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EPISODE · Sep 7, 2022 · 27 MIN

61 Why Does a Librarian Own a Social Media Site That’s Been Around for Longer Than Facebook?

from Reimagining the Internet · host Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure

Jessamyn West is not just one of the web's favorite librarians, but the new owner of Metafilter, an incredibly long-running social network that dates back to a very different Internet. In the first part of our interview with Jessamyn, she tells us just how Metafilter has kept going and stayed healthy since 1999.

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