The Potential of #Hashtags as Shared Social Paths #Hashtags have potential to be used for social change. They create connections between people, amplify voices, and mobilize communities. When used effectively, they transform individual expressions into collective movements. However, the current culture presents significant challenges to this. The Problem of #StupidIndividualism Today we are shaped by…
Rebooting Indymedia: Restoring the OpenWeb and Grassroots Technology
Hamish Campbell, looking at the past and future of “native” grassroots media. In the last three decades, the digital landscape has undergone dramatic changes. I have witnessed its evolution firsthand, working in radical media and engaging with grassroots technology. But this journey hasn’t been without its challenges and setbacks. The Dawn of the OpenWeb The…
Cambridge Analytica, 5 years on
I think we face the usual problem of working on and implementing policy for yesterday’s issues. * We are coming out of ten years of Blockchain mess * Now we are into #AI mess, the is no intelligence in the current round, only artificial writing. Let’s look at what actually matters The original openweb had…
Thinking outreach of the hashtag story
Classification of different versions of the web (such as #Web1, #Web2, #Web3, #Web4, or #Web5) can be a source of confusion and FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt). The hashtags #openweb and #closedweb provide a clear way to describe and understand the different types of web platforms. The #openweb refers to platforms that are open-source, community-controlled,…
lets talk about the hashtag story
The #hashtags cover technology and society from a progressive view and are very simple: #deathcult = neoliberalism #fashernista = fashion in relation to social political relations #openweb = the original ideals of the WWW and internet culture #closedweb = is the pre internet computer networks and the post #openweb networks, the #dotcons grow. #4opens =…
A conversation on trust/control in social technology
Q. In a nutshell, my manifesto could be “form your own little communities and federate them” A. What would be the “common” understanding/agreements/standards that would bridge these communities, or would it Only be code, if only code what standards? Q. Federation just depends upon the willingness to do so. The code is just the plumbing…
Looking and learning – life on the water on a scruffy boat
What did I learn from my 3-months back in London, cruising the waterways? #CRT have learned from their failures in the past and the long history of British Waterways. They are going slow, 3 steps forwarded 2 steps back in their removal of “nuisance” boaters. A strategy that #NBTA has no solution to “slow change”…
Fear and loathing on the river lea is killing rare flowers and plants.
The issue on LondonBoaters #failbook sparked this post off. The root of the problem comes from the institutions that have duty of care in each case. #CRT and #leavalley are not providing bins for the increasing numbers and diversity of boaters to dispose of their waste. A new generation of people are moving onto “smart”…
An example of the #geekproblem
An example of the #geekproblem Everything we do is built on “standards” though we do have a problem of the defining bodies. Some people like building sandcastles, it is what you are doing if you just make shit up in tech. Actually this is fantasy as ANYTHING you are already building is already on top…