#prefiguration — Public Fediverse posts

*Digital prefiguration: Social media*

Yesterday at @2dh5 in Utrecht I facilitated an open discussion about so called digital prefiguration and social media. In other words; how can an anarchist escape big tech social media and why. Hereby you can read the introduction I shared on the beamer (without the QR codes, because you can click on the links).

📃 https://blog.joenepraat.nl/digital-prefiguration-social-media

#fediverse #mastodon #pixelfed #prefiguration #anarchism #socialMedia #D2h5

@rancholibertad

All essential nutrients can be found on a plant based diet[1], and as I outlined above harvesting eggs is inherently abusive and exploits someone elses reproductive system. There is such a thing as veganic agriculture, yes capitalism exists and theres no ethical consumption under it but nothing excuses directly exploiting another creatures body when you have a choice.

You talk about embedding yourself in a local ecosystem presumably as a means to remove yourself from exploitative globalised systems, but if you cannot do so without incurring fundamental exploitation of anothers right, then you are not doing prefiguration, at least not a type of prefiguration that is considerate toward all creatures rights.

If your system demands exploitation then it has already failed to be liberatory, unless you think that the chickens rights are less important than those of human workers exploited in the global food industry

[1]
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39923894/

#Vegan #Prefiguration #Anarchism #Veganarchism #Veganism #TotalLiberation

I'm an anarchist thats what the black flag and A in my handle mean

That means a lot of things to a lot of people although there are principles on power, authority, the nature of the state and how to do revolution (sometimes called praxis) that anarchists broadly agree on its that last part that we most often disagree on ime

A part of my theory of change is that revolution cannot be forced, broadly I mean that if you try to change society now with the customs and beliefs that people individually hold they will reconstruct hierarchies of oppression either consciously or not

One subject that often gets left out of leftist and anarchist spaces is non-human oppression, say we seize the means of production tomorrow and we organize society democratically and horizontally, with the rest of the culture unchanged would humans stop killing and oppressing non-humans? I choose this example bc I believe its the most stark.

The system has deeply poisoned our culture and our psychology, we have developed a learned helplessness so pervasive that for many it is easier to imagine the end of capitalism than the end of authority and hierarchy

So what do I propose: social revolution and prefigurative revolution, the first being that revolution starts at the interpersonal level, work with things that are inside of your control and embody your ideals to the best of your ability without giving into perfectionism or pessimism. The second idea prefiguration is linked, create social relations and organizations that are modeled after the world you want, build the new in the shell of the old.

It will be small at first, a book cycle club, a community fridge, a neighborhood group chat for emergency preparedness or community event planning. But if the ground is fertile and nurtured lovingly it will blossom, the benefits of community cooperation are material and compounding.

The road from these beginnings to what we could confidently call an anarchist society would not be straightforward it would be full of setbacks just like early capitalism faced and a full consideration of revolutionary organizing past this point is beyond the scope of this toot (check [1] you're interested in an essay recommendation about that)

but if I am right and this is the most resilient road to revolution then by the time we win the collapse of the state will have long been a forgone conclusion, just as a united but dispersed mycelium network can topple the tallest tree: we will have rotted the state's pillars of power by stumbling up onto our own feet and rendering it obsolete

I invite discussion and disagreements I will try to respond to as much as I can

[1]
Anark Constructing The Revolution, 2020
Essay version:
http://libraryqxxiqakubqv3dc2bend2koqsndbwox2johfywcatxie26bsad.onion/library/anark-constructing-the-revolution
(this is tor onion link it can't be opened in most browsers use the tor browser if you dont know where to start)
Video Essay Version:
https://youtu.be/W9K6ISx8QEQ
(please use an alternative youtube front end of your choice if possible google is evil)

#Anarchism #Prefiguration #Revolution #SocialRevolution #Speciesism #HumanSupremacy #Capitalism

I'm an anarchist thats what the black flag and A in my handle mean

That means a lot of things to a lot of people although there are principles on power, authority, the nature of the state and how to do revolution (sometimes called praxis) that anarchists broadly agree on its that last part that we most often disagree on ime

A part of my theory of change is that revolution cannot be forced, broadly I mean that if you try to change society now with the customs and beliefs that people individually hold they will reconstruct hierarchies of oppression either consciously or not

One subject that often gets left out of leftist and anarchist spaces is non-human oppression, say we seize the means of production tomorrow and we organize society democratically and horizontally, with the rest of the culture unchanged would humans stop killing and oppressing non-humans? I choose this example bc I believe its the most stark.

The system has deeply poisoned our culture and our psychology, we have developed a learned helplessness so pervasive that for many it is easier to imagine the end of capitalism than the end of authority and hierarchy

So what do I propose: social revolution and prefigurative revolution, the first being that revolution starts at the interpersonal level, work with things that are inside of your control and embody your ideals to the best of your ability without giving into perfectionism or pessimism. The second idea prefiguration is linked, create social relations and organizations that are modeled after the world you want, build the new in the shell of the old.

