#fashionistas are always in part a reflection of the #mainstreaming agenda, as are the #geekproblem I think we need to change the mainstream to bring change to these groups.
There is apparently a democratic layer to this #FOSS and #grassroots governance in general that still needs to be coded as part of #OGB. So if you are a skill programmer, take a look.
We wonder if the (#)fediverseIcon project is worth bringing up at OGB?
#modteam this instance is costing : $39.00/month we don't get in a fraction of this from here https://opencollective.com/open-media-network this is completely unsuitable. Please put in a monthly donation to keep the #OMN instances online, thanks.
The project has been running for over ten years and operates with an #openprocess. Users can become mods after being involved for a period of time. The modding process is based on a clear project statement and encourages a respectful and inclusive community.
The #OMN is related to the #visionontv project, a grassroots media project that creates and distributes independent video content. The two projects share values and goals in promoting alternative media and challenging mainstream narratives.
The #OMN (Open Media Network), is a decentralized network of media sites that share content and promote independent media. To provide an alternative to #mainstreaming media by creating a network of interconnected sites that prioritize openness, collaboration, and decentralization.
The importance of grassroots community-driven media, where people and groups can create and share their own content. To challenge the dominance of #mainstreaming media and promote a more equitable and just society.
#indymediaback reboot is a return to the path of the #fashernitas, emphasizes open media and decentralized structures, rather than control and centralization. The aim to build an open media network (#OMN) that promotes direct democracy, open publishing.
The reboot acknowledges the risk of another split within the community, if some members push for a control/encryptionist path. The challenge is to find a way to navigate this without succumbing to tribalism and power politics.
20 years of #dotcons selling us libertarian individualism to push aside collective support of the "revolutionary" #openweb which is when we last had left tech power.
For this 20 years we have had #geekproblem pushing #closedweb as left tech, this is OBVIOUSLY a disaster we can't keep doing. Yes, let's not get into a prat fight, this is needed as a supplementary.
#Lemmy and #kbin are clones of #Reddit, a libertarian individualist codebase built to feed from our "communities". In this Lemmy etc are good #4opens step away from the #dotcons but not radical left project beyond this first needed step.
@handle it's a clone of Reddit, which is a libertarian individualist codebase built to feed from our "communities". In this Lemmy etc are a good #4opens step away from the #dotcons but not radical left project beyond this first needed step.
Capitalists must always seek to maximize differential profits—they have to collect more profits than their competitors.
Because you can reinvest those profits in buying up more revenue generating assets, you can expand your business and grab more market share. Or, like when Microsoft bought Nokia to grab the patents Nokia held, you can invest in blocking your competitors from expanding.
If your share of the market falls so far that you can’t make payroll or pay your creditors, you go out of business. Your capital is seized and sold off, and you become just another worker, subject to the whims and commands of capital owners.
So capital owners in competitive markets must always try to grow at a rate faster than their competitors. If they stop, if they take a break, if the global ecosystem collapses, then so does capitalism.
Yep, we have had 20 years of #dotcons selling us libertarian individualism to push aside collective support of the "revolutionary" #openweb which is when we last had left tech power.
For this 20 years we have had #geekproblem pushing #closedweb as left tech, this is OBVIOUSLY a disaster we can't keep doing. Yes, let's not get into a prat fight, this is needed as a supplementary.
The "tragedy of the commons" is complex as it's a real thing inside capitalism, and we do all live inside capitalism, so it's a real thing. For it not to be a real thing, you will need to change the human world to live in a different economic system to capitalism - this is a challenge.
So functionally, it is a real thing that we encounter in most alternatives. Best to keep this in mind when building alternatives #KISS
@glennf it's a bit more complex than this, as it's a real thing inside capitalism, and we do all live inside capitalism so it's a real thing. For it not to be a real thing, you will need t change the human world to live in a different economic syteam to capitalism - this is a challenge.
So functualy it is a real thing that we encounter in most alternatives. best to keep this in mind when building alts #KISS
because of an open letter signed by 50 imprisioned women that was sent to us today by a family member for sharing...
i want to reflect further on how hard is to get messages trough
they wrote it by hand, then sent it to a contact i assume by letter, the i got an instagram message and got the pdf after and transcribed it. the news will be out soon, but i want to reflect on something else related to this
bc i want people to post their own content online in a way, i think people should be able to tell stories how they want to
i was thinking on what the best app may be overall and...
#tumblr is really ok for posting content
but it doesnt allow for #sound uploads :(((( at least, on mobile... but it has rss! and broader size limits than any fediverse instances i know about...
my thing is, why is it so hard to publish multimedia content online?
i know servers cost a lot, and thats why mastodon is so restricted with this.
but why cant we just post any kind of content? like sound, text, pdf archives, video, links and fotos is the basic. most social media allowo only one at a time. its so fristrating. especially trying to do grassroots journalism with activists. its impossible to get them to publish content in any way thats #open, has an rss feed and is readable by other #socials. meaning, everyone is on facebook getting 1 like each. i cant sleep.
like this may seem non poetical but really, we dont solve the technical side then we are stuck forever in empty echo chambers
we need astral rss and federation to be able to even start to compete with major media. its on us to federate everything, no matter the cost. we need to reach people somehow, enter through their phones and get these messages through, and make them forget the tv.
thei're a support group for people who have been jailed and help them get their letters through.
i've syndicated their blog to our own news portal, and its now being re-re-shared on anrachist federation which to me is already a really good situation. an example of how i think rss is really cool
The #OMN instances are based on the history of "offline" activism. #Activism is the crusty protest camp and #campaign, a #NGO office. #OMN value is that we "bridge" the two and keep this bridge in place
So protest camps have their share of "nutter" mess and the #NGO offices have the power politics mess. Let's try and get the two to compost this messy aproch to social change and challenge.
[...] a massively decentralized Internet, consisting of a huge number of small communities, requires database management systems that are built from the ground up for the purpose.
The systems available today are built to support massive, centralized, owned datasets, at immense complexity and cost, with intentions that go against the principles of a free and open Internet.
In 2020, I published This is Fine: Optimism & emergency in the p2p network(https://newdesigncongress.org/en/pub/this-is-fine). It laid out a clear argument that the #fediverse is irreparably vulnerable because of its p2p nature and political naivete:
"Anyone with administrator access to an Instance can read anything that travels through that Instance’s infrastructure – including direct messages. The level of risk correlates with the number of cross-Instance interactions between users. If users from different Instances communicate, an attacker need only compel one Instance to reveal the direct messages between all of the interacting accounts. [...] In a peer-to-peer network without encryption, there’s no structure, no agreed-upon governance, and absolutely no protection. Compromising or compelling an Instance or its staff means that all of network traffic is laid bare to its assailant. [...] The decentralised community seeks to antagonise a powerful status quo whilst making tradeoffs that do not acknowledge how societies directly threaten their communities."
Today, Kolektiva - a anti-colonial anarchist instance - announced an FBI raid of one of their admins, which included the seizure of an entire copy of the Kolektiva instance.
This is literally the kind of situation I warned about nearly three years ago.
Yes at the moment as it's a #OMN based on the #4opens you have very low barrier to running or even developing an instance this is where the value is.
Adding security generally makes a HUGE barriers to Dev and #DIY running an instance.
The #geekproblem has no idea of the damage they do when pushing there "common sense". This creates a signal to noise issue that has been blocking alt for 20 years.