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A draft funding application – OGB

Requesting funding for the Open Governance Body (#OGB) project. Which is being developed by the Open Media Network (#OMN). The OMN is a collective that builds and hosts #4opens standards-based socio-political software. Our mission is to provide communities with the tools they need to organize, communicate, and make decisions. The #OGB project is a grassroots … Continue reading A draft funding application – OGB →

#OGB is a projects that grew from #socialhub

#SocialHub is a community-driven space that seeks to promote #activertypub, working with new models of governance and organization that empower communities. It is part of the larger #fediverse, which is a network of decentralized social media platforms that do not conform to traditional hierarchies and power structures. The #OGB project, which is come from #SocialHub, … Continue reading #OGB is a projects that grew from #socialhub →

Be realistic about how power actually works

Going to an Oxford event tonight where the #mainstreaming people will be idealistic about cynical politics – while I’m going to be cynical about idealistic politics. My mission is to stay positive, avoid the usual political trench warfare, and try to build bridges across that gap. There is a useful conversation between idealism and cynicism: … Continue reading Be realistic about how power actually works →

Why does the #Fediverse exist?

The #Fediverse exists because the corporate #dotcons are not enough, we don’t wont more of turning our social lives into products, our relationships into #closeddata, and our communities into audiences to be managed. We wont a different way to communicate, organize and build power together. But the #Fediverse is not simply a kinder version of … Continue reading Why does the #Fediverse exist? →

Pick up the shovels to start growing the commons, that’s the #OMN path

There is a temptation to see today’s hard right move as something new. Looking at this mess, the #deathcult is the name I use for the destructive logic of #neoliberal capitalism: a world where profit, growth and competition are the dominant measures of value, while human needs, shared resources and collective responsibility are pushed aside. … Continue reading Pick up the shovels to start growing the commons, that’s the #OMN path →

Can the #openweb reboot scale without copying the #dotcons?

There is a recurring argument about the #Fediverse that starts with a reasonable question of how can the Fediverse scale? So why, because, yes, it doesn’t yet have the same ease of use as mainstream social media. Infrastructure can be fragile. Servers can struggle when large numbers of people arrive at once. Developers need support … Continue reading Can the #openweb reboot scale without copying the #dotcons? →

Power stays with the people doing the work

One of the simplest lessons from revolutionary politics is that power should stay with the people doing the work, not with a permanent party, bureaucracy, or managerial class. This has strong relevance for the #OMN project’s first step. A clear second step is needed, one that moves beyond reformism as an end point, not a … Continue reading Power stays with the people doing the work →

Trust matters, community matters, participation matters

Hummm this needs more thought… DRAFT The #deathcult is selling the void, turning meaning into a market, in this post we cover the normal themes of #stupidindividualism, commodification, atomisation, trust and community. One of the deeper tricks of the #deathcult is that it doesn’t only sell us products. It sells us back the meaning, belonging … Continue reading Trust matters, community matters, participation matters →