#Indymedia for about a decade, the network ran largely on donations and volunteer labour. From that base, it grew to over a hundred sites, with tens of thousands of people contributing. It shows what can emerge from these “free cultures” when they intersect with the right tools and shared purpose.
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Where is our media
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#Climatecamp is a clear example of the transition from alternative media to social media. When the Climate Change Movement began, #Indymedia was already in decline. At the first two Climate Camps, however, there was still a healthy Indymedia centre providing internet access, sustainable power, and shared computers.
There has always been tension between alternative media and outreach to traditional media. They compete with each other and, to a large extent, […]
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Gerichtsbeschluss: Weitere "Indymedia"-Ermittlungen waren rechtswidrig
Die linksautonome Plattform "Indymedia linksunten" stand mehrfach im Mittelpunkt von Ermittlungen - zuletzt waren diese rechtswidrig, wie nun das Landgericht Karlsruhe nach SWR-Informationen entschied. Von Kai Laufen.
Gerichtsbeschluss: Weitere "Indymedia"-Ermittlungen waren rechtswidrig
Die linksautonome Plattform "Indymedia linksunten" stand mehrfach im Mittelpunkt von Ermittlungen - zuletzt waren diese rechtswidrig, wie nun das Landgericht Karlsruhe nach SWR-Informationen entschied. Von Kai Laufen.
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@Palky55 after looking at the work we have done with #undercurrents #indymedia #ruffcuts #visionontv and now #OMN what would you suggest the path is to reboot this community of action based on #openweb and #affinity paths?
It needs to happen,
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Open Media Network, a path we forgot
The #OMN is not trying to invent the future, it’s trying to restart a social path people forgot they had. That path was never clean, it never asked permission, it never felt safe. But it was real, and that’s the only soil movements have ever grown in.
Why this has to happen now? Because the ground we’re standing on is collapsing. The #dotcons are rotting - hollowed out into surveillance, manipulation, and rent extraction. Journalism has collapsed into PR cycles, outrage farming, and […]
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The Reboot Principle
Affinity before scale. Action before legitimacy. Use before platform.
This is how #Indymedia worked before it forgot itself.
A Practical path to rebooting a community of action
1. Start with a small, visible “We”. Not an open call. Not a mailing list. A named affinity cluster of people with shared history or aligned instincts.
5–15 people is ideal.
People who ship things
People who argue honestly
People who don’t need brand permission to act
This group is not representative.
It’s responsible.
Their job is not to speak for anyone, it’s to do visible work others can plug into.
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A project like the #OMN does need to happen — and it’s harder than it should be.
We have already done this work.
#Undercurrents, #Indymedia, #Ruffcuts, #VisionOnTV weren’t theory projects - they were action media, built in lived struggle, with real risks, real trust, and real consequences.
#OMN isn’t a new idea, it’s a recomposition under worse conditions: more capture, more fear, more professionalisation, more #techshit in the way.
So the question isn’t “what’s the idea?”
It’s “how do we reboot a culture of action when trust has been eroded and replaced with fear driven safety theater?”
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Accept that this will never be “Mainstream”. And stop wanting it to be. The goal is not millions of users. The goal is hundreds of nodes that matter. If it works, it will spread sideways:
by imitation
by reuse
by adaptation
That’s how #Indymedia spread. That’s how it will happen again, if it’s allowed to stay messy.
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Open Media Network, a path we forgot
The #OMN is not trying to invent the future, it’s trying to restart a social path people forgot they had. That path was never clean, it never asked permission, it never felt safe. But it was real, and that’s the only soil movements have ever grown in.
Why this has to happen now? Because the ground we’re standing on is collapsing. The #dotcons are rotting - hollowed out into surveillance, manipulation, and rent extraction. Journalism has collapsed into PR cycles, outrage farming, and […]
Accept that this will never be “Mainstream”. And stop wanting it to be. The goal is not millions of users. The goal is hundreds of nodes that matter. If it works, it will spread sideways:
by imitation
by reuse
by adaptation
That’s how #Indymedia spread. That’s how it will happen again, if it’s allowed to stay messy.
The Reboot Principle
Affinity before scale. Action before legitimacy. Use before platform.
This is how #Indymedia worked before it forgot itself.
