The Serfs of Facebook
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I'm also super happy with how the illustrations came out. The format is something new for me, trying a narrative allegory.
The end is a call to action. I think we can help people host these independent services by making it easy for them to do so. This way more people truly own their own platform.
After writing I found https://ghost.org/ which looks a lot like what I was imagining should exist, though I haven't had a chance to play with it (and I have a personal preference for static site generators).
Thanks for reading and let me know what you think.