An #openweb organic intellectual,technologist and part of the #OMN
The Federated Web, or #Fediverse, is a decentralized #openweb project that allows people to communicate and share content across different servers. * Decentralization: In a centralized platform, all data is stored and controlled by a single entity, which can lead to issues such as censorship, data breaches, and loss of control over data. In a … Continue reading A little about #openweb projects, the Fediverse
#Indymedia is a decentralized network of independent media outlets that aims to provide a platform for grassroots and alternative perspectives on news and current events. It operates on a decentralized model, with each local or regional outlet being run by an editorial collective who are responsible for moderating content and coordinating with other outlets in … Continue reading A news project for the fediverse
The indieweb is strongly individualism, where the Fediverse is more community based, though says it’s individualism to get #mainstreaming outreach (white lie). indieweb is a good fit for capitalism Fediverse is (as of now) a bad fit for capitalism So it depends on your (mostly unspoken) view on politics. In this they use overlapping tech … Continue reading Some one asked indieweb vs Fediverse
The #fediverse is an “accidental” #openweb reboot by the #fashernistas, so it’s herding cats to get anything done, not a bad thing, not a good thing It’s what it is. One way to move away from this mess is #OGB grassroots #DIY producer governance. Otherwise, live (and die) with the mess, and try to stop … Continue reading The fediverse is an “accidental” openweb reboot
Getting a good outcome is hard… And this current influx of EU funding risks doing more damage than good to the health of the #Fediverse, if it continues along its present agenda. Yes, the #Fediverse already has its own lifestyle-driven mess, but we can try to mediate the damage driven by funding first. If we … Continue reading Influx of EU funding into the Fediverse – all together push through, the HARD block crumbles
An important word that needs some thought is “permissionless” The body is made up of three different, balanced groups: Stakeholders – the people who do the work, who run/mod the fediverse Users – the people who use the tools/services, who use the fediverse The Affiliate Stakeholders – the people who commit time to support the … Continue reading Some questions answered on fediverse “governance”
The #Fediverse is #anarchism this is likely the best description of the community. A represents the Greek anarkhia (‘without ruler/authority’), and the circle can be read as the letter O , standing for order or organization. We currently have a Herding cats governance in the Fediverse and the projects that make it up An idiom … Continue reading Should we do something that is native to the Fediverse, and what would this look like?
To understand where the #Fediverse and the #OpenSocialWeb are heading, and how not to lose our way, we need to reflect on where we’ve come from. The history of grassroots #openweb activism offers both inspiration and hard lessons. Foundations are built by real people, social movements start local, they begin with people on the margins … Continue reading Rise and Fall of Grassroots #OpenWeb
I would start to say, with care, that #Mastodon is now heading in the wrong direction. Not because it’s inherently bad, or malicious, or “captured” in some conspiratorial sense. But because it’s become too dominant, tipping the scales far away from the diversity and messiness that a healthy #Fediverse needs. This isn’t about blame, it’s … Continue reading The problem of too big, Mastodon
Ten years ago, I remember being told, often condescendingly, with smug certainty, that hosting in the cloud was the future. That what I was working on, #DIY grassroots self and community hosted tech was the dinosaur, a dead end, old obsolete thinking, out of touch. Despite spending years pointing out the obvious flaws in this … Continue reading The Mess We Make (Again… and again)
Over the last few years, we’ve been watching a familiar story unfold, we’ve seen repeat itself in radical spaces, tech movements, and grassroots networks for decades. It starts in the grassroots with “progressive” #fashernistas (yes, them) pushing themselves into the front to speak for “us.” They talk the talk of decentralisation, care, community, and #FOSS … Continue reading This is a story of power, plain and simple
It’s good to see events like #NGIFORUM2025 as it’s trying to be on the path of the #Fediverse and the wider #openweb reboot which are real forces for social good, messy, hopeful, and grounded in decades of grassroots digital culture, which we do need to support. BUT we also need to speak honestly, as these … Continue reading NGIFORUM2025 is timidly touching sense