The is resigning to use strong words. Yes, there are parasites. And yes, there’s shit to shovel https://hamishcampbell.com/yes-there-are-parasites-and-yes-theres-shit-to-shovel/ because it gives the people who currently being default parasitic a chance not to be, and the people who are creating #techshit a chance to compost some of this mess. And if they do fantastic a kindness has been done. If they don't, we can compost the #fuckwits ourselves to grow something better #KISS

The is resigning to use strong words. Yes, there are parasites. And yes, there’s shit to shovel https://hamishcampbell.com/yes-there-are-parasites-and-yes-theres-shit-to-shovel/ because it gives the people who currently being default parasitic a chance not to be, and the people who are creating #techshit a chance to compost some of this mess. And if they do fantastic a kindness has been done. If they don't, we can compost the #fuckwits ourselves to grow something better #KISS

We need to call out this #techshit as the compost layer we need to break down and return to the soil, a first step is don’t mistake it for the internet. One is a common, the other is a shopping mall with mirrors. The internet itself isn’t the problem https://hamishcampbell.com/the-internet-itself-isnt-the-problem/

We need to call out this #techshit as the compost layer we need to break down and return to the soil, a first step is don’t mistake it for the internet. One is a common, the other is a shopping mall with mirrors. The internet itself isn’t the problem https://hamishcampbell.com/the-internet-itself-isnt-the-problem/

A bunch of native #openweb people spent time, energy and focus pushing the #EU toward the #Fediverse:

https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/webinar-with-the-european-commission-and-ap-community/1507

That webinar mattered. It showed that EU institutions were open to #ActivityPub as a way to reduce dependency on centralized corporate platforms.

This is exactly the kind of work we need more of, not less. So what went wrong?

Instead of building on this momentum, the grassroots fell to mess and attention drifted back to the familiar #dotcons. Which, in the end, is just more #techshit to compost later.

SocialHub itself documents this blocking story, but there’s little aggregation or narrative continuity

The missing piece: our own history. This story still hasn’t been properly told:

https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/eu-outreach-if-we-dont-tell-our-story-am-not-sure-who-will/2950

We are very bad at telling our own history. And that failure has consequences.

When people don’t know: that #EU– #Fediverse outreach already happened, that viable alternatives already exist, that these paths were actively neglected,

So that they fall — again and again — for the #dotcons mess, believing it’s the only “realistic” option.

This is exactly why #OMN, #indymediaback, #makinghistory, and #OGB matter.

Before we argue about funding, platforms, or scale, we need: Media to tell the story properly. History to remember what already worked. Governance to keep power visible and contestable

Only then can Europe regain any path to grassroots digital agency without reproducing the same capture dynamics under a different flag.

If we don’t tell our story, someone else will, and it won’t be told in our interests.

In #openweb tech these people are the problem not the solution https://freeourfeeds.com/whoweare

#KISS #techshit #NGO

In #openweb tech these people are the problem not the solution https://freeourfeeds.com/whoweare

#KISS #techshit #NGO

A bunch of native #openweb people spent time, energy and focus pushing the #EU toward the #Fediverse:

https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/webinar-with-the-european-commission-and-ap-community/1507

That webinar mattered. It showed that EU institutions were open to #ActivityPub as a way to reduce dependency on centralized corporate platforms.

This is exactly the kind of work we need more of, not less. So what went wrong?

Instead of building on this momentum, the grassroots fell to mess and attention drifted back to the familiar #dotcons. Which, in the end, is just more #techshit to compost later.

SocialHub itself documents this blocking story, but there’s little aggregation or narrative continuity

The missing piece: our own history. This story still hasn’t been properly told:

https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/eu-outreach-if-we-dont-tell-our-story-am-not-sure-who-will/2950

We are very bad at telling our own history. And that failure has consequences.

When people don’t know: that #EU– #Fediverse outreach already happened, that viable alternatives already exist, that these paths were actively neglected,

So that they fall — again and again — for the #dotcons mess, believing it’s the only “realistic” option.

This is exactly why #OMN, #indymediaback, #makinghistory, and #OGB matter.

Before we argue about funding, platforms, or scale, we need: Media to tell the story properly. History to remember what already worked. Governance to keep power visible and contestable

Only then can Europe regain any path to grassroots digital agency without reproducing the same capture dynamics under a different flag.

If we don’t tell our story, someone else will, and it won’t be told in our interests.

@aral @warmsignull @wavesculptor @Zenie

Yep, a bunch of native #openweb crew spent our time getting the #EU on the #Fediverse path.

https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/webinar-with-the-european-commission-and-ap-community/1507

What we need is more of this work, not the #dotcons mess, which in the end is more #techshit to compost.

@aral @nicolasvivant

More #techshit to compost.

https://hamishcampbell.com/tag/techshit/

Be FOR something, not against everything https://hamishcampbell.com/be-for-something-not-just-against-everything/ This isn’t only tech philosophy, it’s a practical shovel to compost the #techshit we’ve, suffocating buried under.