nedhamson, 6 months ago

@Hamishcampbell @michaelgraaf @rooftopaxx Not sure what to do - thinking. - looks like I make the most posts?

Hamishcampbell, 6 months ago

@nedhamson @michaelgraaf @rooftopaxx the problem of this instance is that you guys have not talked to each other, try this as a first step.

rooftopaxx, 6 months ago

@Hamishcampbell @nedhamson @michaelgraaf Nah, the silence is deafening, counting the anti-migration people there's only half a dozen active accounts on this instance, let it die.

rooftopaxx, 6 months ago

@Hamishcampbell @michaelgraaf @nedhamson
OK, without wanting to get into the long long history of visionon.tv and the #OMN, and focussing on the 'campaign' instance, been looking at the Live feed https://campaign.openworlds.info/public/local

There's very few of us active 'users', who knows how many others are lurking?

In terms of those donating towards the funding of the OMN (which in turn funds and administrates/moderates the 'campaign' instance) there are 10 Financial contributors
https://opencollective.com/open-media-network

Next?

Hamishcampbell, 6 months ago

@rooftopaxx @michaelgraaf @nedhamson

it needs to have £40 a month donation, plus some extra to build up a buffer - currently we are down to nothing, not a good way to run the #openweb

Hamishcampbell, 6 months ago

@rooftopaxx @michaelgraaf @nedhamson @EarthWolf

if the is a strong enough community to make this happen, it can and should stay online.

#modteam

rooftopaxx, 6 months ago

@Hamishcampbell @michaelgraaf @nedhamson @EarthWolf
A couple of further thoughts:

If the 'campaign' instance somehow survives, its name is now absolutely meaningless, again a look at "Live feeds' confirms this https://campaign.openworlds.info/public/local

Furthermore this entire 'fluffy/spiky bridge' thing is also rendered meaningless since the demise of the parallel 'activism' instance unless we're missing a trick here?

Hamishcampbell, 6 months ago

@rooftopaxx @michaelgraaf @nedhamson @EarthWolf

Yep this is a shame as the fluffy spiky debate is key to real rather social change and challenge, it's basic stuff.

If we can all build a community to sustain the instances then we can reboot activism as a different codebase than mastodon, the are a lot so the ida is still good, can we build a community of use rather than individuals "shouting into the void" as we unkindly like to say at the #OMN

michaelgraaf, 6 months ago

@Hamishcampbell @rooftopaxx @nedhamson Transfer costs from down here (#SouthAfrica) would end up eating most of what we could afford to send. Looking into starting an instance but would need to invest in power supply as there's frequent "load-shedding."