The mess WE have made with the #dotcons over the last 20 years is not something we can afford to sleepwalk into repeating.
Reproducing the #dotcons as #FOSS only takes us so far. We’ve reached the point where we need to stop copying corporate social technology and start experimenting with genuinely #openweb native codebases.
That means confronting two forms of #blocking
* The #geekproblem: the obsession with control, certainty and technical solutions over messy human relationships.
* The #fashionista: the uncritical embrace of fashionable "common sense" that blocks practical alternatives.
We need to mediate both, not reproduce their failures. #MakingHistory, #OMN, #OGB and #indymediaback are all coding projects trying to explore this next step. Creating the social tools and grassroots processes needed to make the #openweb work.
We've learned enough from the last 20 years. Time to experiment, build and do things differently.
Please #dontbeaprat. Thanks.