It will be small at first, a book cycle club, a community fridge, a neighborhood group chat for emergency preparedness or community event planning. But if the ground is fertile and nurtured lovingly it will blossom, the benefits of community cooperation are material and compounding.

The road from these beginnings to what we could confidently call an anarchist society would not be straightforward it would be full of setbacks just like early capitalism faced and a full consideration of revolutionary organizing past this point is beyond the scope of this toot (check [1] you're interested in an essay recommendation about that)

but if I am right and this is the most resilient road to revolution then by the time we win the collapse of the state will have long been a forgone conclusion, just as a united but dispersed mycelium network can topple the tallest tree: we will have rotted the state's pillars of power by stumbling up onto our own feet and rendering it obsolete

I invite discussion and disagreements I will try to respond to as much as I can

[1]
Anark Constructing The Revolution, 2020
Essay version:
http://libraryqxxiqakubqv3dc2bend2koqsndbwox2johfywcatxie26bsad.onion/library/anark-constructing-the-revolution
(this is tor onion link it can't be opened in most browsers use the tor browser if you dont know where to start)
Video Essay Version:
https://youtu.be/W9K6ISx8QEQ
(please use an alternative youtube front end of your choice if possible google is evil)

#Anarchism #Prefiguration #Revolution #SocialRevolution #Speciesism #HumanSupremacy #Capitalism

I'm an anarchist thats what the black flag and A in my handle mean

That means a lot of things to a lot of people although there are principles on power, authority, the nature of the state and how to do revolution (sometimes called praxis) that anarchists broadly agree on its that last part that we most often disagree on ime

A part of my theory of change is that revolution cannot be forced, broadly I mean that if you try to change society now with the customs and beliefs that people individually hold they will reconstruct hierarchies of oppression either consciously or not

One subject that often gets left out of leftist and anarchist spaces is non-human oppression, say we seize the means of production tomorrow and we organize society democratically and horizontally, with the rest of the culture unchanged would humans stop killing and oppressing non-humans? I choose this example bc I believe its the most stark.

The system has deeply poisoned our culture and our psychology, we have developed a learned helplessness so pervasive that for many it is easier to imagine the end of capitalism than the end of authority and hierarchy

So what do I propose: social revolution and prefigurative revolution, the first being that revolution starts at the interpersonal level, work with things that are inside of your control and embody your ideals to the best of your ability without giving into perfectionism or pessimism. The second idea prefiguration is linked, create social relations and organizations that are modeled after the world you want, build the new in the shell of the old.

It will be small at first, a book cycle club, a community fridge, a neighborhood group chat for emergency preparedness or community event planning. But if the ground is fertile and nurtured lovingly it will blossom, the benefits of community cooperation are material and compounding.

The road from these beginnings to what we could confidently call an anarchist society would not be straightforward it would be full of setbacks just like early capitalism faced and a full consideration of revolutionary organizing past this point is beyond the scope of this toot (check [1] you're interested in an essay recommendation about that)

but if I am right and this is the most resilient road to revolution then by the time we win the collapse of the state will have long been a forgone conclusion, just as a united but dispersed mycelium network can topple the tallest tree: we will have rotted the state's pillars of power by stumbling up onto our own feet and rendering it obsolete

I invite discussion and disagreements I will try to respond to as much as I can

[1]
Anark Constructing The Revolution, 2020
Essay version:
http://libraryqxxiqakubqv3dc2bend2koqsndbwox2johfywcatxie26bsad.onion/library/anark-constructing-the-revolution
(this is tor onion link it can't be opened in most browsers use the tor browser if you dont know where to start)
Video Essay Version:
https://youtu.be/W9K6ISx8QEQ
(please use an alternative youtube front end of your choice if possible google is evil)

#Anarchism #Prefiguration #Revolution #SocialRevolution #Speciesism #HumanSupremacy #Capitalism

I'm an anarchist thats what the black flag and A in my handle mean

That means a lot of things to a lot of people although there are principles on power, authority, the nature of the state and how to do revolution (sometimes called praxis) that anarchists broadly agree on its that last part that we most often disagree on ime

A part of my theory of change is that revolution cannot be forced, broadly I mean that if you try to change society now with the customs and beliefs that people individually hold they will reconstruct hierarchies of oppression either consciously or not

One subject that often gets left out of leftist and anarchist spaces is non-human oppression, say we seize the means of production tomorrow and we organize society democratically and horizontally, with the rest of the culture unchanged would humans stop killing and oppressing non-humans? I choose this example bc I believe its the most stark.

