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  1. If we fund only the technical layer, we shouldn’t be surprised when the social layer remains broken

    The problem with #openweb funding isn't simply rejection, waiting for decisions, or whether one particular project gets funded. The problem is #KISS structural, after 30+ years working through grassroots projects, funded and unfunded, there is a repeated pattern that is easy to see - useful social and grassroots technology gets filtered through a narrow technical understanding of what counts as a "good" #openweb project. This is the #geekproblem, not moral judgement of individuals - it […]

    hamishcampbell.com/if-we-fund-

  2. If we fund only the technical layer, we shouldn’t be surprised when the social layer remains broken

    The problem with #openweb funding isn't simply rejection, waiting for decisions, or whether one particular project gets funded. The problem is #KISS structural, after 30+ years working through grassroots projects, funded and unfunded, there is a repeated pattern that is easy to see - useful social and grassroots technology gets filtered through a narrow technical understanding of what counts as a "good" #openweb project. This is the #geekproblem, not moral judgement of individuals - it […]

    hamishcampbell.com/if-we-fund-

  3. To compost the #dotcons, the #openweb needs more people with shovels

    Yes, the #web02 revolution was a con, it always was. The problem is now most people have spent years pretending that the dominant technology companies were somehow neutral actors - clever companies making useful tools, occasionally getting a little too powerful, occasionally needing a bit of regulation. But now this comforting chattering class story is harder to maintain, as the long "invisible" problem has finally reached the #mainstream, the act of stepping over the smoke and mirrors can […]

    hamishcampbell.com/to-compost-

  4. To compost the #dotcons, the #openweb needs more people with shovels

    Yes, the #web02 revolution was a con, it always was. The problem is now most people have spent years pretending that the dominant technology companies were somehow neutral actors - clever companies making useful tools, occasionally getting a little too powerful, occasionally needing a bit of regulation. But now this comforting chattering class story is harder to maintain, as the long "invisible" problem has finally reached the #mainstream, the act of stepping over the smoke and mirrors can […]

    hamishcampbell.com/to-compost-

  5. The old system is already compost, the question is what we grow from this mess

    We need to stop talking about “climate change” as though we are discussing a slightly inconvenient change in the weather. Climate change is too soft, too neutral. Climate change makes it sound as though something simply happened to us. It didn't, we pushed this mess, we built an economic system that treats the living world as raw material, turns everything into property, pushes everything through markets and then calls the resulting destruction “growth”. The next twenty years will be […]

    hamishcampbell.com/the-old-sys

  6. The old system is already compost, the question is what we grow from this mess

    We need to stop talking about “climate change” as though we are discussing a slightly inconvenient change in the weather. Climate change is too soft, too neutral. Climate change makes it sound as though something simply happened to us. It didn't, we pushed this mess, we built an economic system that treats the living world as raw material, turns everything into property, pushes everything through markets and then calls the resulting destruction “growth”. The next twenty years will be […]

    hamishcampbell.com/the-old-sys

  7. #IndymediaBack is a reboot of the original #Indymedia: decentralized, grassroots media built around open publishing and activist participation.

    The point isn't nostalgia, it's learning from the old #fashernistas/#geekproblem split and avoiding another round of tribalism and control politics.

    The reboot is about rebuilding the path toward decentralized structures and an #OMN that supports direct democracy, open publishing and anti-authoritarian organising.

    This time we also have hashtags, metadata and the semantic #openweb to connect the media commons.

    The challenge is simple: don't repeat the old mistakes. Build trust, keep it open, and don't let control become the culture.

    #indymediaback #OMN #openweb #4opens

  8. #IndymediaBack is a reboot of the original #Indymedia: decentralized, grassroots media built around open publishing and activist participation.

    The point isn't nostalgia, it's learning from the old #fashernistas/#geekproblem split and avoiding another round of tribalism and control politics.

    The reboot is about rebuilding the path toward decentralized structures and an #OMN that supports direct democracy, open publishing and anti-authoritarian organising.

    This time we also have hashtags, metadata and the semantic #openweb to connect the media commons.

