Launches are magical. They exist in this place where hopes, dreams and the real world meet, and then it can go exactly as good as or bad as you’d expect.
Online communities have been around since the beginning of the internet. A family chat on Telegram, a work Slack, a Subreddit about questionable…
Last week (shh, yes last week) we were talking about how the only long-term viable mode of operation for an online community of sufficient size is one…
Controlling what people can and can’t see is an act of governance, and legitimate governance requires user control over it.
Our thoughts on software licenses and project sustainability.
Hi all, After taking some time off in the holidays following our December release, here's a fresh batch of Aether news. We have major updates on this…
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