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#TechShit
Interesting to find this project https://displayeurope.eu/en/vision is an #AI driven version of the #OMN built up by the invisible #fashernista crew - in this it's based on the normal #EU corruption. Now the question is, is it any good? More #techshit or compost - or a native part of the #openweb reboot?
The Mess We Make (Again… and again)
Ten years ago, I remember being told, often condescendingly, with smug certainty, that hosting in the cloud was the future. That what I was working on, #DIY grassroots self and community hosted tech was a dinosaur, dead end, old thinking, out of touch. Despite spending years pointing out the obvious flaws, that my “native” path was irrelevant, for Luddites, they said. Legacy thinking, dead tech walking.
Well, here we are, a decade later. And guess what the cloud: It was expensive, less […]
https://hamishcampbell.com/the-mess-we-make-again-and-again/
This is a story of power, plain and simple
Over the last few years, we’ve been watching a familiar story unfold, we’ve seen repeat itself in radical spaces, tech movements, and grassroots networks for decades. It starts in the grassroots with “progressive” #fashernistas (yes, them) pushing themselves into the front to speak for “us.” They talk the talk of decentralisation, care, community, and #FOSS ethics. They wear all the right hashtags: #opensocialmedia, #Fediverse, #commons, #techforgood. But when you look at how power […]
https://hamishcampbell.com/this-is-a-story-of-power-plain-and-simple/
Getting through this era of collapse with anything human left intact
The discussions on sovereignty at #NGIForum2025 make me wonder: what year are we in? It’s as if we’re rebooting grassroots conversations we’ve had for decades – but without the mess, memory, or movement that gave them meaning in the first place.
A breath of clarity came from @renchap, who said it plainly:
We need to focus our efforts on funding and supporting public value network infrastructure… THAT CANNOT BE BOUGHT. 💪
Absolutely. If that idea resonates with you, try starting […]
https://hamishcampbell.com/getting-through-this-era-of-collapse-with-anything-human-left-intact/
@Jeremiah @alexandrageese good illustration of the problem, that the current vertical crew are pushing AI as it's about control - they hid this by pushing the usual #stupidindividualism stories and fund this story hardcore... it's just more #techshit to compost.
I feel the is likely a whole class of people who need to be prosecuted for fraud... yes a bit spiky, but by pushing this into view we might mediate the mess these mainstreaming crew push and fund.
I strongly suggest #openweb vs #closedweb as this has the political project baked in - this is currently being ignored by our funding and #NGO class, so need some activism to push, or we end up with more #techshit to compost...
My thought is that is well not messy enough to work in real life :)
"if you already have experience in operating commons, you or your organisation will probably have specific practices that are more appropriate to your context."
A long history and practice in the #4opens and yes gaps - but focus - it is designed to push out 95% of the #techshit the rest we have to discuss, compromise and work with
Tools are only useful if people use them, this is the current problem.
NGIFORUM2025 is starting to timidly touch sense
DRAFT
It’s good to see events like #NGIFORUM2025. The #Fediverse and the wider #openweb reboot are real forces for social good, messy, hopeful, and grounded in decades of grassroots digital culture, we do need to support them. BUT we also need to speak honestly, as these spaces are not healthy by default.
Too often, they are co-opted by #NGO and institutional actors who bring with them a dangerous kind of “common sense”, what I’ve long described as the parasite class. We see this […]
https://hamishcampbell.com/ngiforum2025-is-starting-to-timidly-touch-sense/
@ngi @EUCommission @EC_NGI @ngisearch @NGI_Enrichers @NGITransoceanic
This #NGIFORUM panel on #governance is interesting. What is missing is that the is a native #openweb project that came directly out of the original ActivityPub outreach to the #EU
https://hamishcampbell.com/?s=OGB this so far has been ignored by the funders, you can see this in the link above. Q. When will we support native paths to balance the current #NGO and #geekproblem mess in the bureaucratic paths.
"What went wrong"!!! It is a good slogan. Yes #NGI it is a mess creating #techshit to feed the fashionistas. So good question.
Better #FOSS governance is a part of rebalancing this, so please look at the link above, thanks.