The system has deeply poisoned our culture and our psychology, we have developed a learned helplessness so pervasive that for many it is easier to imagine the end of capitalism than the end of authority and hierarchy

So what do I propose: social revolution and prefigurative revolution, the first being that revolution starts at the interpersonal level, work with things that are inside of your control and embody your ideals to the best of your ability without giving into perfectionism or pessimism. The second idea prefiguration is linked, create social relations and organizations that are modeled after the world you want, build the new in the shell of the old.

It will be small at first, a book cycle club, a community fridge, a neighborhood group chat for emergency preparedness or community event planning. But if the ground is fertile and nurtured lovingly it will blossom, the benefits of community cooperation are material and compounding.

The road from these beginnings to what we could confidently call an anarchist society would not be straightforward it would be full of setbacks just like early capitalism faced and a full consideration of revolutionary organizing past this point is beyond the scope of this toot (check [1] you're interested in an essay recommendation about that)

but if I am right and this is the most resilient road to revolution then by the time we win the collapse of the state will have long been a forgone conclusion, just as a united but dispersed mycelium network can topple the tallest tree: we will have rotted the state's pillars of power by stumbling up onto our own feet and rendering it obsolete

I invite discussion and disagreements I will try to respond to as much as I can

[1]
Anark Constructing The Revolution, 2020
Essay version:
http://libraryqxxiqakubqv3dc2bend2koqsndbwox2johfywcatxie26bsad.onion/library/anark-constructing-the-revolution
(this is tor onion link it can't be opened in most browsers use the tor browser if you dont know where to start)
Video Essay Version:
https://youtu.be/W9K6ISx8QEQ
(please use an alternative youtube front end of your choice if possible google is evil)

#Anarchism #Prefiguration #Revolution #SocialRevolution #Speciesism #HumanSupremacy #Capitalism

I'm an anarchist thats what the black flag and A in my handle mean

That means a lot of things to a lot of people although there are principles on power, authority, the nature of the state and how to do revolution (sometimes called praxis) that anarchists broadly agree on its that last part that we most often disagree on ime

A part of my theory of change is that revolution cannot be forced, broadly I mean that if you try to change society now with the customs and beliefs that people individually hold they will reconstruct hierarchies of oppression either consciously or not

One subject that often gets left out of leftist and anarchist spaces is non-human oppression, say we seize the means of production tomorrow and we organize society democratically and horizontally, with the rest of the culture unchanged would humans stop killing and oppressing non-humans? I choose this example bc I believe its the most stark.

The system has deeply poisoned our culture and our psychology, we have developed a learned helplessness so pervasive that for many it is easier to imagine the end of capitalism than the end of authority and hierarchy

So what do I propose: social revolution and prefigurative revolution, the first being that revolution starts at the interpersonal level, work with things that are inside of your control and embody your ideals to the best of your ability without giving into perfectionism or pessimism. The second idea prefiguration is linked, create social relations and organizations that are modeled after the world you want, build the new in the shell of the old.

It will be small at first, a book cycle club, a community fridge, a neighborhood group chat for emergency preparedness or community event planning. But if the ground is fertile and nurtured lovingly it will blossom, the benefits of community cooperation are material and compounding.

The road from these beginnings to what we could confidently call an anarchist society would not be straightforward it would be full of setbacks just like early capitalism faced and a full consideration of revolutionary organizing past this point is beyond the scope of this toot (check [1] you're interested in an essay recommendation about that)

but if I am right and this is the most resilient road to revolution then by the time we win the collapse of the state will have long been a forgone conclusion, just as a united but dispersed mycelium network can topple the tallest tree: we will have rotted the state's pillars of power by stumbling up onto our own feet and rendering it obsolete

I invite discussion and disagreements I will try to respond to as much as I can

[1]
Anark Constructing The Revolution, 2020
Essay version:
http://libraryqxxiqakubqv3dc2bend2koqsndbwox2johfywcatxie26bsad.onion/library/anark-constructing-the-revolution
(this is tor onion link it can't be opened in most browsers use the tor browser if you dont know where to start)
Video Essay Version:
https://youtu.be/W9K6ISx8QEQ
(please use an alternative youtube front end of your choice if possible google is evil)

#Anarchism #Prefiguration #Revolution #SocialRevolution #Speciesism #HumanSupremacy #Capitalism

"Let all our forests and meadows bloom.
All power to all the people. Peace."
🌲🌳🌷🌻🌺🍄

A message from the always inspirational Andrewism.

What Can We Do When The System Fails Us?
https://youtube.com/watch?v=vByJLFvb4kQ

#anarchism #prefiguration #antiCapitalism

Extra! The results are in! Poverty makes outcomes worse! One small group of people deciding who is in poverty and who gets human rights, anywhere in the world, is global autocracy!

