#opwnweb — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #opwnweb, aggregated by home.social.
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The #mainstreaming is talking about the #deathcult – So why are you still waiting?
It took four decades of sleepwalking through #neoliberalism, cultural decay, ecological collapse, and social atomisation, but at last, the #mainstreaming is starting to talk about the #deathcult we’ve been worshipping.
Case in point: Steve Coogan – yes, Alan Partridge – is now publicly accusing Keir Starmer and Labour of “paving the way for Reform UK,” the rising hard-right threat. Here’s the article. It’s not satire, it’s despair. Coogan’s right, and a few years ago, such a […]
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The #mainstreaming is talking about the #deathcult – So why are you still waiting?
It took four decades of sleepwalking through #neoliberalism, cultural decay, ecological collapse, and social atomisation, but at last, the #mainstreaming is starting to talk about the #deathcult we’ve been worshipping.
Case in point: Steve Coogan – yes, Alan Partridge – is now publicly accusing Keir Starmer and Labour of “paving the way for Reform UK,” the rising hard-right threat. Here’s the article. It’s not satire, it’s despair. Coogan’s right, and a few years ago, such a […]
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The #mainstreaming is talking about the #deathcult – So why are you still waiting?
It took four decades of sleepwalking through #neoliberalism, cultural decay, ecological collapse, and social atomisation, but at last, the #mainstreaming is starting to talk about the #deathcult we’ve been worshipping.
Case in point: Steve Coogan – yes, Alan Partridge – is now publicly accusing Keir Starmer and Labour of “paving the way for Reform UK,” the rising hard-right threat. Here’s the article. It’s not satire, it’s despair. Coogan’s right, and a few years ago, such a […]
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The #mainstreaming is talking about the #deathcult – So why are you still waiting?
It took four decades of sleepwalking through #neoliberalism, cultural decay, ecological collapse, and social atomisation, but at last, the #mainstreaming is starting to talk about the #deathcult we’ve been worshipping.
Case in point: Steve Coogan – yes, Alan Partridge – is now publicly accusing Keir Starmer and Labour of “paving the way for Reform UK,” the rising hard-right threat. Here’s the article. It’s not satire, it’s despair. Coogan’s right, and a few years ago, such a […]
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DRAFT
There is #mainstreaming criticism that the #fediverse has “anti-viral” features, because there is no central algorithm promoting specific content to go viral, but this is not entirely accurate. What this actually points to is a deeper issue within the social path of the #openweb itself. The notion of “anti-viral” isn’t about a lack of features; it’s about how certain structures and behaviours are actively discouraging people with larger reach from thriving in these “native” spaces.
It’s a people to people web, so huge accounts can’t and don’t talk back, so can’t be “native” to this #opwnweb path we take. So it’s not a question of choice, rather a question of path. Might be useful to think about this as these conversations being #blind to thinking outside their current #dotcons path, and thus unlovingly bring it into the #openweb reboot.
The problem with the talk of “Anti-Viral” brought by current outreach. When people say that the fediverse lacks virality, they are focusing on the absence of centralized algorithms, like those found on corporate platforms (the #dotcons). On those, algorithms drive engagement by amplifying sensational or emotionally charged content, often at the cost of meaningful discourse and ethical considerations. In contrast, the fediverse is praised for being different, more community focused, more humanscale, and more about genuine interaction rather than manipulation by these algorithms. However, this perspective misses a crucial point.,
What we are actually seeing is that the fediverse has developed social norms and features that end up pushing away people who “go viral” or have large followings. The problem isn’t just that the platform lacks virality; it’s that it lacks the infrastructure and culture to support people with large followings in a way that feels sustainable and meaningful. Large Accounts don’t thrive, by design.
The #openweb and #fediverse are built on the principles of decentralization and #DIY community, which are fantastic for fostering small, intimate interactions. However, this structure makes it difficult for larger accounts to function. Why? Because the social architecture is inherently hostile to large-scale influence based on one way broadcasting.
- Large accounts can’t engage meaningfully with their followers in a people-to-people web. When you have thousands of people interacting with your posts, it becomes impossible to engage in a way that aligns with the native path that is part of the code of the #fediverse.
- Without centralized moderation, content moderation is a community effort. This can mean that people who attract controversy, whether deserved or not, increase the instance workload, creating a practical culture that is inhospitable to “big voices.” paths and agendas.
The “People-to-People” Web is set up that to favour small-scale interactions and communities over larger, more influential voices who are normally broadcast media based. This is both good and bad, yes it can be a problem when we think about the kind of impact we want the #openweb to have. In this the solution, we need to move beyond the #stupidindividualism of copying the microblogging of the #dotcons and think of balancing with “native” oproch to media, the #indymediaback project is an example of this path, we do need to take.
https://hamishcampbell.com/the-openweb-and-fediverse-is-anti-viral/
#blind #diy #dotcons #fediverse #indymediaback #mainstreaming #openweb #opwnweb #stupidindividualism
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It's a people to people web, so huge accounts can't and don't talk back, so can't be "native" to this #opwnweb path we take. So it's not a question of choice, rather a question of path if that makes sense :)
Might be useful to think about this as being #blind to thinking outside our current #dotcons path, thus bring it into the #openweb reboot.
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It's a people to people web, so huge accounts can't and don't talk back, so can't be "native" to this #opwnweb path we take. So it's not a question of choice, rather a question of path if that makes sense :)
Might be useful to think about this as being #blind to thinking outside our current #dotcons path, thus bring it into the #openweb reboot.
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It's a people to people web, so huge accounts can't and don't talk back, so can't be "native" to this #opwnweb path we take. So it's not a question of choice, rather a question of path if that makes sense :)
Might be useful to think about this as being #blind to thinking outside our current #dotcons path, thus bring it into the #openweb reboot.
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It's a people to people web, so huge accounts can't and don't talk back, so can't be "native" to this #opwnweb path we take. So it's not a question of choice, rather a question of path if that makes sense :)
Might be useful to think about this as being #blind to thinking outside our current #dotcons path, thus bring it into the #openweb reboot.
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It's a people to people web, so huge accounts can't and don't talk back, so can't be "native" to this #opwnweb path we take. So it's not a question of choice, rather a question of path if that makes sense :)
Might be useful to think about this as being #blind to thinking outside our current #dotcons path, thus bring it into the #openweb reboot.
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@highfellow what do you think we can do to compost the current #techshit to provide #opwnweb seedlings soil and light to grow.
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@highfellow what do you think we can do to compost the current #techshit to provide #opwnweb seedlings soil and light to grow.
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@highfellow what do you think we can do to compost the current #techshit to provide #opwnweb seedlings soil and light to grow.