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Looking for an affinity group to take the first step #OMN

The #hashtag story is about disempowering the #mainstreaming in our minds. That’s the first step, breaking the spell, realising we don’t have to accept their frame.

The second step is the affinity group forming circle — gathering with others who see through the mess of smoke and mirrors. That circle gives us the power to build the #OMN shovel.

The last step is the work of composting. Taking all the #techshit, the failed projects, the poisoned culture, and turning it back into soil […]

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Looking for an affinity group to take the first step #OMN

The #hashtag story is about disempowering the #mainstreaming in our minds. That’s the first step, breaking the spell, realising we don’t have to accept their frame.

The second step is the affinity group forming circle — gathering with others who see through the mess of smoke and mirrors. That circle gives us the power to build the #OMN shovel.

The last step is the work of composting. Taking all the #techshit, the failed projects, the poisoned culture, and turning it back into soil […]

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Composting the #techshit, planting the future

We are stripped naked by the last 40 years of the #deatcult. Every assumption that we lived in a tolerant, “good” world. The class war was balanced to stop the possibility of a soviet takeover, as liberals see this, two accidents: a temporary ecosystemic surplus and a temporary post-WWII settlement. Both have been steadily dismantled. And when the foundations are gone, the liberal illusions fall with them.

In the USA, Trump, neoliberalism’s golem, is dismantling his creators’ […]

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Composting the #techshit, planting the future

We are stripped naked by the last 40 years of the #deatcult. Every assumption that we lived in a tolerant, “good” world. The class war was balanced to stop the possibility of a soviet takeover, as liberals see this, two accidents: a temporary ecosystemic surplus and a temporary post-WWII settlement. Both have been steadily dismantled. And when the foundations are gone, the liberal illusions fall with them.

In the USA, Trump, neoliberalism’s golem, is dismantling his creators’ […]

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Pick up the shovel, build the commons

Right now, our digital lives are stuck between two bad choices: Stranded silos, your notes, photos, chats locked into one device. #dotcons capture, hand it all to Google, Apple, Meta, and rent your own history back from them.

We deserve better. What we actually need is simple: Blobs of data that syncs across devices and servers. A conflict resolution flow. Sync is hard, but not impossible, better to resolve a clash than lose flow. A protocol path that isn’t “just another cloud,” but […]

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The algorithm is feeding us fascism – Time to step away

With the spreading of right-wing propaganda on the #dotcons what we're experiencing is a late-stage symptom of the #dotcons algorithm machine. Once it starts feeding this level of right-wing “recommended” propaganda, you can be certain that the average person has been saturated with it for years. That’s how we end up with the cultural rot and polarisation we see now.

The dynamic is simple:

Engagement is the only metric → anger and fear drive more engagement than trust or hope → […]

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@info@hamishcampbell.com  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

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The algorithm is feeding us fascism – Time to step away

With the spreading of right-wing propaganda on the #dotcons what we're experiencing is a late-stage symptom of the #dotcons algorithm machine. Once it starts feeding this level of right-wing “recommended” propaganda, you can be certain that the average person has been saturated with it for years. That’s how we end up with the cultural rot and polarisation we see now.

The dynamic is simple:

Engagement is the only metric → anger and fear drive more engagement than trust or hope → […]

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Pick up the shovel, build the commons

Right now, our digital lives are stuck between two bad choices: Stranded silos, your notes, photos, chats locked into one device. #dotcons capture, hand it all to Google, Apple, Meta, and rent your own history back from them.

We deserve better. What we actually need is simple: Blobs of data that syncs across devices and servers. A conflict resolution flow. Sync is hard, but not impossible, better to resolve a clash than lose flow. A protocol path that isn’t “just another cloud,” but […]

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The current mess we make

If we "common sense" build a hierarchy, the prats will always float to the top. Then all we have done is create another pile of mess that needs composting later. A better path? Don’t build hierarchies in the first place. #KISS, instead, build open flows - compost heaps, not pyramids. In a heap, everything breaks down, mixes, and feeds new growth. In a pyramid, the few sit on top, blocking the agency of the many.

Heap vs Pyramid

Heap (good) → A compost heap is messy, organic, and alive. […]

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The current mess we make

If we "common sense" build a hierarchy, the prats will always float to the top. Then all we have done is create another pile of mess that needs composting later. A better path? Don’t build hierarchies in the first place. #KISS, instead, build open flows - compost heaps, not pyramids. In a heap, everything breaks down, mixes, and feeds new growth. In a pyramid, the few sit on top, blocking the agency of the many.