    The challenge is simple: don't repeat the old mistakes. Build trust, keep it open, and don't let control become the culture.

    #indymediaback #OMN #openweb #4opens

  9. #IndymediaBack is a reboot of the original #Indymedia: decentralized, grassroots media built around open publishing and activist participation.

    The point isn't nostalgia, it's learning from the old #fashernistas/#geekproblem split and avoiding another round of tribalism and control politics.

    The reboot is about rebuilding the path toward decentralized structures and an #OMN that supports direct democracy, open publishing and anti-authoritarian organising.

    This time we also have hashtags, metadata and the semantic #openweb to connect the media commons.

    The challenge is simple: don't repeat the old mistakes. Build trust, keep it open, and don't let control become the culture.

    #indymediaback #OMN #openweb #4opens

  10. #IndymediaBack is a reboot of the original #Indymedia: decentralized, grassroots media built around open publishing and activist participation.

    The point isn't nostalgia, it's learning from the old #fashernistas/#geekproblem split and avoiding another round of tribalism and control politics.

    The reboot is about rebuilding the path toward decentralized structures and an #OMN that supports direct democracy, open publishing and anti-authoritarian organising.

    This time we also have hashtags, metadata and the semantic #openweb to connect the media commons.

    The challenge is simple: don't repeat the old mistakes. Build trust, keep it open, and don't let control become the culture.

    #indymediaback #OMN #openweb #4opens

  11. #IndymediaBack is a reboot of the original #Indymedia: decentralized, grassroots media built around open publishing and activist participation.

    The point isn't nostalgia, it's learning from the old #fashernistas/#geekproblem split and avoiding another round of tribalism and control politics.

    The reboot is about rebuilding the path toward decentralized structures and an #OMN that supports direct democracy, open publishing and anti-authoritarian organising.

    This time we also have hashtags, metadata and the semantic #openweb to connect the media commons.

    The challenge is simple: don't repeat the old mistakes. Build trust, keep it open, and don't let control become the culture.

    #indymediaback #OMN #openweb #4opens

  12. Four years ago I said:

    "Hey #fashernistas and #chatteringclasses, stop obsessing over #Musk."

    Since then, Musk has bought #Twitter, renamed it X, lurched through one controversy after another, to become a central path in the culture wars, and turned himself into the story. Millions have spent years reacting to him.

    Meanwhile, the real issue hasn't changed. The problem was never one billionaire. In tech, it was always our dependence on centralised #dotcons and the #mainstreaming attention economy.

    Don't let personalities distract you from building alternatives. #indymediaback #OMN and #OGB are all #KISS grassroots projects focused on growing the #openweb and the commons.

    Get off your knees, step away from the #mainstreaming news cycle, and build a future instead.

    #KISS

  13. Four years ago I said:

    "Hey #fashernistas and #chatteringclasses, stop obsessing over #Musk."

    Since then, Musk has bought #Twitter, renamed it X, lurched through one controversy after another, to become a central path in the culture wars, and turned himself into the story. Millions have spent years reacting to him.

    Meanwhile, the real issue hasn't changed. The problem was never one billionaire. In tech, it was always our dependence on centralised #dotcons and the #mainstreaming attention economy.

    Don't let personalities distract you from building alternatives. #indymediaback #OMN and #OGB are all #KISS grassroots projects focused on growing the #openweb and the commons.

    Get off your knees, step away from the #mainstreaming news cycle, and build a future instead.

    #KISS

  14. Four years ago I said:

    "Hey #fashernistas and #chatteringclasses, stop obsessing over #Musk."

    Since then, Musk has bought #Twitter, renamed it X, lurched through one controversy after another, to become a central path in the culture wars, and turned himself into the story. Millions have spent years reacting to him.

    Meanwhile, the real issue hasn't changed. The problem was never one billionaire. In tech, it was always our dependence on centralised #dotcons and the #mainstreaming attention economy.

    Don't let personalities distract you from building alternatives. #indymediaback #OMN and #OGB are all #KISS grassroots projects focused on growing the #openweb and the commons.

