#oxfordboaters — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #oxfordboaters, aggregated by home.social.
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Turning stress, conflict, and exhaustion into commons culture instead of mutual destruction
"To put some "commons" structure into this kindness… A path before we knee-jerk criticise members of the community we should make real offers to help repeatedly (x3) in a positive community way. Only then let the "negative" monster of judgment lose to clean up the mess. Focus on clean up first, the "common senses" desire to attack second. What do you think about growing our positive norms (common sense)." This is the hard bit of any grassroots movement of turning stress, conflict, and […] -
Turning stress, conflict, and exhaustion into commons culture instead of mutual destruction
"To put some "commons" structure into this kindness… A path before we knee-jerk criticise members of the community we should make real offers to help repeatedly (x3) in a positive community way. Only then let the "negative" monster of judgment lose to clean up the mess. Focus on clean up first, the "common senses" desire to attack second. What do you think about growing our positive norms (common sense)." This is the hard bit of any grassroots movement of turning stress, conflict, and […] -
People resist visible structure
Freedoms are not given, they are taken.-- Peter Kropotkin This post comes from real life experience with #Oxfordboaters, but I am going to address it as a tech problem as it is the same mess we need to work on composting in our social tech projects. People don’t actually hate structure, what they tend to resist is visible structure - the kind we need to make visible so we can see, question, and challenge. At the same time, they’re always perfectly comfortable inside invisible structures […]https://hamishcampbell.com/people-resist-is-visible-structure/
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In the real world
We're not dealing with abstract “community dynamics.” we're dealing with live-aboard boaters under pressure, rowers, landowners, council, Environment Agency and scarcity of space (moorings). This in the end is about visibility vs invisibility on the river, so friction isn’t theoretical - it’s structural. Let's look at the conflict patterns we’re seeing: Back-channel poisoning (#whispers #splitting) “X group are the problem”, “They’ve already decided this”, “Don’t […] -
In the real world
We're not dealing with abstract “community dynamics.” we're dealing with live-aboard boaters under pressure, rowers, landowners, council, Environment Agency and scarcity of space (moorings). This in the end is about visibility vs invisibility on the river, so the friction isn’t theoretical - it’s structural. Let's look at the common conflict patterns we’re already seeing: Back-channel poisoning (#whispers #splitting) “X group are the problem”, “They’ve already decided […] -
People, Process, and the Myth of Difficulty
What we are doing at #Oxfordboaters is simple, that’s the uncomfortable truth for people who see this as to complex. The core idea - people coming together around shared concerns, communicating openly, and acting collectively - is about as old as human society. There’s nothing technically complex about it, nothing conceptually obscure. Yet in practice, it feels almost impossible. So where does this friction come from? It’s not the goal, it’s not even the surface the process, most of […]https://hamishcampbell.com/people-process-and-the-myth-of-difficulty/
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People, Process, and the Myth of Difficulty
What we are doing at #Oxfordboaters is simple, that’s the uncomfortable truth for people who see this as to complex. The core idea - people coming together around shared concerns, communicating openly, and acting collectively - is about as old as human society. There’s nothing technically complex about it, nothing conceptually obscure. Yet in practice, it feels almost impossible. So where does this friction come from? It’s not the goal, it’s not even the surface the process, most of […]https://hamishcampbell.com/people-process-and-the-myth-of-difficulty/
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People, Process, and the Myth of Difficulty
What we are doing at #Oxfordboaters is simple, that’s the uncomfortable truth for people who see this as to complex. The core idea - people coming together around shared concerns, communicating openly, and acting collectively - is about as old as human society. There’s nothing technically complex about it, nothing conceptually obscure. Yet in practice, it feels almost impossible. So where does this friction come from? It’s not the goal, it’s not even the surface the process, most of […]https://hamishcampbell.com/people-process-and-the-myth-of-difficulty/
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People, Process, and the Myth of Difficulty
What we are doing at #Oxfordboaters is simple, that’s the uncomfortable truth for people who see this as to complex. The core idea - people coming together around shared concerns, communicating openly, and acting collectively - is about as old as human society. There’s nothing technically complex about it, nothing conceptually obscure. Yet in practice, it feels almost impossible. So where does this friction come from? It’s not the goal, it’s not even the surface the process, most of […]https://hamishcampbell.com/people-process-and-the-myth-of-difficulty/
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People, Process, and the Myth of Difficulty
What we are doing at #Oxfordboaters is simple, that’s the uncomfortable truth for people who see this as to complex. The core idea - people coming together around shared concerns, communicating openly, and acting collectively - is about as old as human society. There’s nothing technically complex about it, nothing conceptually obscure. Yet in practice, it feels almost impossible. So where does this friction come from? It’s not the goal, it’s not even the surface the process, most of […]https://hamishcampbell.com/people-process-and-the-myth-of-difficulty/
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Interesting project, will have a prod to see if I can make something for #OxfordBoaters
Did you see this, a #NLnet grant application that came out of the event https://hamishcampbell.com/why-you-should-help/
Am interested in technical feedback on how we can layer a data object commons on top/beside the current #Fediverse based on #ActivityPub
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So how do we mediate this fear?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gcm-tOGiva0 Who would have though this would sum up our needed path for the #Oxfordboaters and the #fedivers? You would have to be an #asshole to unthinkingly disagree with what we are doing and pretty wise to thinkingly disagree with the path. Which one are you? So why are we in such a mess? Because people are acting from fear. Not always consciously, not always honestly - but fear is the driver. Fear of losing control. Fear of losing status. Fear of […] -
So how do we mediate this fear?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gcm-tOGiva0 Who would have though this would sum up our needed path for the #Oxfordboaters and the #fedivers? You would have to be an #asshole to unthinkingly disagree with what we are doing and pretty wise to thinkingly disagree with the path. Which one are you? So why are we in such a mess? Because people are acting from fear. Not always consciously, not always honestly - but fear is the driver. Fear of losing control. Fear of losing status. Fear of […] -
So how do we mediate this fear?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gcm-tOGiva0 Who would have though this would sum up our needed path for the #Oxfordboaters and the #fedivers? You would have to be an #asshole to unthinkingly disagree with what we are doing and pretty wise to thinkingly disagree with the path. Which one are you? So why are we in such a mess? Because people are acting from fear. Not always consciously, not always honestly - but fear is the driver. Fear of losing control. Fear of losing status. Fear of […]