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Critique without action is just noise. If we want real change, we need to move beyond commentary and into building. From #geekproblem to #OMN solutions https://hamishcampbell.com/from-geekproblem-to-omn-solutions/
Critique without action is just noise. If we want real change, we need to move beyond commentary and into building. From #geekproblem to #OMN solutions https://hamishcampbell.com/from-geekproblem-to-omn-solutions/
#Nostr is a classic “me-too” project caught in the #geekproblem loop. It won’t move forward until it learns to value community as core infrastructure.
#Bluesky, meanwhile, is already drifting into the hands of VC-funded #fluffy elitists who turn every commons into a brand. It’s a likely dead-end for real change or challenge — which is exactly why the #mainstreaming, #blocking, #NGO, and #fashernista crowds flock to it.
Brilliant ideas, sometimes beautiful tech, all eventually collapse under the weight of poor social foundations, bad governance, and chasing #geekproblem dreams and #fashionista paths that have nothing to do with real people’s needs. Finally, make the most of my attention, I’ll be blunt, you don’t have my attention for long https://hamishcampbell.com/finally-make-the-most-of-my-attention-ill-be-blunt-you-dont-have-my-attention-for-long/
Every codebase is an emergent communal reality and a reflection of our relationships, codified in behavior you can run an infinite number of times.
Wondering if we might consider wising up to this?
@anthrocypher yep, needed view of the #geekproblem
https://hamishcampbell.com/all-code-is-ideology-solidified-into-action/
Brilliant ideas, sometimes beautiful tech, all eventually collapse under the weight of poor social foundations, bad governance, and chasing #geekproblem dreams and #fashionista paths that have nothing to do with real people’s needs. Finally, make the most of my attention, I’ll be blunt, you don’t have my attention for long https://hamishcampbell.com/finally-make-the-most-of-my-attention-ill-be-blunt-you-dont-have-my-attention-for-long/
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“the currency of the 21st century is information”
"the currency of the 21st century is information" highlights the growing importance of data and knowledge in our rapidly-evolving digital world. For the last 5 years, the rise of encryption and cryptocurrencies is on aspect of this trend, reflecting a growing concern for privacy and the secure exchange of information.
The unspoken liberal individualism and private property ideas that come with encryption and cryptocurrencies is a market-based approach that prioritizes exploitation, greed, […]
#Nostr is a classic “me-too” project caught in the #geekproblem loop. It won’t move forward until it learns to value community as core infrastructure.
#Bluesky, meanwhile, is already drifting into the hands of VC-funded #fluffy elitists who turn every commons into a brand. It’s a likely dead-end for real change or challenge — which is exactly why the #mainstreaming, #blocking, #NGO, and #fashernista crowds flock to it.
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It’s how humans have always lived – together
For 200 years, capitalism, for the last 40 years #neoliberalism, told us that we’re isolated individuals who compete to survive. But our actual history - and our biology - say the opposite: we’re interdependent, social, and ecological beings. For almost all of this time we thrived through commons-based systems, shared forests, grazing lands, rivers, and community knowledge. Villages maintained open wells, fishermen shared tidal calendars, and guilds protected collective craft standards. […]
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It’s how humans have always lived – together
For 200 years, capitalism, for the last 40 years #neoliberalism, told us that we’re isolated individuals who compete to survive. But our actual history - and our biology - say the opposite: we’re interdependent, social, and ecological beings. For almost all of this time we thrived through commons-based systems, shared forests, grazing lands, rivers, and community knowledge. Villages maintained open wells, fishermen shared tidal calendars, and guilds protected collective craft standards. […]
@cascheranno I agree, #FOSS at its best proves capitalism’s myth false: people don't need greed to create; they need curiosity, care, and community. The #openweb runs truth - code written for necessity and shared purpose, not profit.
We need to push, even with the counter-proof in plain sight, the #geekproblem creeps in - the lack of social thinking in tech. We built open code, but it's often closed in culture. Capital slid back, exploiting that lack of #4opens social clarity in current paths.
The composting moment, the thinking behind #FOSS has stagnated. The same “freedom” that opened the door to collective innovation also let capital appropriate the commons. Corporations learned to exploit open code while ignoring its intent, twisting licenses, and capturing communities. This is the #GeekProblem: confusing technical brilliance with moral neutrality, mistaking openness of code for openness of culture.
The #geekproblem might kill meany of us, mediating it matters https://hamishcampbell.com/the-geekproblem-might-kill-meany-of-us/ the systemic #blocking of an anti-capitalist movement holds back the needed radical shift, despite our obvious evidence of human adaptability, creativity, and resilience.
There’s an unspoken #geekproblem lurking at the heart of the #openweb, and it’s past time we bring it into the light. In tech, what matters and what is dangerous https://hamishcampbell.com/what-matters-and-what-is-dangerous/
The #geekproblem might kill meany of us, mediating it matters https://hamishcampbell.com/the-geekproblem-might-kill-meany-of-us/ the systemic #blocking of an anti-capitalist movement holds back the needed radical shift, despite our obvious evidence of human adaptability, creativity, and resilience.
There’s an unspoken #geekproblem lurking at the heart of the #openweb, and it’s past time we bring it into the light. In tech, what matters and what is dangerous https://hamishcampbell.com/what-matters-and-what-is-dangerous/
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The Fediverse is native to the open web
We are having a tech reboot for the last few years, federated seems to be where it’s at right now, and it makes sense, the #fediverse is flourishing where so many “#web3” or pure #p2p projects stumbled. This isn’t to say #p2p is bad. But for a peer-to-peer social network to actually work and be social useful, it would need mechanisms for collectivising: shared moderation, subjective trust, a way to handle conflict. Purely (stupid)individualist solutions have been tried before, and […]
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The Fediverse is native to the open web
We are having a tech reboot for the last few years, federated seems to be where it’s at right now, and it makes sense, the #fediverse is flourishing where so many “#web3” or pure #p2p projects stumbled. This isn’t to say #p2p is bad. But for a peer-to-peer social network to actually work and be social useful, it would need mechanisms for collectivising: shared moderation, subjective trust, a way to handle conflict. Purely (stupid)individualist solutions have been tried before, and […]
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Talking about p2p as a tool to use today
#P2P projects keep failing socially because adoption is tiny. The #Fediverse succeeds socially because it keeps social #UX familiar. The path forward is a half-step strategy: bridge #fediverse + #p2p in real, usable ways until decentralised clients are socially relevant.
We need: Bridges & killer apps, seamless UX that makes federated + p2p content feel like one stream. A server that reads from both channels without making the user care about protocols.
A. what is happening with […]
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“Your Party” and the Fluffy/Spiky debate – a working path
Fluffy side: cautious, slow-moving, grounded in “keeping the peace” and managing optics. Classic problem: avoidance of conflict means bottlenecking decisions, blocking energy, and trying to centralise control, so things don’t blow up. Spiky side: impatient, direct, “get it done” energy. Spikiness pushes things forward, but often burns bridges, creating splits and mistrust. Neither path alone works – one stalls out, the other fragments. Their clash in the UK “Your Party”, just […]
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