The #OMN (Open Media Network) project is about growing these cultures back into spaces where they can once again influence the mainstream, without being captured or hollowed out by it. The #Fediverse is a living example of this process already underway, messy, imperfect, but real.

Yes, there are serious problems and contradictions. #NGO capture, the #geekproblem, and the constant pull toward centralisation are real threats. I’ve written extensively about these issues here:
https://hamishcampbell.com/?s=NGO+geekproblem

But none of this negates the core task.
Our job is not to finish the work.
Our job is to plant the seeds.

If we do this well enough — with care, openness, and trust — it becomes possible for younger generations to tend them, adapt them, and grow them into forms we cannot predict.

That, realistically, is our only hope.