And if you want to be a prat about this - from a polemical view, https://hamishcampbell.com/maybe-we-dont-then-get-the-guillotine-out/
This is not a bad idea... how to do this in a non-bureaucratic way so we can ovoid the usual capture by the #NGO crew to feed to the #fashionistas so we don't just feed more #techshit to compost.
@witchescauldron @NGICommons @moniquecalisti @cnrs @OpenForumEurope @openfuture @linuxfoundation @ngi
This needs https://hamishcampbell.com/?s=activism+tech into these
#NGIFORUM events and not as tokenistic #fashernista crap as it happens too often now. What we don't need is more #techshit to compost #KISS
The Fediverse is Opening, but there is a cost
With the #Fediverse gaining increasing #mainstreaming attention, we’re entering a familiar cycle, an influx of well-funded #NGO-branded projects trying to "fix" the #openweb by reshaping it in their own narrowing and often blinded paths. Take this year’s chattering class event, #FediForum. Alongside breathless praise, last year, for #Threads joining the #opensocialweb space, we’re seeing the launch of shiny new tools: #BonfireSocial, #Channelorg, #Bounce. That promise innovation and […]https://hamishcampbell.com/the-fediverse-is-opening-but-there-is-a-cost/
Governance, the mess of AI tech-fix path
DRAFT Seminar Reflection: Philosophy, AI, and Innovation – Week 6Topic: AI Deliberation at ScaleSpeakers: Chris Summerfield (Oxford & AI Safety Institute), MH Tessler (Google DeepMind)Key texts: Jürgen Habermas, The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere (excerpt) Summerfield et al., “AI Can Help Humans Find Common Ground in Democratic Deliberation” This week's seminar focus on scaling democratic deliberation via AI. The example proposal? Build tools like The […]https://hamishcampbell.com/governance-the-mess-of-ai-tech-fix-path/
One thing we don’t need is more #techshit to compost, we’ve got a whole graveyard of it already. Finally, make the most of my attention, I’ll be blunt, you don’t have my attention for long hamishcampbell.com/finally-make...
Finally, make the most of my a...
One thing we don’t need is more #techshit to compost, we’ve got a whole graveyard of it already. 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/
Finally, make the most of my attention, I’ll be blunt, you don’t have my attention for long
The #OMN (Open Media Network) is a radical rebooting of what a working grassroot "news" network can be. It's not another tech platform chasing the latest hype cycle or VC buzzword. It's grounded in 30+ years of real-world, on-the-ground activist experience, built explicitly on the #4opens One of the advantages of this path is that we’ve been here before, and we’ve watched it fail, repeatedly. I’ve personally seen projects just like this fail 10–15 times over the last two decades. […]Composting the#techshit funding
Not surprised. This is probably the 10th time we've applied to the #NLnet / #NGI fund over the years. Just heard back: our proposals for #OGB (Open Governance Body), #indymediaback, and #MakeingHistory were not selected - again. “We are very sorry that we cannot offer you support for your good efforts.” Sure, I, appreciate the polite brush-off again. But after so many rejections for solid, urgently needed tech projects that actually fit the funding goals, it's time to name what's […]A look at a narrow point of view
The essence of the #geekproblem is its narrow, self-referential logic. Here's a #spiky, clear and pointed way to show this in a prody way. This is about the narrow track of thinking that defines the #geekproblem in the context of an #openweb reboot: “There is no Emperor, King, or Priest in the Fediverse’s feudalism.” The illusion is that it's all flat - no power structures, just pure meritocracy. If you're already a priest or acolyte, there's no need to ask. You just do: Want a new […]https://hamishcampbell.com/a-look-at-a-narrow-point-of-view/
In the hard right path, the #nastyfew are playing the Nazi card
DRAFT In the right-wing path, the #nastyfew are starting to play the Nazi card as mess making to mix social shit - the recurring claim that Nazism was a left-wing movement, or at least contains left-wing elements as a provocative and controversial statement. Let's take a few minutes to look at the core mess pushing argument (and Its confusion) Hard right talking points: It's still “an open question” whether Hitler’s ideology was left or right. Nazis called themselves “National […]https://hamishcampbell.com/in-the-hard-right-path-the-nastyfew-are-playing-the-nazi-card/
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