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“No One’s Coming to Save Us. Why Communities Must Build Their Own Internet” -Rudy Fraser, Blacksky

Rudy Fraser, Founder & CEO of Blacksky Algorithms shares how Blacksky grew into the largest Black community on the decentralized web, with custom feeds used by over 2.5M people. He explains how their toolkit lets communities control algorithms, moderation, governance, and pooled funds while staying connected to a global social media ecosystem. Rudy talks about mutual aid roots, open-source development, community-written guidelines, the impact of US politics and free-speech crackdowns, and why privacy-preserving, community-run spaces are essential for Black autonomy and modern cypherpunk organizing. Timecodes 00:00 – Rudy intro: Blacksky Algorithms & community-owned social spaces 00:30 – What Blacksky is: largest Black community on decentralized web 02:35 – Origins: collectivist roots, mutual aid, first Bluesky custom feed 04:10 – Lessons for builders: social dynamics, community as growth engine 05:22 – Why community matters: reciprocity, trust, bottom-up decision making 07:07 – Involving people: open source, PRs, moderators, community-built tools 08:35 – People’s Assembly: 600+ participants shaping Blacksky guidelines 09:43 – Political reality: migration waves, free-speech crackdowns, age laws 12:05 – Privacy challenges: public firehose, surveillance, need for safer spaces 15:26 – Cypherpunk today: self-determination, mutual aid, diverse movement 17:22 – Future internet: safe organizing, data freedom, stronger real-world action 19:10 – Final vision: using secure networks to empower on-the-ground movements ... This conversation is part of Privacy Academy Interviews – a peer-to-peer knowledge project exploring the most important ideas in Web3, privacy, and digital freedom. Learn more: https://academy.web3privacy.info/p/in... A W3PN Media House production. Directed by Federico Marchi https://x.com/BabyBitProd Interview by Peter Farbey https://x.com/0xfarbey Let privacy be with you!