    Get off your knees, step away from the #mainstreaming news cycle, and build a future instead.

    #KISS

  15. Four years ago I said:

    "Hey #fashernistas and #chatteringclasses, stop obsessing over #Musk."

    Since then, Musk has bought #Twitter, renamed it X, lurched through one controversy after another, to become a central path in the culture wars, and turned himself into the story. Millions have spent years reacting to him.

    Meanwhile, the real issue hasn't changed. The problem was never one billionaire. In tech, it was always our dependence on centralised #dotcons and the #mainstreaming attention economy.

    Don't let personalities distract you from building alternatives. #indymediaback #OMN and #OGB are all #KISS grassroots projects focused on growing the #openweb and the commons.

    Get off your knees, step away from the #mainstreaming news cycle, and build a future instead.

    #KISS

  16. Four years ago I said:

    "Hey #fashernistas and #chatteringclasses, stop obsessing over #Musk."

    Since then, Musk has bought #Twitter, renamed it X, lurched through one controversy after another, to become a central path in the culture wars, and turned himself into the story. Millions have spent years reacting to him.

    Meanwhile, the real issue hasn't changed. The problem was never one billionaire. In tech, it was always our dependence on centralised #dotcons and the #mainstreaming attention economy.

    Don't let personalities distract you from building alternatives. #indymediaback #OMN and #OGB are all #KISS grassroots projects focused on growing the #openweb and the commons.

    Get off your knees, step away from the #mainstreaming news cycle, and build a future instead.

    #KISS

  17. The #Fediverse is an accidental #openweb reboot, largely grown by #fashernistas. It's like herding cats to get anything done - neither good nor bad, just the reality of how it evolved.

    One path beyond this mess is #OGB: grassroots, #DIY producer governance.

    The other is simply to live (and die) with the mess while trying to stop people bowing to the #deathcult. Keeping the #openweb alive starts there.

    #OMN #4opens #KISS

  18. The #Fediverse is an accidental #openweb reboot, largely grown by #fashernistas. It's like herding cats to get anything done - neither good nor bad, just the reality of how it evolved.

    One path beyond this mess is #OGB: grassroots, #DIY producer governance.

    The other is simply to live (and die) with the mess while trying to stop people bowing to the #deathcult. Keeping the #openweb alive starts there.

    #OMN #4opens #KISS

  19. The #Fediverse is an accidental #openweb reboot, largely grown by #fashernistas. It's like herding cats to get anything done - neither good nor bad, just the reality of how it evolved.

    One path beyond this mess is #OGB: grassroots, #DIY producer governance.

    The other is simply to live (and die) with the mess while trying to stop people bowing to the #deathcult. Keeping the #openweb alive starts there.

    #OMN #4opens #KISS

  20. The #Fediverse is an accidental #openweb reboot, largely grown by #fashernistas. It's like herding cats to get anything done - neither good nor bad, just the reality of how it evolved.

    One path beyond this mess is #OGB: grassroots, #DIY producer governance.

    The other is simply to live (and die) with the mess while trying to stop people bowing to the #deathcult. Keeping the #openweb alive starts there.

    #OMN #4opens #KISS

  21. The #Fediverse is an accidental #openweb reboot, largely grown by #fashernistas. It's like herding cats to get anything done - neither good nor bad, just the reality of how it evolved.

    One path beyond this mess is #OGB: grassroots, #DIY producer governance.

    The other is simply to live (and die) with the mess while trying to stop people bowing to the #deathcult. Keeping the #openweb alive starts there.

    #OMN #4opens #KISS

  22. "In-group vs out-group" game many #fashernistas play to feel a sense of control and belonging. Sometimes it's useful. Too often it becomes #blocking instead of building.

    On the #Fediverse, this tribalism creates more heat than light. The interesting question isn't how to pick a side - it's how to grow beyond the behaviour.

    #openweb #OMN #4opens #KISS

  23. "In-group vs out-group" game many #fashernistas play to feel a sense of control and belonging. Sometimes it's useful. Too often it becomes #blocking instead of building.

