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The Fediverse’s growing signal-to-noise problem – and who’s causing it

People nowadays are soaked in #stupidindividualism, and the important word on this is hopeless. Not hopeless because people are bad, but because we’ve spent decades dismantling the social structures that gave us the ability to act together. We know how to consume, react, and perform as individuals, but increasingly struggle to cooperate, organise, and build … Continue reading The Fediverse’s growing signal-to-noise problem – and who’s causing it →

What happened over the last ten years on our Fediverse path

The first steps were good. #Socialhub emerged as a genuinely grassroots space, shaped to maintain the integrity of the #activertypub native reboot. It grew directly out of the #activertypub affinity group itself – rooted in lived practice rather than imposed structure. So what motivated this native path? The current #openweb reboot wasn’t exactly planned – … Continue reading What happened over the last ten years on our Fediverse path →

News culture on the Fediverse

We have a real problem in Fediverse journalism: almost all linking flows upwards – to established sources and wannabe establishment voices, while there is a strong aversion to linking horizontally (to peers) or downwards (to smaller and emerging voices). This behaviour isn’t native to the #openweb. It’s inherited from mainstream media culture, where authority, visibility, … Continue reading News culture on the Fediverse →

The value of the #Fediverse comes from its cultural roots in the #openweb

YOU can’t do social change or challenge without annoying people If you think you can, you’re probably play-acting – and part of the problem – does that annoy you? If it does… maybe sit with that. 🙂 Food for thought, #4opens is a shovel for composting. The value of the #Fediverse comes from its cultural … Continue reading The value of the #Fediverse comes from its cultural roots in the #openweb →

A note on the current voices speaking for the #Fediverse

Something that’s worth saying out loud: many of the people currently talking for the #Fediverse had very little to do with the generation that seeded this version. That doesn’t automatically make what they say wrong. But it does mean we should be careful about building strategy around their narratives. A lot of the early Fediverse … Continue reading A note on the current voices speaking for the #Fediverse →

The tension that’s pushed back into the fediverse the last few years

DRAFT Scale changes everything as human behaviour does not stay the same as groups scale. The instincts that helped small tribes survive – loyalty, signalling belonging, defending boundaries, competing for status, consolidating influence – functioned well within natural limits. In small groups, feedback was immediate. Consequences were visible. Power was constrained by proximity and material … Continue reading The tension that’s pushed back into the fediverse the last few years →

Fediverse – What actually happened (no bullshit version)

A few years ago, the liberation cats of the #Fediverse stopped talking to each other. Not only from malice, mostly through burnout, distraction, and quiet withdrawal. Nature abhors a vacuum and into that vacuum stepped the #NGO crew. They didn’t “win” our spaces through better ideas, didn’t persuade anyone. They simply occupied every role that … Continue reading Fediverse – What actually happened (no bullshit version) →

Europe, the Fediverse, and the story we failed to tell

A bunch of native #openweb people spent real time, energy, and focus pushing the #EU toward the #Fediverse. This wasn’t theoretical, it wasn’t speculative, it wasn’t a #NGO whitepaper or a #VC funding pitch. It was practical outreach, grounded in working technology and lived experience, aimed at reducing Europe’s dependency on centralized corporate platforms. One … Continue reading Europe, the Fediverse, and the story we failed to tell →

LIVE at c-base a #fluffy Fediverse conference

It’s been going on for the last few years, let’s look at a current example. Live at c-base is a #Fediverse event that highlights the need for composting the dogmatic #fluffy mess making to keep balance in our shared #openweb reboot. With our #fluffy crew talking about the shared reboot, on the surface it looks … Continue reading LIVE at c-base a #fluffy Fediverse conference →

Individualism vs Commons: Why the Fediverse matters, and the Indieweb is legacy

The myth of the isolated individual is one of the core failures of the #dotcons era. Freedom and reason are not born from isolation but from living social ecosystems. The #openweb – and projects like #OMN – exist because communities build shared tools, shared trust, and shared meaning. Society is not a marketplace of disconnected … Continue reading Individualism vs Commons: Why the Fediverse matters, and the Indieweb is legacy →

The Fediverse is social tech built by people

We dig, turn over the old soil, question assumptions, get honest about what’s working and what’s not. We plant, build in the open, share power, let go of fear, we grow. Not towards scaling up, but spreading out, resilient, diverse, interconnected. The Fediverse path could still be a true commons. But we need to build … Continue reading The Fediverse is social tech built by people →