Social scientists and the rest can take a break from our research talks now and form a fucking labor union to re-write international monetary policy! 👏👏

#geopolitics #labor #economics #politics #democracy #prefiguration

Reading this at the moment in case anyone wants to join me: https://alor.org/Storage/Library/PDF/Ussher%20-%20Keynes.pdf

#economics #MonetaryPolicy #geopolitics #anarchism #prefiguration

CrashCourse: *A World Without Governments? #Anarchism Explained*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-Ibq-9wulQ

I must admit (as an anarchist) that this is pretty good. Remember that #CrashCourse is part of #PBS, the US public broadcaster. Therefore I'm worried about their future under the Trump-regime.

But yes I have some criticism and that's about their attempt to have some criticism. At the end they give some bad examples of anarchism, as part of the criticism that because of a lack of central control, everyone against the government can call themselves anarchist. Yes of course everyone can, but that doesn't mean that they are.

Let me explain. Anarchism is not only about anti-government or anti-state. Anarchism is about no authority, therefore no hierarchies and against authoritarianism. As a result anarchists are against every form of #oppression, including economic oppression like #capitalism, gender oppression like #sexism and the #patriarchy, #racism, #fascism, #LGBTIQIA-hate, oppression against #nature and #animals (#ecocide), and yes also against nation #states (and their oppressing tools like the #police, the #military and #nationalism) and of course their governments.

Some call this #intersectional, some call it total liberation/struggle. Our tools are mutual aid, direct action and #prefiguration.

Another great video from #Andrewism that I advise to watch. But please take your time, make notes and don't take it as a blueprint, but as inspiration (like all of anarchism) to start or continue the social revolution.

*How Anarchy Works*

🎞️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrTzjaXskUU

"Anarchism is the political philosophy and practice that opposes all hierarchies along with their “justifying” dogmas and proposes the unending pursuit of anarchy, where free association, self-determination, and mutual aid form the basis of our society. But what does that mean? Let's explore how we might organise anarchy."

See also https://todon.nl/@joenepraat/112231879416626058.

#anarchism #anarchy #SocialRevolution #prefiguration

Another great video from #Andrewism that I advise to watch. But please take your time, make notes and don't take it as a blueprint, but as inspiration (like all of anarchism) to start or continue the social revolution.

*How Anarchy Works*

🎞️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrTzjaXskUU

"Anarchism is the political philosophy and practice that opposes all hierarchies along with their “justifying” dogmas and proposes the unending pursuit of anarchy, where free association, self-determination, and mutual aid form the basis of our society. But what does that mean? Let's explore how we might organise anarchy."

See also https://todon.nl/@joenepraat/112231879416626058.

#anarchism #anarchy #SocialRevolution #prefiguration

Another great video from #Andrewism that I advise to watch. But please take your time, make notes and don't take it as a blueprint, but as inspiration (like all of anarchism) to start or continue the social revolution.

*How Anarchy Works*

🎞️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrTzjaXskUU

"Anarchism is the political philosophy and practice that opposes all hierarchies along with their “justifying” dogmas and proposes the unending pursuit of anarchy, where free association, self-determination, and mutual aid form the basis of our society. But what does that mean? Let's explore how we might organise anarchy."

See also https://todon.nl/@joenepraat/112231879416626058.

#anarchism #anarchy #SocialRevolution #prefiguration

Another great video from #Andrewism that I advise to watch. But please take your time, make notes and don't take it as a blueprint, but as inspiration (like all of anarchism) to start or continue the social revolution.

*How Anarchy Works*

🎞️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrTzjaXskUU

"Anarchism is the political philosophy and practice that opposes all hierarchies along with their “justifying” dogmas and proposes the unending pursuit of anarchy, where free association, self-determination, and mutual aid form the basis of our society. But what does that mean? Let's explore how we might organise anarchy."

See also https://todon.nl/@joenepraat/112231879416626058.

#anarchism #anarchy #SocialRevolution #prefiguration

Another great video from #Andrewism that I advise to watch. But please take your time, make notes and don't take it as a blueprint, but as inspiration (like all of anarchism) to start or continue the social revolution.

*How Anarchy Works*

🎞️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrTzjaXskUU

"Anarchism is the political philosophy and practice that opposes all hierarchies along with their “justifying” dogmas and proposes the unending pursuit of anarchy, where free association, self-determination, and mutual aid form the basis of our society. But what does that mean? Let's explore how we might organise anarchy."

See also https://todon.nl/@joenepraat/112231879416626058.

#anarchism #anarchy #SocialRevolution #prefiguration

If you are into it and want to learn more about #LibrarySocialism follow it up with their awesome trilogy on the basic concepts of their whole political idea.