    On the #Fediverse, this tribalism creates more heat than light. The interesting question isn't how to pick a side - it's how to grow beyond the behaviour.

    #openweb #OMN #4opens #KISS

  24. "In-group vs out-group" game many #fashernistas play to feel a sense of control and belonging. Sometimes it's useful. Too often it becomes #blocking instead of building.

    On the #Fediverse, this tribalism creates more heat than light. The interesting question isn't how to pick a side - it's how to grow beyond the behaviour.

    #openweb #OMN #4opens #KISS

  25. "In-group vs out-group" game many #fashernistas play to feel a sense of control and belonging. Sometimes it's useful. Too often it becomes #blocking instead of building.

    On the #Fediverse, this tribalism creates more heat than light. The interesting question isn't how to pick a side - it's how to grow beyond the behaviour.

    #openweb #OMN #4opens #KISS

  26. "In-group vs out-group" game many #fashernistas play to feel a sense of control and belonging. Sometimes it's useful. Too often it becomes #blocking instead of building.

    On the #Fediverse, this tribalism creates more heat than light. The interesting question isn't how to pick a side - it's how to grow beyond the behaviour.

    #openweb #OMN #4opens #KISS

  27. The #fashernistas need to get off their knees and start calling out pointless things.

    Pick up the #4opens as a shovel. There's a mountain of #techshit that needs composting before anything healthy can grow.

    In the era of #climatechaos, too many people are still kneeling before the #deathcult. If this idea fills you with fear, ask yourself: who or what is your head bowed to?

    #OMN #openweb #DIY #nothingnew

  28. The #fashernistas need to get off their knees and start calling out pointless things.

    Pick up the #4opens as a shovel. There's a mountain of #techshit that needs composting before anything healthy can grow.

    In the era of #climatechaos, too many people are still kneeling before the #deathcult. If this idea fills you with fear, ask yourself: who or what is your head bowed to?

    #OMN #openweb #DIY #nothingnew

  29. The #fashernistas need to get off their knees and start calling out pointless things.

    Pick up the #4opens as a shovel. There's a mountain of #techshit that needs composting before anything healthy can grow.

    In the era of #climatechaos, too many people are still kneeling before the #deathcult. If this idea fills you with fear, ask yourself: who or what is your head bowed to?

    #OMN #openweb #DIY #nothingnew

  30. The #fashernistas need to get off their knees and start calling out pointless things.

    Pick up the #4opens as a shovel. There's a mountain of #techshit that needs composting before anything healthy can grow.

    In the era of #climatechaos, too many people are still kneeling before the #deathcult. If this idea fills you with fear, ask yourself: who or what is your head bowed to?

    #OMN #openweb #DIY #nothingnew

  31. The #fashernistas need to get off their knees and start calling out pointless things.

    Pick up the #4opens as a shovel. There's a mountain of #techshit that needs composting before anything healthy can grow.

    In the era of #climatechaos, too many people are still kneeling before the #deathcult. If this idea fills you with fear, ask yourself: who or what is your head bowed to?

    #OMN #openweb #DIY #nothingnew

  32. The anarchist stream has always had a problem with too many #fashernistas - focused on style, identity and performance, but missing the second half:

    A + O = anarchism needs organisation.

    Without the building, maintaining and connecting, “scene” anarchism becomes a loop of the same conversations, the same conflicts and the same dead ends.

    The point is not just to look radical.

    The point is to create useful commons, networks and alternatives.

    Get out. Build something. While we still can.

    #OMN #commons #openweb #4opens #anarchism #mutualaid

  33. The anarchist stream has always had a problem with too many #fashernistas - focused on style, identity and performance, but missing the second half:

    A + O = anarchism needs organisation.

    Without the building, maintaining and connecting, “scene” anarchism becomes a loop of the same conversations, the same conflicts and the same dead ends.

    The point is not just to look radical.

    The point is to create useful commons, networks and alternatives.

    Get out. Build something. While we still can.

