Yancey Strickler

Building the private internet (DFOS) + the first legal structure for artists (A-Corps). Cofounded Kickstarter. Wrote the Dark Forest Theory. New book soon.

[Yancey Strickler @ystrickler]

The goal of Metalabel Studios: make cooperation as easy as competition

[Yancey Strickler @ystrickler]

Most creator tools help people attract attention

Very few help them build power

[Yancey Strickler @ystrickler]

4000+ words on how this idea became law

https://t.co/B9WpQsJtKj

[Yancey Strickler @ystrickler]

The first legal structure in the United States built specifically for how artists work is now law

[Yancey Strickler @ystrickler]

Dark forest growth is accelerating

[Yancey Strickler @ystrickler]

Dead internet theory 🤝 Dark forest theory (via Sean Monahan)

[boiz noize @jowljones]

Saw this a few days ago, been thinking about it…true for those seeking to be “illegible” in a world demanding easy categorization, as well as for those who are merely platform (or platform addiction) hopping

[Yancey Strickler @ystrickler]

Privacy isn't retreat

Privacy is agency over your thoughts and words

Privacy is control

[Yancey Strickler @ystrickler]

Current internet weather

[Yancey Strickler @ystrickler]

"Privacy protects us from unwanted pressures and abuses of power" — Carissa Véliz (@CarissaVeliz)

[Yancey Strickler @ystrickler]

@2sigmafemale ty!

[Yancey Strickler @ystrickler]

The goal of Metalabel Studios: make cooperation as easy as competition

[Yancey Strickler @ystrickler]

@rowlsmanthorpe one leads to the other

[Yancey Strickler @ystrickler]

We've gone from a world that's default private to a world that's default public

No one agreed to this except through terms of use none of us read

[Yancey Strickler @ystrickler]

The new calendar app on DFOS: surprisingly life-changing

Not just for scheduling events with your community (which it does), but for showing the rhythm and output of your work in a new way

[Yancey Strickler @ystrickler]

@postanika @Dazed This is the link, but paywalled https://t.co/8yokRJnmH4

[Yancey Strickler @ystrickler]

Via @Dazed

[Yancey Strickler @ystrickler]

LAN Party Summer School starts Friday (https://t.co/j8wRzSUawb)

Go to https://t.co/rO689kSSeW to start your own world

[Yancey Strickler @ystrickler]

Old enough to remember LAN parties?

Closed local servers before the internet was everywhere. You could play, talk, and share inside the network — but nothing went out.

These went away. DFOS brings them back.

[Yancey Strickler @ystrickler]

Their stack now: DFOS, Metalabel, and Zoom
With DFOS they can do announcements, calendar, tickets, community, and email all in one place, with nothing public unless they choose