Jessica Maddox is an assistant professor of digital media technology at the University of Alabama.Ĭhief among the issues fomented by a decentralized web is a rise in conspiratorial thinking. But decentralization also comes with downsides, many of which reflect larger cultural ills. In response, proponents of decentralized social networks claim that these alternatives increase transparency and give users more control over their online experiences. Indeed, distrust of established social media in general is high, thanks to data breaches, inconsistent leadership, and dubious geopolitical ties. The exodus from Twitter to Mastodon was spurred by wariness of Musk and concern that the platform would disintegrate in his hands. Other decentralized social media platforms, like Steemit, use blockchain technology to ensure that data can be stored on servers anywhere in the world.
Instead, it operates on independently run servers. Mastodon, like other decentralized social media, isn’t owned by one of the major players in tech and doesn’t rely on one company’s centralized system. When not daydreaming about moving into a library of her own, she can be found working on her next story, redecorating her office or buying vintage furniture.When Elon Musk took over Twitter last year, many users migrated to the free and open-source platform Mastodon. She believes that a shoe isn't a shoe unless it has a three inch heel and nothing beats a killer pair of boots. If she could have superpowers, she'd want x-ray vision and the ability to make cupcakes appear out of thin air. There were - you guessed it - a bazillion bananas.
Titled "Bobby's Bazillion Bananas" it was about a boy named Bobby who planted a banana in his backyard where it sprouted into a banana tree overnight.
THE HIDDEN took too many notebooks and too many pens to countĪ life-long book lover, and avid reader, Jessica wrote her first story when she was eleven. The first draft of THE HAUNTED took fifteen spiral-bound notebooks and twenty black pens. She wrote the first draft of THE HOLLOW by hand, using thirteen spiral-bound notebooks and fifteen black pens. Jessica Verday is the New York Times bestselling author of The Hollow Trilogy (Simon & Schuster/Simon Pulse).
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