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Ben Werdmuller@ben@werd.social

John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford. Previously: @ProPublica, @19thnews, Matter, Elgg.

Every day, I write about tech, democracy, and society at https://werd.io.


More about me: https://werd.io/about/


Tags: #indieweb #opensource #journalism #writing #fiction #blogs #blogging #startups #openweb #web #fediverse #socialweb #ethics #product #writingcommunity #philadelphia #sanfrancisco

Blog / Newsletter: https://werd.io
Pronouns: he/him
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Joined: 2026-09-06 08:14:35
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Ben Werdmuller@ben@werd.social (2026-10-14 14:44:42)
If you haven't been paying attention to this story, it's truly wild - a supposed European alternative to big tech social media that lured in politicians and made waves but is incredibly poorly thought-out and is effectively doxxing its users. @_elena has been on it from the beginning. https://blog.elenarossini.com/public-by-design-how-w-social-makes-their-verified-users-personal-details-visible-on-the-open-web/

Ben Werdmuller@ben@werd.social (2026-09-06 00:07:43)
This one will hurt: I love 1Password as a product. But I'm the son of a concentration camp survivor. I will not give money to companies that align themselves with nationalism, and certainly not ethnic cleansing. Completely disappointing, @1password. https://www.flyingpenguin.com/dhh-nazism-funded-by-1password-vp-who-wrote-honest-security/