Library Socialism & #Usufruct (2019)
https://srslywrong.com/podcast/library-socialism-usufruct-2019/

Library Socialism & The #IrreducibleMinimum (2019)
https://srslywrong.com/podcast/library-socialism-the-irreducible-minimum-2019/

Library Socialism & #Complementarity (2019)
https://srslywrong.com/podcast/library-socialism-complementarity-2019/

A better world is possible!
#podcast #prefiguration

If you are into it and want to learn more about #LibrarySocialism follow it up with their awesome trilogy on the basic concepts of their whole political idea.

Library Socialism & #Usufruct (2019)
https://srslywrong.com/podcast/library-socialism-usufruct-2019/

Library Socialism & The #IrreducibleMinimum (2019)
https://srslywrong.com/podcast/library-socialism-the-irreducible-minimum-2019/

Library Socialism & #Complementarity (2019)
https://srslywrong.com/podcast/library-socialism-complementarity-2019/

A better world is possible!
#podcast #prefiguration

If you are into it and want to learn more about #LibrarySocialism follow it up with their awesome trilogy on the basic concepts of their whole political idea.

Library Socialism & #Usufruct (2019)
https://srslywrong.com/podcast/library-socialism-usufruct-2019/

Library Socialism & The #IrreducibleMinimum (2019)
https://srslywrong.com/podcast/library-socialism-the-irreducible-minimum-2019/

Library Socialism & #Complementarity (2019)
https://srslywrong.com/podcast/library-socialism-complementarity-2019/

A better world is possible!
#podcast #prefiguration

If you are into it and want to learn more about #LibrarySocialism follow it up with their awesome trilogy on the basic concepts of their whole political idea.

Library Socialism & #Usufruct (2019)
https://srslywrong.com/podcast/library-socialism-usufruct-2019/

Library Socialism & The #IrreducibleMinimum (2019)
https://srslywrong.com/podcast/library-socialism-the-irreducible-minimum-2019/

Library Socialism & #Complementarity (2019)
https://srslywrong.com/podcast/library-socialism-complementarity-2019/

A better world is possible!
#podcast #prefiguration

If you are into it and want to learn more about #LibrarySocialism follow it up with their awesome trilogy on the basic concepts of their whole political idea.

Library Socialism & #Usufruct (2019)
https://srslywrong.com/podcast/library-socialism-usufruct-2019/

Library Socialism & The #IrreducibleMinimum (2019)
https://srslywrong.com/podcast/library-socialism-the-irreducible-minimum-2019/

Library Socialism & #Complementarity (2019)
https://srslywrong.com/podcast/library-socialism-complementarity-2019/

A better world is possible!
#podcast #prefiguration

Really enjoyed the latest #podcast from @srslywrong with a Q&A and practical steps towards building a #LibrarySocialism society.

Great insights and inspiring ideas to get to action in your community today! #SocialEcology #prefiguration

https://srslywrong.com/podcast/298-unlocked-qa-how-to-make-library-socialism-now/

Revolutionary Love & the Deep Commons with Matt York of University College Cork

This session is a presentation and discussion of York’s new book Love and Revolution: A Politics For The Deep Commons

https://youtu.be/HxiEi9-Oh5g?si=jAr-a9gm9UPzUmrB

#anarchism #commons #love #prefiguration

A better vision for a near-future fedi requires an exercise of both the technical and social imagination, and another thing that Meta's collaborators appear to find elusive: a moral center.

Instead of a regression into another Zuckerberg-controlled nightmare of hate speech, harassment, "brand engagement" and dehumanizing surveillance, we can push forward into an intentional federation based on consent and community, which centers the non-negotiable requirement of safety for everyone who otherwise has the most to lose from the betrayal of this online space of refuge and resistance.

7/7

#FreeFediverse #FediPact #DefederateMeta #Meta #Facebook #Threads #Instagram #Democracy #Community #Decentralization #Prefiguration #Fedifam #AllowList #IntentionalFederation

A note also on the gaslighting we face from Meta's colluders; the latest being the embarrassing spectacle of ActivityPub co-author Evan wagging around a "small fedi". @thenexusofprivacy has a good rebuttal to this cringe exhibitionism here: https://privacy.thenexus.today/the-annotated-case-for-a-big-fedi/

Evan has seen fit to misappropriate the "small fedi" idea, then build a blog post around warping it into a smear, with a long list of patronizing and fictional mischaracterizations. But what is truly small is the thinking that the fedi's future is surveillance, algorithmic ingestion, centralized servers too big to moderate, and huge psychotic corporations like Meta. In fact, that is social media's catastrophic past, the one we're all here to reject.