    #OMN #commons #openweb #4opens #anarchism #mutualaid

  34. The anarchist stream has always had a problem with too many #fashernistas - focused on style, identity and performance, but missing the second half:

    A + O = anarchism needs organisation.

    Without the building, maintaining and connecting, “scene” anarchism becomes a loop of the same conversations, the same conflicts and the same dead ends.

    The point is not just to look radical.

    The point is to create useful commons, networks and alternatives.

    Get out. Build something. While we still can.

    #OMN #commons #openweb #4opens #anarchism #mutualaid

  35. The anarchist stream has always had a problem with too many #fashernistas - focused on style, identity and performance, but missing the second half:

    A + O = anarchism needs organisation.

    Without the building, maintaining and connecting, “scene” anarchism becomes a loop of the same conversations, the same conflicts and the same dead ends.

    The point is not just to look radical.

    The point is to create useful commons, networks and alternatives.

    Get out. Build something. While we still can.

    #OMN #commons #openweb #4opens #anarchism #mutualaid

  36. The anarchist stream has always had a problem with too many #fashernistas - focused on style, identity and performance, but missing the second half:

    A + O = anarchism needs organisation.

    Without the building, maintaining and connecting, “scene” anarchism becomes a loop of the same conversations, the same conflicts and the same dead ends.

    The point is not just to look radical.

    The point is to create useful commons, networks and alternatives.

    Get out. Build something. While we still can.

    #OMN #commons #openweb #4opens #anarchism #mutualaid

  37. #fashernistas in a #deathcult are incompetent and thus nasty people.... how do we think we can compost this mess makeing?

  38. #fashernistas in a #deathcult are incompetent and thus nasty people.... how do we think we can compost this mess makeing?

  39. #fashernistas in a #deathcult are incompetent and thus nasty people.... how do we think we can compost this mess makeing?

  40. #fashernistas in a #deathcult are incompetent and thus nasty people.... how do we think we can compost this mess makeing?

  41. #fashernistas in a #deathcult are incompetent and thus nasty people.... how do we think we can compost this mess makeing?

  42. 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, a tool for composting #4opens. The value of the #Fediverse comes from its cultural roots in the #openweb. The tech - like ActivityPub - grew out of that culture. It wasn’t built by #mainstreaming interests. Now money is flowing in, and with it comes risk of dilution […]

    hamishcampbell.com/the-value-o

  43. 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 roots in the #openweb. The tech - like ActivityPub - grew out of that culture. It wasn’t built by #mainstreaming interests. Now money is flowing in, and with it comes risk of […]

    hamishcampbell.com/the-value-o

  44. 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, a tool for composting #4opens. The value of the #Fediverse comes from its cultural roots in the #openweb. The tech - like ActivityPub - grew out of that culture. It wasn’t built by #mainstreaming interests. Now money is flowing in, and with it comes risk of dilution […]

    hamishcampbell.com/the-value-o

  45. 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, a tool for composting #4opens. The value of the #Fediverse comes from its cultural roots in the #openweb. The tech - like ActivityPub - grew out of that culture. It wasn’t built by #mainstreaming interests. Now money is flowing in, and with it comes risk of dilution […]

    hamishcampbell.com/the-value-o

  46. A Note on “Security” for the #FOSS Crew

    We need to have a clearer, more grounded conversation about “security” and what it actually means in the context of the #openweb. There is a long history of thinking in #FOSS spaces that security is something we can solve purely technically: better encryption, better protocols, better architectures. But in everyday life and practice, people need to work from a much simpler starting point - We do not trust client–server security. We only meaningfully trust what can be verified through […]

    hamishcampbell.com/a-note-on-s

  47. A Note on “Security” for the #FOSS Crew

    We need to have a clearer, more grounded conversation about “security” and what it actually means in the context of the #openweb. There is a long history of thinking in #FOSS spaces that security is something we can solve purely technically: better encryption, better protocols, better architectures. But in everyday life and practice, people need to work from a much simpler starting point - We do not trust client–server security. We only meaningfully trust what can be verified through […]

