We need to bake our values into our code.
Freedom of expression needs to be baked into our code. The values associated with decentralization are oriented around personal freedom and autonomy. Through describing my own experiences building IndieWeb software alongside codified and shared descriptions of IndieWeb building, I found places where individual autonomy was influenced by community structures and norms. From this view, there is an intuitive link between decentralized network structures and individual autonomy. For example, conformity articulated through standards served (...)