting until the harm is already done. So then the question is: how do we keep kids safe online without just straight-up excluding them? www.wsj.com/tech/meta-or...

We published our very first Benefit Report. It’s a look at what we’ve built, the impact we’re starting to see, and what we’re still figuring out. Plenty of that last part. Have a read, and let us know if you have questions!

Tiny. Nocturnal. Fond of peanut butter. One of the best PSAs of all time. And a very good reminder... especially these days. www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9hJ...

We’d ask you to sign up for Gander. But honestly, we’d rather you didn’t. It’s Canada Day. Put away your phone. Talk to your friends. Get some fresh air. Touch grass if you can. It's what we'll be doing. Sign up for Gander tomorrow. It’ll still be here when you get back.

On voit plein de nouveaux visages par ici. Bienvenue 👋 Techniquement, on « lance » demain. Mais vous pouvez très bien passer un peu d’avance, jeter un coup d’œil, goûter aux grignotines et vous trouver une bonne place où vous installer. Trouvez-nous dans l’App Store ou sur Google Play.

Moderation is one of those things people don’t really notice when it’s working. Some do. Usually when we remove a slur. That or politely ask them to leave when it's become a pattern of behaviour. Read about our approach to moderation: context, nuance, exemptions: gandersocial.ca/blog/peace-o...