SXSW 2025

Digital Sovereignty Is the New Influencer Status

Description:

Forget about amassing followers within walled gardens. The real power move for creators is ownership and control. Researcher, writer and software engineer Molly White is thinking deeply about how digital ownership is evolving and concludes that sovereignty — the ability to just pick up and go somewhere else — is one of the most important conditions for the modern-day creator. The leading crypto critic discusses how she’s implementing a new model (POSSE) to reclaim her identity on the web and what it means for the future of the internet.


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Takeaways

  1. Understand what decentralized social media is and how it will change the nature of identity on the web
  2. Understand why decentralized social media/ActivityPub will revolutionize the game for creators
  3. Empower creators to leverage open-source platforms to own their audiences and success outside of “walled gardens” like Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, etc

Speakers

  • Molly White, Researcher and Writer, Self
  • Mike McCue, CEO and co-founder, Flipboard

Organizer

Mia Quagliarello, Head of Creator Community, Flipboard


Meta Information:

  • Event: SXSW
  • Format: Fireside Chat
  • Track: Creator Economy
  • Track 2
  • Level: Intermediate


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