#ReclaimTech
Last month I visited Berkeley to speak about the Opt Out Project and the video has just been posted! Check it out!!

How to Opt Out: Lessons from 14 Years of Evading Surveillance Capitalism

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilXL...

#optout #reclaimtech #academicsky
How to Opt Out: Lessons from 14 Years of Evading Surveillance Capitalism | Janet Vertesi
YouTube video by Berkeley Economy and Society Initiative
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April 9, 2026 at 12:13 AM
On the Fourth of July, we #stopthescroll! Join us in a movement to resist the endless feed, the mindless habits, and choose alternatives that feed our minds and communities instead of feeding off of them. It's time to #reclaimtech !
This Independence Day, join us in declaring your digital independence. Log off and #stopthescroll for one day. Let's take one day to reset, regroup, rethink--and maybe even establish new, better habits.

What will you choose to resist on day to #stopthescroll ? And why?

#reclaimtech
July 2, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Thanks to @markhurst.bsky.social for having me on Techtonic.fm this week! If you missed the interview on WFMU you can catch it here. Don't miss listening to me wax poetic about alternatives to Big Tech, my zany #optout experiments, and the movement to #reclaimtech !

techtonic.fm/episodes/202...
Janet Vertesi, founder of the Opt Out Project | Techtonic with Mark Hurst on WFMU
Techtonic’s signoff tells you to “get off Google,” and Janet Vertesi shows how it’s done. Janet founded the Opt Out Project to show people how to switch from Big Tech surveillance platforms to better,...
techtonic.fm
March 24, 2026 at 2:11 AM
You escaped the Bird Site and found community here. Who else will you help find their freedom?

#stopthescroll #reclaimtech #optout
www.reclaimcontrol.tech/stopthescrol...
July 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
If you're not familiar with @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy's work here is a great primer. Who broke the internet and why. From capitalism to surveillance to AI and the broligarchy... it's a #TrueStory Time to fight back.
Join the resistance #optout #reclaimtech
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?
Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and ...
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
100% about alternatives. We can't do it as individual "ethical consumption" strategies. I started the Opt Out blog and Tech Reclaimer to work together on public and community driven or respecting alternatives to reconstruct the public sphere, pivoting from the consumer mindset. #optout #reclaimtech
March 25, 2026 at 5:23 PM
It's not about abstinence, it's about INDEPENDENCE!
This #4thofJuly, #stopthescroll to reclaim control over our devices, data, and digital future. Cut out social media. Resist the endless scroll. Invest in alternatives.
Boost and repost so we can #reclaimtech !
reclaimcontrol.tech/stopthescroll
July 2, 2025 at 9:19 PM
#stopthescroll is coming up on Wednesday, the first of the month. What will you to interrupt your Big Tech habits? Find inspiration here:

www.optoutproject.net/stop-the-scr...

#reclaimtech #optout
What to do on your (social media) vacation?
Stop the Scroll I teach a class at Princeton called the Sociology of the Internet. Famously, one of the first…
www.optoutproject.net
September 30, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Today and this week, Install a new #browser with Tech Reclaimers! On #Chrome? Here's how to move to #Firefox. If you're on FF already, try:

Vivaldi or Opera
#DuckDuckGo
Ecosia (green browser)
Avast
Floop
Orion
Colibri
LibreWolf (de-mozilla'd FF)

www.optoutproject.net/better-brows...
#reclaimtech
Day Two: Better Browsing
According to statcounter.com, Google's Chrome browser currently enjoys over 68% marketshare, with Apple's Safari not even a close second at…
www.optoutproject.net
March 9, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Digital Resistance Tip #2: Fragment your Online Identity

video.infiniteloop.tv/w/d1RmHSum5i...

Take down the platform economy by refusing to put all your digital eggs in one basket.

www.optoutproject.net and www.reclaimcontrol.tech

#optout #bigtech #reclaimtech #digitalresistance
Digital Resistance Tip #2: Fragment your identity
@cyberlyra explains how you can fragment your identity to avoid giving a single profile to the attention and data economies.
video.infiniteloop.tv
February 26, 2026 at 7:44 PM
This is the kind of independence I can get behind. Take back tech #reclaimtech #stopthescroll
It's not about abstinence, it's about INDEPENDENCE!
This #4thofJuly, #stopthescroll to reclaim control over our devices, data, and digital future. Cut out social media. Resist the endless scroll. Invest in alternatives.
Boost and repost so we can #reclaimtech !
reclaimcontrol.tech/stopthescroll
July 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
You once helped your mom get on Facebook. Maybe now is a good time to help her get off? ;)

#stopthescroll #reclaimtech #july4th
July 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Sure, the best time to get off those systems was 12 years ago. The second best time is -- right now!

So please help us help others get off Meta products too! Meta holds us captive and compacent -- we'd like to reclaim our technology, relationships, and agency!

#reclaimTech #chuckzuck
August 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
This Independence Day, join us in declaring your digital independence. Log off and #stopthescroll for one day. Let's take one day to reset, regroup, rethink--and maybe even establish new, better habits.

What will you choose to resist on day to #stopthescroll ? And why?

#reclaimtech
July 2, 2025 at 3:34 AM
🧵I’m not a coder. I’m a humanities person from Japan’s "lost generation."
I studied blockchain, but I don’t want to win in this system—I want to change the ground rules.(2/6)
#Web3ForAll #DAO #ReclaimTech
July 31, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Rise up, comrades! Let's code our own shields against surveillance and exploitation. Technology must serve liberation, not control. #ReclaimTech #AnarchyInAction
April 26, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Rise up, comrades! Let's code our own freedom, breaking chains of surveillance and exploitation. Tech for the people, by the people! #ReclaimTech #LiberateTheCode
November 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM