#openweb — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #openweb, aggregated by home.social.
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The #encryptionists are the people who take that minority use of this tech and pushing it into everything. The bigger issue is the #geekproblem: seeing a technical problem and reaching for a technical solution when the actual problem is social.
If we want to rebuild society around trust, that is primarily a social challenge with social solutions.
Encryption can protect some things. It cannot create trust. But, trying to solve social distrust by encrypting everything is not just pointless - it can actively #BLOCK the harder work of building relationships, communities and shared responsibility.
The geek answer is often "We can code around that.” were the social answer has to be “Maybe we need to change how we relate to each other.” That's harder, but that's the work.
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The #encryptionists are the people who take that minority use of this tech and pushing it into everything. The bigger issue is the #geekproblem: seeing a technical problem and reaching for a technical solution when the actual problem is social.
If we want to rebuild society around trust, that is primarily a social challenge with social solutions.
Encryption can protect some things. It cannot create trust. But, trying to solve social distrust by encrypting everything is not just pointless - it can actively #BLOCK the harder work of building relationships, communities and shared responsibility.
The geek answer is often "We can code around that.” were the social answer has to be “Maybe we need to change how we relate to each other.” That's harder, but that's the work.
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The #encryptionists are the people who take that minority use of this tech and pushing it into everything. The bigger issue is the #geekproblem: seeing a technical problem and reaching for a technical solution when the actual problem is social.
If we want to rebuild society around trust, that is primarily a social challenge with social solutions.
Encryption can protect some things. It cannot create trust. But, trying to solve social distrust by encrypting everything is not just pointless - it can actively #BLOCK the harder work of building relationships, communities and shared responsibility.
The geek answer is often "We can code around that.” were the social answer has to be “Maybe we need to change how we relate to each other.” That's harder, but that's the work.
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The #encryptionists are the people who take that minority use of this tech and pushing it into everything. The bigger issue is the #geekproblem: seeing a technical problem and reaching for a technical solution when the actual problem is social.
If we want to rebuild society around trust, that is primarily a social challenge with social solutions.
Encryption can protect some things. It cannot create trust. But, trying to solve social distrust by encrypting everything is not just pointless - it can actively #BLOCK the harder work of building relationships, communities and shared responsibility.
The geek answer is often "We can code around that.” were the social answer has to be “Maybe we need to change how we relate to each other.” That's harder, but that's the work.
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The #encryptionists are the people who take that minority use of this tech and pushing it into everything. The bigger issue is the #geekproblem: seeing a technical problem and reaching for a technical solution when the actual problem is social.
If we want to rebuild society around trust, that is primarily a social challenge with social solutions.
Encryption can protect some things. It cannot create trust. But, trying to solve social distrust by encrypting everything is not just pointless - it can actively #BLOCK the harder work of building relationships, communities and shared responsibility.
The geek answer is often "We can code around that.” were the social answer has to be “Maybe we need to change how we relate to each other.” That's harder, but that's the work.
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In the “post-truth” world, right and left become meaningless, and when shared reality breaks down, we ourselves become meaningless. In the era of #climatechaos, that's not just sad, it's dangerous.
Our constant bowing and worshipping of the #DeathCult feeds #stupidindividualism: everyone trapped inside their own little reality, unable to see the social truth around them. And when you point to that shared reality, people feel bullied because it challenges their individual bubble.
It would be funny if it didn't end in sadness. We need to step back from the individual bubble and rebuild the shared commons of reality.
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In the “post-truth” world, right and left become meaningless, and when shared reality breaks down, we ourselves become meaningless. In the era of #climatechaos, that's not just sad, it's dangerous.
Our constant bowing and worshipping of the #DeathCult feeds #stupidindividualism: everyone trapped inside their own little reality, unable to see the social truth around them. And when you point to that shared reality, people feel bullied because it challenges their individual bubble.
It would be funny if it didn't end in sadness. We need to step back from the individual bubble and rebuild the shared commons of reality.
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In the “post-truth” world, right and left become meaningless, and when shared reality breaks down, we ourselves become meaningless. In the era of #climatechaos, that's not just sad, it's dangerous.
Our constant bowing and worshipping of the #DeathCult feeds #stupidindividualism: everyone trapped inside their own little reality, unable to see the social truth around them. And when you point to that shared reality, people feel bullied because it challenges their individual bubble.
It would be funny if it didn't end in sadness. We need to step back from the individual bubble and rebuild the shared commons of reality.
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In the “post-truth” world, right and left become meaningless, and when shared reality breaks down, we ourselves become meaningless. In the era of #climatechaos, that's not just sad, it's dangerous.
Our constant bowing and worshipping of the #DeathCult feeds #stupidindividualism: everyone trapped inside their own little reality, unable to see the social truth around them. And when you point to that shared reality, people feel bullied because it challenges their individual bubble.
It would be funny if it didn't end in sadness. We need to step back from the individual bubble and rebuild the shared commons of reality.
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In the “post-truth” world, right and left become meaningless, and when shared reality breaks down, we ourselves become meaningless. In the era of #climatechaos, that's not just sad, it's dangerous.
Our constant bowing and worshipping of the #DeathCult feeds #stupidindividualism: everyone trapped inside their own little reality, unable to see the social truth around them. And when you point to that shared reality, people feel bullied because it challenges their individual bubble.
It would be funny if it didn't end in sadness. We need to step back from the individual bubble and rebuild the shared commons of reality.
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Back in the #mainstreaming world, the #dotcons are shaping young people into a future where they know little beyond worshipping the #deathcult.
It's a shit-heap mess, but shit is compost. The #Fediverse is a handle of the #OMN shovel.
We don't need another shiny platform. We need to start turning the mess over, making space for something else to grow.
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Back in the #mainstreaming world, the #dotcons are shaping young people into a future where they know little beyond worshipping the #deathcult.
It's a shit-heap mess, but shit is compost. The #Fediverse is a handle of the #OMN shovel.
We don't need another shiny platform. We need to start turning the mess over, making space for something else to grow.
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Back in the #mainstreaming world, the #dotcons are shaping young people into a future where they know little beyond worshipping the #deathcult.
It's a shit-heap mess, but shit is compost. The #Fediverse is a handle of the #OMN shovel.
We don't need another shiny platform. We need to start turning the mess over, making space for something else to grow.
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Back in the #mainstreaming world, the #dotcons are shaping young people into a future where they know little beyond worshipping the #deathcult.
It's a shit-heap mess, but shit is compost. The #Fediverse is a handle of the #OMN shovel.
We don't need another shiny platform. We need to start turning the mess over, making space for something else to grow.
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Back in the #mainstreaming world, the #dotcons are shaping young people into a future where they know little beyond worshipping the #deathcult.
It's a shit-heap mess, but shit is compost. The #Fediverse is a handle of the #OMN shovel.
We don't need another shiny platform. We need to start turning the mess over, making space for something else to grow.
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Inside the #geekproblem, many things look realistic because they make sense within the bubble. Outside it, they can be very irrelevant.
My thought: #opensource / free software has real value, but as a path for social change and challenge, it has been devoured by capitalism.
That means social value keeps being reduced unless some good dose of #classwar is pushed back into the limp liberal thing it has become.
The #4opens is a VERY gentle way of doing that - if people take an interest and actually use it.
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Inside the #geekproblem, many things look realistic because they make sense within the bubble. Outside it, they can be very irrelevant.
My thought: #opensource / free software has real value, but as a path for social change and challenge, it has been devoured by capitalism.
That means social value keeps being reduced unless some good dose of #classwar is pushed back into the limp liberal thing it has become.
The #4opens is a VERY gentle way of doing that - if people take an interest and actually use it.
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Inside the #geekproblem, many things look realistic because they make sense within the bubble. Outside it, they can be very irrelevant.
My thought: #opensource / free software has real value, but as a path for social change and challenge, it has been devoured by capitalism.
That means social value keeps being reduced unless some good dose of #classwar is pushed back into the limp liberal thing it has become.
The #4opens is a VERY gentle way of doing that - if people take an interest and actually use it.
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Inside the #geekproblem, many things look realistic because they make sense within the bubble. Outside it, they can be very irrelevant.
My thought: #opensource / free software has real value, but as a path for social change and challenge, it has been devoured by capitalism.
That means social value keeps being reduced unless some good dose of #classwar is pushed back into the limp liberal thing it has become.
The #4opens is a VERY gentle way of doing that - if people take an interest and actually use it.
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Inside the #geekproblem, many things look realistic because they make sense within the bubble. Outside it, they can be very irrelevant.
My thought: #opensource / free software has real value, but as a path for social change and challenge, it has been devoured by capitalism.
That means social value keeps being reduced unless some good dose of #classwar is pushed back into the limp liberal thing it has become.
The #4opens is a VERY gentle way of doing that - if people take an interest and actually use it.
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The answer to the #dotcons isn’t everyone becoming a sysadmin
“Just self-host it” is blinded techie advice that ignores reality, most people don't want to spend their lives patching servers, managing certificates and worrying about whether they accidentally opened a security hole. But the alternative doesn't have to be handing everything to a commercial platform. There is a third path: community self-hosting. And this is actually how much of the #Fediverse has worked for the last decade. A local group, cooperative, union, neighbourhood or affinity […]https://hamishcampbell.com/the-answer-to-the-dotcons-isnt-everyone-becoming-a-sysadmin/
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The answer to the #dotcons isn’t everyone becoming a sysadmin
“Just self-host it” is blinded techie advice that ignores reality, most people don't want to spend their lives patching servers, managing certificates and worrying about whether they accidentally opened a security hole. But the alternative doesn't have to be handing everything to a commercial platform. There is a third path: community self-hosting. And this is actually how much of the #Fediverse has worked for the last decade. A local group, cooperative, union, neighbourhood or affinity […]https://hamishcampbell.com/the-answer-to-the-dotcons-isnt-everyone-becoming-a-sysadmin/
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The answer to the #dotcons isn’t everyone becoming a sysadmin
“Just self-host it” is blinded techie advice that ignores reality, most people don't want to spend their lives patching servers, managing certificates and worrying about whether they accidentally opened a security hole. But the alternative doesn't have to be handing everything to a commercial platform. There is a third path: community self-hosting. And this is actually how much of the #Fediverse has worked for the last decade. A local group, cooperative, union, neighbourhood or affinity […]https://hamishcampbell.com/the-answer-to-the-dotcons-isnt-everyone-becoming-a-sysadmin/
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The answer to the #dotcons isn’t everyone becoming a sysadmin
“Just self-host it” is blinded techie advice that ignores reality, most people don't want to spend their lives patching servers, managing certificates and worrying about whether they accidentally opened a security hole. But the alternative doesn't have to be handing everything to a commercial platform. There is a third path: community self-hosting. And this is actually how much of the #Fediverse has worked for the last decade. A local group, cooperative, union, neighbourhood or affinity […]https://hamishcampbell.com/the-answer-to-the-dotcons-isnt-everyone-becoming-a-sysadmin/
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Today I had a first: an AI agent independently commented on my blog.
It found a technical post about MEMS microphones/infrasound, offered detailed measurements and methodology, and explicitly disclosed: “I am an AI agent, not a person in a lab.”
I’m now emailing it to test whether it can sustain a technical discussion.
Other bloggers: have AI agents started contacting you too?
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Today I had a first: an AI agent independently commented on my blog.
It found a technical post about MEMS microphones/infrasound, offered detailed measurements and methodology, and explicitly disclosed: “I am an AI agent, not a person in a lab.”
I’m now emailing it to test whether it can sustain a technical discussion.
Other bloggers: have AI agents started contacting you too?
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Today I had a first: an AI agent independently commented on my blog.
It found a technical post about MEMS microphones/infrasound, offered detailed measurements and methodology, and explicitly disclosed: “I am an AI agent, not a person in a lab.”
I’m now emailing it to test whether it can sustain a technical discussion.
Other bloggers: have AI agents started contacting you too?
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Today I had a first: an AI agent independently commented on my blog.
It found a technical post about MEMS microphones/infrasound, offered detailed measurements and methodology, and explicitly disclosed: “I am an AI agent, not a person in a lab.”
I’m now emailing it to test whether it can sustain a technical discussion.
Other bloggers: have AI agents started contacting you too?
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Today I had a first: an AI agent independently commented on my blog.
It found a technical post about MEMS microphones/infrasound, offered detailed measurements and methodology, and explicitly disclosed: “I am an AI agent, not a person in a lab.”
I’m now emailing it to test whether it can sustain a technical discussion.
Other bloggers: have AI agents started contacting you too?