One of our aims with #Pinetta is to build communities. To help us develop our #CommunityBuilding framework, our team is having regular conversations about some of the principles that make this possible.
Here's one example of the questions we're chewing on.
"To every generation... comes an opportunity to make a contribution to the fortunes of humanity, unique to their time of life."
What does it mean to you to make a contribution to the fortunes of humanity?
@pinetta@pinetta Maybe to create better tools to build a better future. Pinterest was always for me: „I am planning my future in style, design, home, decoration.“ But what if I don’t want just to buy more products but instead „pin out“ a better world. That’s where pinetta could come in and be a helpful tool. :)
@Sascha That's well said! One of the items on our roadmap is a "mood board" mode which will allow users to arrange pins in a 2D layout. The person who suggested it was thinking about helping designers do their work, but in fact, everyone needs to "design" things here and there, and having a visual tool to connect different pins/ideas spatially can help communicate thoughts and concepts in totally different ways.
It's also important, however, not to get carried away thinking that a purely technical solution is going to make the world better on its own, as that's rarely the case in reality. So many developers get hyped about a new idea for an app that will make money AND save the world and then the whole "saving the world" thing gets stuck in the mud when they realize that they have to put food on the table. Most often, what makes change in the world is change in communities, and that starts with relationships of mutual support and friendship between people like you and me. It's learning how to make the necessary changes in our own lives and changes in society at large at the same time that's the real challenge, and it's one that we're trying to carry forward even as we develop an app.
Hello #Fediverse! #Pinetta is a decentralized FOSS social pinboard in the style of Pinterest. After a month of planning, we've settled on a basic game plan and are opening up our @Codeberg repo for contributions from devs and designers!
We'll be working on a prototype that uses #Python and #Django to get the basic functionality working. We'll also be hosting weekly sharing sessions on #CommunityBuilding principles to develop our Code of Conduct and a larger framework for community wellness. 🥳