Heap vs Pyramid

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Content in the #OMN

In the #OMN we keep things simple. There are 3 main categories of content (plus a 4th, transitory chat, which we don’t cover here):

PostThe main media object. This could be an article, photo, video, or podcast - the core piece of content you want to share.

CommentA flow branching off each post. This is where dialogue, debate, and reflection happen. Comments are tied to the post but flow outward as part of the network.

FeatureAn overview object. A feature gathers together related posts on […]

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@info@hamishcampbell.com  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

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Content in the #OMN

In the #OMN we keep things simple. There are 3 main categories of content (plus a 4th, transitory chat, which we don’t cover here):

PostThe main media object. This could be an article, photo, video, or podcast - the core piece of content you want to share.

CommentA flow branching off each post. This is where dialogue, debate, and reflection happen. Comments are tied to the post but flow outward as part of the network.

FeatureAn overview object. A feature gathers together related posts on […]

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Official Steps into the Open Social Web… but Whose Steps?

We’re seeing “official” moves in the development of the #opensocialweb. Big players are turning up. Conferences in Geneva. Glossy orgs like @ProjectLiberty positioning themselves as bridge-builders between tech and governance.

On the surface, this looks like progress, recognition, and legitimacy. But let’s be brutally honest: these are completely the wrong people to be steering the direction. The problem isn’t that they show up, it’s that they try to take up all the air in the […]

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Official Steps into the Open Social Web… but Whose Steps?

We’re seeing “official” moves in the development of the #opensocialweb. Big players are turning up. Conferences in Geneva. Glossy orgs like @ProjectLiberty positioning themselves as bridge-builders between tech and governance.

On the surface, this looks like progress, recognition, and legitimacy. But let’s be brutally honest: these are completely the wrong people to be steering the direction. The problem isn’t that they show up, it’s that they try to take up all the air in the […]

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Pick up the shovel: turning habits into compost

The problem isn’t that people refuse to act. The problem is that most are stuck in paralysis: “What do I do?” If the only options they see are worshipping the #deathcult or reinventing the wheel, passivity looks like the safest choice.

The design challenge of the #OMN isn’t just tech - pipes, tanks, metadata - it’s rituals and rhythms that invite participation. We need a seed affinity group whose job is simple: set the shovel down in front of people.

Don’t only complain that […]

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@info@hamishcampbell.com  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

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Pick up the shovel: turning habits into compost

The problem isn’t that people refuse to act. The problem is that most are stuck in paralysis: “What do I do?” If the only options they see are worshipping the #deathcult or reinventing the wheel, passivity looks like the safest choice.

The design challenge of the #OMN isn’t just tech - pipes, tanks, metadata - it’s rituals and rhythms that invite participation. We need a seed affinity group whose job is simple: set the shovel down in front of people.

Don’t only complain that […]

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Commons and the metaphor of “grow a backbone”

With the tyranny of the structureless path, every attempt to share the commons decays into a fog of personalities, cliques, and unspoken power. What needs composting here is that, at best, you end up with a smiling violent man as the backstop of governance.

Without mediating structures, what emerges is not freedom but hidden hierarchy. “Smiling violence” - the agreeable man (or clique) who insists they’re just holding things together - quietly blocks challenge, manipulates process, and […]

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@info@hamishcampbell.com  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

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Commons and the metaphor of “grow a backbone”

With the tyranny of the structureless path, every attempt to share the commons decays into a fog of personalities, cliques, and unspoken power. What needs composting here is that, at best, you end up with a smiling violent man as the backstop of governance.

Without mediating structures, what emerges is not freedom but hidden hierarchy. “Smiling violence” - the agreeable man (or clique) who insists they’re just holding things together - quietly blocks challenge, manipulates process, and […]

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A small history – Russia

The story of the 1990s in #Russia is not just a local tragedy. It is the cornerstone of the modern #deathcult order. December 25th, 1991. The Soviet flag lowered for the last time. The West declared victory. The Cold War was over. “Democracy” had won.

But for millions of Russians, that night was not liberation. It was the start of collapse. The USSR’s vertical system had provided stability: guaranteed jobs, cheap housing, free healthcare. When it fell, all of it was ripped away in the […]

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OMN projects are tools for YOU to change and challenge the world we live (and die) in

The Open Media Network (#OMN) is an “anything in, anything out” network powered by a mediated trust system. Instead of one corporation or #NGO controlling the flow, the commernerty decides what happens to the data that moves through it. At its core, the #OMN is a data soup: tagged data objects flowing through channels. These flows are shaped by trust. You consume and share based on your trust relationships, not on algorithms designed to manipulate you.

Key features are built-in, not […]

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