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The use of #hashtags is a progressive and critical perspective on technology and society. Think about neoliberalism ( #deathcult) and consumer capitalism ( #fashernista), promoting the ideals of the open web ( #openweb) against the for-profit internet ( #closedweb #dotcons). Serendipity and #Hashtags https://hamishcampbell.com/serendipity-and-hashtags/
The use of #hashtags is a progressive and critical perspective on technology and society. Think about neoliberalism ( #deathcult) and consumer capitalism ( #fashernista), promoting the ideals of the open web ( #openweb) against the for-profit internet ( #closedweb #dotcons). Serendipity and #Hashtags https://hamishcampbell.com/serendipity-and-hashtags/
The use of #hashtags is a progressive and critical perspective on technology and society. Think about neoliberalism ( #deathcult) and consumer capitalism ( #fashernista), promoting the ideals of the open web ( #openweb) against the for-profit internet ( #closedweb #dotcons). Serendipity and #Hashtags https://hamishcampbell.com/serendipity-and-hashtags/
The use of #hashtags is a progressive and critical perspective on technology and society. Think about neoliberalism ( #deathcult) and consumer capitalism ( #fashernista), promoting the ideals of the open web ( #openweb) against the for-profit internet ( #closedweb #dotcons). Serendipity and #Hashtags https://hamishcampbell.com/serendipity-and-hashtags/
The old #mainstreaming is about building equality in our worship of the #deatcult. This is why #fashernista liberal progressivism
is always a problem to compos #KISS
We need to focus on real change and challenge. What does this look like to you?
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At best, the old #mainstreaming is about equality in worshipping the #deathcult
The old #mainstreaming was only in a limited way about freedom, we now need to focus on what it was about, equality in obedience. Equality in our blinded worship of the #deathcult: growth, consumption, competition, endless mess on a dying planet.
That’s why #fashernista liberal progressivism is always a dead end problem, it plays radical, says radical, but composts nothing. At best, it sells rebellion as a lifestyle. It’s equality inside the system, not about freedom from it.
We’ve […]
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At best, the old #mainstreaming is about equality in worshipping the #deathcult
The old #mainstreaming was only in a limited way about freedom, we now need to focus on what it was about, equality in obedience. Equality in our blinded worship of the #deathcult: growth, consumption, competition, endless mess on a dying planet.
That’s why #fashernista liberal progressivism is always a dead end problem, it plays radical, says radical, but composts nothing. At best, it sells rebellion as a lifestyle. It’s equality inside the system, not about freedom from it.
We’ve […]
The old #mainstreaming is about building equality in our worship of the #deatcult. This is why #fashernista liberal progressivism
is always a problem to compos #KISS
We need to focus on real change and challenge. What does this look like to you?
#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.
#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.
The #fashernista cycle feeds on attention, novelty, and the absence of grounding. The antidote is the opposite: trust, continuity, and community memory.
Stay messy. Stay grounded. Stay real.
The #fashernista crew take and dispoal anything that starts to grow in the alt.
That’s the pattern: spot the spark, capture it, smooth the edges, and sell it back as lifestyle.
They move fast - faster than we do - and by the time you notice, what was radical has been turned into content, branding, and funding portfolios.
If you’re working on something that matters, an alt tech project, a grassroots network, a commons, mediation before they move in.
Defend your work, your world, and your dreams before they’re commodified into polite irrelevance.
Because make no mistake, it’s happening to something you care about right now.
The #fashernista crew take and dispoal anything that starts to grow in the alt.
That’s the pattern: spot the spark, capture it, smooth the edges, and sell it back as lifestyle.
They move fast - faster than we do - and by the time you notice, what was radical has been turned into content, branding, and funding portfolios.
If you’re working on something that matters, an alt tech project, a grassroots network, a commons, mediation before they move in.
Defend your work, your world, and your dreams before they’re commodified into polite irrelevance.
Because make no mistake, it’s happening to something you care about right now.
Don’t try to convince them in the abstract. Show them. If a #fashernista sees a space where the shiny stuff grows on top of real soil, they’ll drift toward it. If a #geekproblem sees a tool that’s simple enough to use but still respects their itch for precision, they’ll tinker. The #mainstreamers won’t join until it looks inevitable, but working prototypes shift the gravity.
Don’t try to convince them in the abstract. Show them. If a #fashernista sees a space where the shiny stuff grows on top of real soil, they’ll drift toward it. If a #geekproblem sees a tool that’s simple enough to use but still respects their itch for precision, they’ll tinker. The #mainstreamers won’t join until it looks inevitable, but working prototypes shift the gravity.
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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 #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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Building Alt/Grassroots Media Networks to Challenge and Widen Traditional Media
The current ecosystem of alternative and grassroots media is too narrow in its imagination of what media could, and should, be. There’s a persistent naivety or, in some cases, a self-serving dishonesty. Many of the most “successful” progressive media groups continue to mimic #traditionalmedia without understanding, or addressing, the fact that they do not control their distribution. In effect, they’re renting space in someone else’s empire.
This is not just a mistake. It’s the […]
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Building Alt/Grassroots Media Networks to Challenge and Widen Traditional Media
The current ecosystem of alternative and grassroots media is too narrow in its imagination of what media could, and should, be. There’s a persistent naivety or, in some cases, a self-serving dishonesty. Many of the most “successful” progressive media groups continue to mimic #traditionalmedia without understanding, or addressing, the fact that they do not control their distribution. In effect, they’re renting space in someone else’s empire.
This is not just a mistake. It’s the […]
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The hashtag story shows the current state of the world
The hashtag story on this site is a way of using different hashtags to paint a picture of the current state of the world and the paths that can be taken to address the issues at hand. It involves defining each hashtag and how it relates to the larger narrative. Here is an example of a hashtag story:
#fashernista is about consumer capitalism and the negative impact it has on society, treating it as a social illness.
#dotcons are feeding this social illness by promoting constant consumption […]
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