The undeclared war on #4opens is becoming "common sense" on the #fediverse with the shift to #mainstreaming this is back to the mess we were stepping away from with our #openweb reboot.
For people interested in the "theory" behind #fediverse projects like #OGB this is a good video to understand our "common sense" mess #mainstreaming thinking pushes over us.
#fashionistas are always in part a reflection of the #mainstreaming agenda, as are the #geekproblem I think we need to change the mainstream to bring change to these groups.
The pay conf is in not connected to #socialhub it's a #NGO type thing from the #twittermigration crew - they came in with the pay mindset and are not going to move away from this ongoing. It's a culture shift, coming from ActivityPub #mainstreaming
The #OMN (Open Media Network), is a decentralized network of media sites that share content and promote independent media. To provide an alternative to #mainstreaming media by creating a network of interconnected sites that prioritize openness, collaboration, and decentralization.
The importance of grassroots community-driven media, where people and groups can create and share their own content. To challenge the dominance of #mainstreaming media and promote a more equitable and just society.
Remember #mainstreaming people have been and are still being vile in their interactions with the needed alternative. Grab a shoal and compost this mess, please.
Our #mainstreaming crew/friends are increasingly pushing pointless prat fights over alternatives to defend their obvious worshipping of the #deathcult for the last 40 years. This "common sense" is going to take time and add a lot of mess to change/challenge.
20 years of #dotcons selling us libertarian individualism to push aside collective support of the "revolutionary" #openweb which is when we last had left tech power.
For this 20 years we have had #geekproblem pushing #closedweb as left tech, this is OBVIOUSLY a disaster we can't keep doing. Yes, let's not get into a prat fight, this is needed as a supplementary.
Remember #mainstreaming people have been and are still being vile in their interactions with the needed alternative. Grab a shoal and compost this mess, please.
When I call #mainstreaming people insane, i actually mean this. Common sense is now the illness of 40 years of worshipping the #deathcult, so they is little "sense" left.
@Hamishcampbell it's a mess, on the #fashernista threads the grassroots is submerged by the overflowing echo chamber of #mainstreaming voices. The signal to noise is shifting.
In 2020, I published This is Fine: Optimism & emergency in the p2p network(https://newdesigncongress.org/en/pub/this-is-fine). It laid out a clear argument that the #fediverse is irreparably vulnerable because of its p2p nature and political naivete:
"Anyone with administrator access to an Instance can read anything that travels through that Instance’s infrastructure – including direct messages. The level of risk correlates with the number of cross-Instance interactions between users. If users from different Instances communicate, an attacker need only compel one Instance to reveal the direct messages between all of the interacting accounts. [...] In a peer-to-peer network without encryption, there’s no structure, no agreed-upon governance, and absolutely no protection. Compromising or compelling an Instance or its staff means that all of network traffic is laid bare to its assailant. [...] The decentralised community seeks to antagonise a powerful status quo whilst making tradeoffs that do not acknowledge how societies directly threaten their communities."
Today, Kolektiva - a anti-colonial anarchist instance - announced an FBI raid of one of their admins, which included the seizure of an entire copy of the Kolektiva instance.
This is literally the kind of situation I warned about nearly three years ago.
This text reads like a vanguardist path, based on #mainstreaming reading and narrow #geekproblem thinking. It's missing the paths that hold value in #4opens horizontal activist paths we are taking but, yes, getting lost on in our the growing #fedivers and wide spread of #openweb current diversity projects.
What it does highlight is the need for social and political thinking is needed, the is value there.
Our #mainstreaming if you are wondering why I am documenting the devouring of this #ActivityPub#openweb reboot, it is because next time we can maybe try and mediate our "libertarian cats" for a better outcome. We cannot just keep fucking up like this #XR
Actually its most people in general, this is the outcome of 40 years of #neoliberalism and #postmodernism, worshipping this #deathcult has created a social mess and common sense insanity.
This is interesting because it provides insights into the dynamics and challenges of the #openweb movement. It highlights the tension between #mainstreaming platforms and grassroots efforts, showcasing the passion and dedication of communities working towards an open and decentralized web. The accidental nature of the #ActivityPub reboot adds an element of serendipity to the story, emphasizing the power of #DIY culture and the resource constraints faced by #openweb technologies.
The recent shift towards a "libertarian cats" path and the potential consumption of the #openweb reboot raise important questions about the future of alternative platforms and the need for continued resistance against #mainstreaming.
#ActivityPub was an "accidental" #openweb reboot, it exists because the #dotcons turned up at the #wc3 meeting did not find anything useful for themselves so left the “weirdos” to get on with building a #4opens aproch. The “weirdos” manage to hold things together long enough to get the #activertypub standard through the open but burocratic process and pushed it out to the world.
Sadly the last few years we have fallen into the normal “libertarian cats” path, and it’s looking like this #openweb reboot will be devoured… not a BAD outcome as they are eating this #4opens project which will become a part of the needed shift in #mainstreaming.
But it’s not an outcome meany of us who wonted, we are building real alts.
The #mainstreaming needs composting rather than reforming :slight_smile:
The #APconf event is lacking focus and energy from our "cats" so we will likely have a #fedifourm I talked to these guys during the last event, they are new 'native" from the #twittermigration that
bring the "normal" power politics with them.
An event that pushes liberal #NGO agendas is fine as a part of a balance.
Though we have our "native" libertarian cats so the balance will be a challenge that we need to work on #socialhub
I find #mainstreaming people to be actually mad and increasingly bad. When do we get more #4opens people pushing change challenge in these #openweb spaces, please?
Am increasingly seeing this #blocking as a culture of fear, or more real as a culture of fear pushed as power politics.
@witchescauldron Am thinking meany people will be confused and likely mix signal with noise on this subject.
Who are the bad people, the powerless pushing the #4opens on the #openweb or the powerful Burocrats worshipping the #deathcult while protecting there thin careers in the #mainstreaming
If you find yourself agenst the first and defending the second, then you are the problem.