The v0.1.0 Alexandria app, Gutenberg edition, has been released by the Gitcitadel project team, and is in production on https://alexandria.gitcitadel.com.
Yes, we actually managed to get this working. It was a crazy idea, but we #GitCitadel residents-and-frens are crazy enough to get it working.
Instead of talking about "toxic algorithms" and TikTok bans, like so many do today, we should ask ourselves more fundamental questions. How about we examine the very notion of information control?
The ongoing debate surrounding freedom of expression may revolve more around determining who gets to control the dissemination of information rather than any claimed notion of safeguarding democracy. Similarities can be identified from 500 years ago, following the invention of the printing press.