6/7

#FreeFediverse #FediPact #DefederateMeta #Meta #Facebook #Threads #Instagram #Democracy #Community #Decentralization #Prefiguration #Fedifam #AllowList #IntentionalFederation

An intentional federation would be a more decentralized one, as we could fully affirm a collective choice to keep instances small. That's not just an abstract idea; a more decentralized fedi would be a more democratic one: https://kolektiva.social/@ophiocephalic/110707707012210965

And it would also be a more community-centered one. Currently, the Mastodon network in particular is being driven by an approach which denies the prospect for a riotous polyculture of small and distinct communities in favor of a growth-oriented monoculture in which "servers are not... communities" ( https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/111628882009671820 ) and "it doesn't matter which one you use" ( https://www.theverge.com/23658648/mastodon-ceo-twitter-interview-elon-musk-twitter ), an outlook which Zuckerberg must find favorable.

5/7

#FreeFediverse #FediPact #DefederateMeta #Meta #Facebook #Threads #Instagram #Democracy #Community #Decentralization #Prefiguration #Fedifam #AllowList #IntentionalFederation

We accept and support new spinups by fellow travelers were are already in community with. The servers which entirely come in from the cold are mostly those belonging to the creatures of the dark-fedi, which cause many of the moderation problems for those of us on proportionately-sized instances (and most of the other problems are caused by the disproportionately-sized ones, who will be joining the Zuckerverse).

By assuming agency for who we choose to federate with, rather than existing in a state of constant reaction against those who would try and force us to federate with them, we can defend our federation both from the fascists, racists, transphobes and pedos of the defediverse, and from the horrifying and corruptive threat of the Zuckerberg entity, and its collaborator instances.

4/7

#FreeFediverse #FediPact #DefederateMeta #Meta #Facebook #Threads #Instagram #Democracy #Community #Decentralization #Prefiguration #Fedifam #AllowList #IntentionalFederation

Some worry that consent-based federation would lead to isolation, but this doesn't need to be true. For the end user, nothing at all would change; it would be just as easy or hard to join an instance as it is now, minus the funneling into a centralized, poorly-moderated vanilla flagship.

And what about new instance spinups? Their prospects could actually improve from the current status quo, if an allow-list fediverse was structured into instance alliances as described in the fedifam concept. New intra-fam spinups would automatically federate: https://kolektiva.social/@ophiocephalic/110793531238090472

Fedifams could then form trust-treaties with other fedifams, smoothing federation out from the fam into the broader fediverse in whatever manner of comfort or caution is preferred (such as limited or probationary federation): https://kolektiva.social/@ophiocephalic/110985194948458666

3/7

#FreeFediverse #FediPact #DefederateMeta #Meta #Facebook #Threads #Instagram #Democracy #Community #Decentralization #Prefiguration #Fedifam #AllowList #IntentionalFederation

While Authorized Fetch remains important to activate, it is clear that even it - which remember, provides better defense than that currently implemented on most of our home servers - is inadequate to the threats facing us as the Zuckerberg incursion progresses. If we're serious about protecting our communities and expressions from absorption into surveillance capitalism and the accelerating miseries of fascism, we need to talk about a stronger grade of defensive weaponry.

To this end, @are0h has fired a first volley: https://h-i.social/@are0h/111653850819592308 Every fedi community which serves as a refuge for those targeted and under siege should be thinking like this. True safety only awaits us in a transitive approach to defederation, and further on, in an intentional federation based on the allow-list.

2/7

#FreeFediverse #FediPact #DefederateMeta #Meta #Facebook #Threads #Instagram #Democracy #Community #Decentralization #Prefiguration #Fedifam #AuthorizedFetch #AllowList #IntentionalFederation

The Intentional Federation

We have recently been advocating the activation of a function which is present but usually off in Mastodon and other fedi services called Authorized Fetch. As we plead with the major development projects to take safety more seriously and make it a default, we have learned that Meta itself didn't think twice about it and has activated it in their own ActivityPub implementation against *us*.

We know this because of news that a fascist has devised a way to evade it and force federation with Threads. They promise to then turn their technique upon us and coerce unblockable federation with fascist and cryptospam instances: https://soapbox.pub/blog/threads-server-blocking/

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Another Andrewism banger.

On the roles plants like kelp, bamboo and hemp can play as carbon sinks, food sources and diverse materials for everyday needs.

Sorely needed hope and inspiration in these rough times.

Are these the seeds of a solarpunk future?
https://youtu.be/IRuVzRJe-z4

#Solarpunk #prefiguration #Climate

"""
If a factory is torn down but the rationality which produced it is left standing, then that rationality will simply produce another factory. If a revolution destroys a government, but the systematic patterns of thought that produced that government are left intact, then those patterns will repeat themselves. . . . There’s so much talk about the system. And so little understanding.
"""
—Robert Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

#prefiguration #capitalism #anarchism

Those of us interested in the prospect of fediverse communalization within the FediPact context should convene a broader conversation, inclusive of admins, developers and engaged community members - particularly those from marginalized or targeted backgrounds. And considering that there will be many who will want to bail out of the megaservers before they are absorbed into the Zuckerverse, the sooner a clearly defined alternative presents itself, the better.