    hamishcampbell.com/a-note-on-s

  48. A Note on “Security” for the #FOSS Crew

    We need to have a clearer, more grounded conversation about “security” and what it actually means in the context of the #openweb. There is a long history of thinking in #FOSS spaces that security is something we can solve purely technically: better encryption, better protocols, better architectures. But in everyday life and practice, people need to work from a much simpler starting point - We do not trust client–server security. We only meaningfully trust what can be verified through […]

    hamishcampbell.com/a-note-on-s

  49. Building, what comes next?

    #mainstreaming people are wilfully blind and alt people tend to be pessimistic, it's a problem. Historically, real social change doesn’t arrive by waiting for collapse. It arrives because people are active, they build alternatives in advance, strong enough to bridge the mess when existing systems fail and lose legitimacy. This isn’t theory. It’s how change has always happened. If you are interested in a better outcome, we need to remember, build first, collapse later is the lesson that […]

    hamishcampbell.com/building-wh

  50. Building, what comes next?

    #mainstreaming people are wilfully blind and alt people tend to be pessimistic, it's a problem. Historically, real social change doesn’t arrive by waiting for collapse. It arrives because people are active, they build alternatives in advance, strong enough to bridge the mess when existing systems fail and lose legitimacy. This isn’t theory. It’s how change has always happened. If you are interested in a better outcome, we need to remember, build first, collapse later is the lesson that […]

    hamishcampbell.com/building-wh

  51. Building, what comes next?

    #mainstreaming people are wilfully blind and alt people tend to be pessimistic, it's a problem. Historically, real social change doesn’t arrive by waiting for collapse. It arrives because people are active, they build alternatives in advance, strong enough to bridge the mess when existing systems fail and lose legitimacy. This isn’t theory. It’s how change has always happened. If you are interested in a better outcome, we need to remember, build first, collapse later is the lesson that […]

    hamishcampbell.com/building-wh

  52. Building, what comes next?

    #mainstreaming people are wilfully blind and alt people tend to be pessimistic, it's a problem. Historically, real social change doesn’t arrive by waiting for collapse. It arrives because people are active, they build alternatives in advance, strong enough to bridge the mess when existing systems fail and lose legitimacy. This isn’t theory. It’s how change has always happened. If you are interested in a better outcome, we need to remember, build first, collapse later is the lesson that […]

    hamishcampbell.com/building-wh

  53. Building, what comes next?

    #mainstreaming people are wilfully blind and alt people tend to be pessimistic, it's a problem. Historically, real social change doesn’t arrive by waiting for collapse. It arrives because people are active, they build alternatives in advance, strong enough to bridge the mess when existing systems fail and lose legitimacy. This isn’t theory. It’s how change has always happened. If you are interested in a better outcome, we need to remember, build first, collapse later is the lesson that […]

    hamishcampbell.com/building-wh

  54. What do you think? Do we need more practical tools, or is it more about mindset shifts? How do we balance this? Why are our #fashernistas so poisonous? hamishcampbell.com/why-are-fas

  55. What do you think? Do we need more practical tools, or is it more about mindset shifts? How do we balance this? Why are our #fashernistas so poisonous? hamishcampbell.com/why-are-fas

  56. What do you think? Do we need more practical tools, or is it more about mindset shifts? How do we balance this? Why are our #fashernistas so poisonous? hamishcampbell.com/why-are-fas

  57. What do you think? Do we need more practical tools, or is it more about mindset shifts? How do we balance this? Why are our #fashernistas so poisonous? hamishcampbell.com/why-are-fas

  58. What do you think? Do we need more practical tools, or is it more about mindset shifts? How do we balance this? Why are our #fashernistas so poisonous? hamishcampbell.com/why-are-fas

  59. The #openweb can be the seedbed of a new culture, if we accept that growth is messy, slow, and unpredictable. Why are our #fashernistas so poisonous? hamishcampbell.com/why-are-fash...

    Why are our #fashernistas so p...

  60. The #openweb can be the seedbed of a new culture, if we accept that growth is messy, slow, and unpredictable. Why are our #fashernistas so poisonous? hamishcampbell.com/why-are-fas