A Practical path to rebooting a community of action
1. Start with a small, visible “We”. Not an open call. Not a mailing list. A named affinity cluster of people with shared history or aligned instincts.
5–15 people is ideal.
People who ship things
People who argue honestly
People who don’t need brand permission to act
This group is not representative.
It’s responsible.
Their job is not to speak for anyone, it’s to do visible work others can plug into.
A project like the #OMN does need to happen — and it’s harder than it should be.
We have already done this work.
#Undercurrents, #Indymedia, #Ruffcuts, #VisionOnTV weren’t theory projects - they were action media, built in lived struggle, with real risks, real trust, and real consequences.
#OMN isn’t a new idea, it’s a recomposition under worse conditions: more capture, more fear, more professionalisation, more #techshit in the way.
So the question isn’t “what’s the idea?”
It’s “how do we reboot a culture of action when trust has been eroded and replaced with fear driven safety theater?”
@witchescauldron yes I agree but why so nany hoops.
My word is my bond Palky55 was on the the frontline defore you got out of bed dahlink
@Palky55 after looking at the work we have done with #undercurrents #indymedia #ruffcuts #visionontv and now #OMN what would you suggest the path is to reboot this community of action based on #openweb and #affinity paths?
It needs to happen,
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The #OMN is a simple project
Composting the #techshit is about:
Raw waste → The constant flood of mainstreaming, broken promises of #dotcons, bad-faith #NGO capture, shallow “innovation theatre.” This is the smelly mess we are swimming in.
Shovel work → Activists and communities don’t just sit in the mess. We turn it over, exposing the rot, adding oxygen. This is critique, transparency, and the #4opens in action.
Aeration → Sunlight + openness turns stink into something useful. Lies are exposed, corruption […]
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The shite pile: why almost everything is noise
Most mainstream journalism is not about public truth, it’s about platform survival. This shite pile is why almost everything is noise, what gets called “news” today, when It's not straight up propaganda is shaped by: attention metrics, outrage cycles, advertiser safety, institutional access, career risk management.
That’s why it feels so empty, even when it’s "factually" correct. The framing is already captured, journalism inside the logic of the #deathcult, wearing progressive, […]
@warmsignull been doing this for 30 year both funded and unfunded #undercuurents was funded, then #indymedia unfunded, then #FSTV paid, #ruffcuts self funding #visionontv had big funding. And the current project #OMN is unfunded.
What I learned from this is that a funded project quickly loses their mission, in ones I did. And ones other people do not really have any useful missions. Self funded projects are best, but don't scale or last. 1/3
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The #OMN is a simple project
Composting the #techshit is about:
Raw waste → The constant flood of mainstreaming, broken promises of #dotcons, bad-faith #NGO capture, shallow “innovation theatre.” This is the smelly mess we are swimming in.
Shovel work → Activists and communities don’t just sit in the mess. We turn it over, exposing the rot, adding oxygen. This is critique, transparency, and the #4opens in action.
Aeration → Sunlight + openness turns stink into something useful. Lies are exposed, corruption […]
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The shite pile: why almost everything is noise
Most mainstream journalism is not about public truth, it’s about platform survival. This shite pile is why almost everything is noise, what gets called “news” today, when It's not straight up propaganda is shaped by: attention metrics, outrage cycles, advertiser safety, institutional access, career risk management.
That’s why it feels so empty, even when it’s "factually" correct. The framing is already captured, journalism inside the logic of the #deathcult, wearing progressive, […]
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Progressive Mainstreaming
Most progressive #mainstreaming isn’t about ending the #deathcult - it’s about making its worship feel more fair, more inclusive, more polite. There is some real everyday value in this. Fewer people get crushed immediately, some suffering is reduced, that matters.
But let’s be honest about what it does not do, it does not get people off their knees to challenge the altar to stop the sacrifice. It rearranges the seating in the temple, feeding the deeper problem, obedience. Progressive […]
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Progressive Mainstreaming
Most progressive #mainstreaming isn’t about ending the #deathcult - it’s about making its worship feel more fair, more inclusive, more polite. There is some real everyday value in this. Fewer people get crushed immediately, some suffering is reduced, that matters.
But let’s be honest about what it does not do, it does not get people off their knees to challenge the altar to stop the sacrifice. It rearranges the seating in the temple, feeding the deeper problem, obedience. Progressive […]