Also, the Free Fediverse wiki continues to be updated. Among the offerings are links to:

🐸 FediPact and alternative fediverse development info
🐸 News articles and essays on Threads and the Zuckerberg takeover gambit
🐸 A ballooning selection of stories on Meta's many crimes against humanity

Feel free to hop on over to https://freefediverse.org

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So too, gender-based harassment has not only endured in the fediverse, it has been perpetuated by some of its most privileged participants, as observed in a recent controversy involving a stream of abuse perpetuated by a very visible megaserver admin. Who moderates the moderators?

Building a Free Fediverse comprises an opportunity to chart a course away from the predominating influence of amoral techbros who have no capacity for understanding these problems, and see the fedi primarily as an opportunity for financial investment. This piece reframes the "gatekeeping" smear aimed at FediPact advocates through a lens of envisioning the online community as a ZAD - a Zone To Defend.

https://kolektiva.social/@ophiocephalic/110680030293653277

19/20

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Finally, the Free Fediverse must prioritize centering the concerns and perspectives of those from marginalized and targeted communities. This need is more acute than ever, as we arrive at a moment in which the short-term prospects for the continuity of "democracy" in countries such as the "USA" and Germany are very much in question.

These essays by @jdp23 on the history of Mastodon development makes clear the paradoxical nature of a project innovated by a vibrant community of trans and queer folk as a refuge from the fascistic tendencies of the major capitalist networks, which eventually stratified into a hierarchical, growth-oriented Twitter me-too controlled by a single person.

https://privacy.thenexus.today/mastodon-a-partial-history/

https://privacy.thenexus.today/here-queer-and-federated-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse/

This analysis makes clear that the abject failure of Mastodon to provide a welcoming alternative to Black Twitter, as identified by @shengokai , was in fact inevitable.

https://techpolicy.press/the-whiteness-of-mastodon

18/20

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Tech adaptations would be necessary in any case, especially considering that well-informed observers believe switching from blocklist-based moderation to allow-list-based federation is the only way to definitively disconnect from Meta and its collaborator instances. The communal structure would make this viable. Fedifams could federate allow-lists amongst themselves, and trust-treaty caracoles could pave the way for new instances which spin up from within fams to federate in the greater network.

It could also change the nature of the instance itself. Fedifam support for internal spinups would make it easier for instances to become the initiatives of communities rather than individuals, who currently must re-invent the wheel and take on the technical and moderation burdens entirely of their own accord. Community-activated servers would be naturally inclined to a more democratic internal culture. The problems of admin burnout and micro-tyranny could be significantly lessened. And allow-list federation would slam the door shut on interlopers scheming to fabricate moral panics.

The horizontal redistribution of agency, across community members, admins, and developers, would change the game and fulfill the democratic promise of the fediverse.

17/20

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Enabling, sustaining and coordinating more creative and forward-thinking tech development would be a necessity for the Free Fediverse. The ActivityPub protocol itself is in the process of being enclosed by Zuckerberg and his assets right now.

Fortunately there are alternative possibilities, not least among them the next-generation Spritely Goblins protocol of another AP co-author, @cwebber . More on Spritely Goblins here:

https://spritely.institute/goblins/

Supporting this effort, and combining the efforts of the numerous Masto forks into a definitive Free Fedi microblogging replacement, could be the way to build our ark and render our resolve tangible.

16/20

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Meanwhile, more creative technological approaches remain obstructed or ignored. This proposal from @supakaity offers the enticing and empowering prospect of granular control of all search and visibility parameters for each post: https://blahaj.zone/notes/9ev0kge0aj

The fedifam construct could be extended to developer alliances as well. This would enable a shared, stable source for crowdfunding, and the coordination of efforts toward complimentary and interoperable results.

The person at the top of the Mastodon development hierarchy actually refers to himself as a "benevolent dictator for life" - but there's no such thing as a benevolent dictator. Dictators, of any nature, do not facilitate democratic outcomes. We didn't let Vladimir Lenin get away with that "benevolent dictatorship" shit and we shouldn't let John Mastodon do so either!

15/20

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The need for self-governance and the democratization of fedi culture is clearly indicated by the current democracy deficit of the status quo. The controversies resulting from the upcoming Mastodon feature upgrades tell the tale.

The initial and unilateral introduction of the upcoming search capability - rumored to have been a demand of Meta - took the form of a single all-or-nothing toggle which would actually have removed existing functionality for users who opted out. The sensibilities and consent concerns of fedi-folk from smaller instances and marginalized communities were only considered after an outcry.

Though a more amenable alternative was provided, there are still serious concerns about the performance toll of these new functionalities on small and self-hosted servers. They are now mainly being beta-tested on megaservers, which means negative impacts both technical and cultural may only become apparent when it's too late to reverse course.

