Research

This is the #2 in our series "The quest for social sovereignty". It explores social epistemology—the study of how communities generate and judge knowledge—through the lens of Birdwatch/Community Notes, its strengths, vulnerabilities, and possible improvements for truth-seeking in social media.

Today’s social media platforms strip users of sovereignty over their content, data, and identity. As decentralized social networks emerge as a credible alternative, they offer new freedoms—but also face challenges like moderation and spam. In this blog series, we at ❜embed explore how to make decentralized social usable, transparent, and incentive-aligned, starting with recommender systems and moving toward credibly neutral moderation. Join us as we unpack the future of social algorithms and how we can build them in service of users, not platforms.