#trustnetworks — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #trustnetworks, aggregated by home.social.
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Decades ago there was an idea similar to this called:
Trust Networks
There was even an early social-media that implemented a Trust Network named:
Advogato
https://web.archive.org/web/20170715120119/http://advogato.org/
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The current media system is stacked against us. It’s rigged, exclusive, and hostile to alternatives.
That’s why we need the Open Media Network.
Because without an open, trust-based infrastructure for communication and coordination, we’re just shouting into silos.
Let’s build something different.
Let’s make history — together.#OMN #4opens #metadata #trustnetworks #openweb #anarchism #postcapitalism #decentralization #DIYtech #commons #grassroots #foss #geekproblem #dotcons #KISS
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Why It Matters
If metadata is the new currency, then open metadata is the new commons. Capitalism runs on closed systems — the #OMN runs on shared knowledge and decentralized trust.
This isn’t about perfect tech. It’s about:
Human-scale trust
Community autonomy
Fast, messy, democratic distribution
Real-world resilienceIt’s not utopia. It’s compost — and we’ve got the shovels.
#OMN #4opens #metadata #trustnetworks #openweb #decentralization #anarchism #DIYtech #postcapitalism #foss
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The #OMN View – The Dogma of Anti-Dogma: Rainbow Gatherings
In the alt paths we need to talk about a circler familiar mess: when movements that are open, non-hierarchical, and anti-authoritarian end up recreating the hierarchical problems they set out to escape. This is the “dogma of anti-dogma”, and you see it everywhere, the example I am using here is in groups like the Rainbow Gatherings. The Rainbow Gatherings have deep roots in 1970s counterculture. Born from the peace and ecology movements, it emerged with a back-to-the-land, […]https://hamishcampbell.com/the-omn-view-the-dogma-of-anti-dogma-rainbow-gatherings/
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Open Media Network (#OMN) is a Tool for Change and Challenge, Composting the Mess
In activism and grassroots media, you inevitably face an ongoing, unpleasant truth: when pushing against #mainstreaming and the inertia of the #deathcult, bad faith comes at you like a storm. Your best, and often only, defence is to hold onto your good faith. But good faith alone isn’t enough, we need shared tools to compost the rot, turn the muck of broken movements and failed tech utopias into fertile soil where new paths can grow. That’s where the Open Media Network comes in. The […]