14/20

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It would be a mistake to interpret the current lull in interest, and the odd nature of the Threads launch, as reasons to relax. On the contrary, this is the perfect moment to act on the protective impulses that engendered the FediPact.

Moreover, the push towards centralization, surveillance and algorithmic harvesting by Facebook-linked authoritarians, which is meeting no resistance from those at the top of the development and administrative hierarchy, makes urgent action nothing less than a necessity for everyone of a marginalized or targeted identity, all true believers in FLOSS, and radicals of every stripe.

This is the time to convene, prefigure, and build a Free Fediverse.

8/20

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Meta will federate for the same reason that Google pays Mozilla tens of millions a year to keep Firefox alive. But that comparison only takes us so far, because in this case, it's more like Google dishing out the money only on the condition that Firefox disables ad-blocking and sends telemetry to Google.

So, we have multiple, recent and ongoing indicators. We have motives and strategies which fit a type. Every signal beams in the same direction, and there are none which contradict it. Meta is coming.

And the ActivityPub protocol and major fediverse development projects are firmly under the control of facilitators who are smoothing the way. This is a blog post by one of the primary Mastodon developers, with a proposal to add in backend hooks for the algorithmic surveillance and telemetry collection demanded by the Facebook Mafia.

https://renchap.com/blog/post/evolving_mastodon_trust_and_safety/

7/20

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A recent paper by @Mer__edith , @davidthewid and Sarah Myers West discusses the openwashing ploy utilized by Meta and other tech giants, in which "AI" and other exploitative technologies are obfuscated by a thin veneer of democratization.

Paper: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4543807
Fedi thread: https://mastodon.world/@Mer__edith/110905980596068726

@pluralistic riffs further on the openwashing concept: https://pluralistic.net/2023/08/18/openwashing/#you-keep-using-that-word-i-do-not-think-it-means-what-you-think-it-means

Meta currently has a big problem with regulators - particularly in the EU - demanding more interoperability from their social media operations. ActivityPub federation with their throwaway Threads side-project buys them a low-cost, low-risk figleaf. Perhaps we can term this particular variant "interop-washing"?

6/20

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Now to the question of motives. This has also been called into question. Why, after an early July Threads launch with over 100 million "signups" (all of which carried over from existing Instagram accounts), would Meta care about our puny little nothing of a network?

According to one analytics firm, that usage number had dwindled to 576,000 by early August.

https://www.similarweb.com/blog/insights/social-media-news/threads-first-month/

Suddenly the fedi, with an estimated DAU of 1.8 million, doesn't seem so puny. But beyond any question of numbers, there is a crystal clear benefit to federation, one which would fit a well-worn pattern for the Zuckerberg entity - openwashing.

5/20

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At this link, you can read the transcript, or listen to an audio recording, of an early August meeting attended by the Stanford operatives, a co-author of the ActivityPub standard, and a prominent fediverse developer, as they discuss their plans to impose centralized algorithmic surveillance onto the network.

https://github.com/swicg/meetings/tree/main/2023-08-04

Here's more on one of the surveillance systems under consideration, a technology controlled by Microsoft, which detects and auto-reports both CSAM and political subversion: https://kolektiva.social/@ophiocephalic/110782738969976772

4/20

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Next, this post on Threads, by a Meta engineer, indicates a team of at least four working on "fediverse workstream from Threads".

https://www.threads.net/@0xjessel/post/Cv3Jxs0P84d

An additional confirmation of intent is the fraudulent "CSAM-scare" influence operation fronted by Facebook's ex-"Chief Security Officer" and another "Security and Safety" bigwig previously at Facebook. Resources are being expended to mold the network into a semi-centralized, surveilled and shovel-ready data mine suitable for ingestion into the Zuckerverse.

More on the Facebook Mafia behind the influence operation here: https://kolektiva.social/@ophiocephalic/110772380949893619

But fedi-folk are smart, and the July disinformation attack was met with a critical eye. It would be tempting to assume that the community's general dismissal would have been the end of it. That is not the case.

3/20

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The threat of absorption into the Zuckerberg surveillance entity is a menace, but also an opportunity. However, the prospect itself needs to be reviewed. Opinions are being voiced that Meta will not, in fact, federate at all.

Some of these claims are good-faith efforts to critically regard the well-established propensity of the corporation to lie through its teeth at every opportunity. While true, there are clear and ongoing indications that Meta has both the intention and the motive to proceed.

First, Meta has planted an engineer in the W3C ActivityPub working group. This may be a precursor to custom additions to the spec which could facilitate advertising and behavioral surveillance protocols.

https://thenewstack.io/threads-adopting-activitypub-makes-sense-but-wont-be-easy/ (pro-Meta propaganda)

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