No hacen caso y todos quieren seguir ahi.
Ultimamente caralibro o failbook o boomerbook como lo quiera llamar, estan suspendiendo cuentas masivamente, por los motivos mas turbios y falsos (BEEP) infantil a miles de cuentas sin motivo alguno.
Siempre les voy a sugerir el fediverso, pero al final prefieren seguir ahi.
La IA detecta reportes erroneos, nada de solucion tecnica humana. Un deastre.
I'm trying to tolerate #failbook again and aggressively hid like 30 politics posts my first time back, and now I can tell all my friends posted nothing but politics since then because fb is showing me nothing but posts from the art pages I follow, along with hilariously mistargeted ads (apparently it thinks I live in North Dakota)
People, community, the long struggle between the #openweb and #dotcons
This is a mess that has been clear to see for 20 years, but people keep falling into the same traps instead of stepping off the cycle of control. We had something, we lost it, and we are still refusing to face why. Let's use #Failbook as a practical example of a monster that devours our dreams, fifteen years ago, the writing was already on the wall, #failbook and the #dotcons would eat everything. It wasn't some grand conspiracy, just basic power and control dynamics. People knew this. […]https://hamishcampbell.com/people-community-the-long-struggle-between-the-openweb-and-dotcons/
A path we need for the #openweb
The #NGO crew can be poison, not because they’re bad people, but because of how social structures and agendas shape behaviour. For the social health of the #openweb, we need to be mindful of what we take in. Just like in nature, some things are toxic in large doses. “Nice” doesn’t always mean “good.” There’s no contradiction here. "Don’t drink from the #mainstreaming." But remember, shit makes good compost! Instead of just being cynical, let’s grow something better from […]The top ten posts on the website
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Sorting the wheat from the chaff
In part, the USA shift to the right is due to the #geekproblem in tech
#Failbook Activist’s and the hamster cage
#EU bureaucracy in tech funding
Free Software is Political
State Funding of #FOSS and Open Source: Is it a Good Idea or a Bad Idea?
Working with neo hippies for 20 years, they are now #mainstreaming
Corporate presence in the Fediverse?
The #openweb, the #commons, the real-world spaces we build are where the future lies
The victimhood narrative needs composting
We Made This Mess—Time to Clean It Up
For the last 20 years, most of our crew have played a part in shaping the digital world we see today. What began as a space of radical possibility has been enclosed, exploited, and transformed into a corporate-controlled dystopia of #dotcons. We lived inside this algorithmic trap, and in many ways, we still do—fighting, trolling, and feeding the very system that keeps us addicted.Trapped inside the algorithm, these platforms don’t exist to foster community or critical thought; they […]https://hamishcampbell.com/we-made-this-mess-time-to-clean-it-up/
Most of our crew have made this mess for the last 20 years. Life inside the #dotcons algorithm is a trap—one that people fight for, troll for, and become addicted to. These platforms are designed to feed engagement through division, making people react emotionally rather than think critically.
#Failbook and the rise of victim culture isn't an accident. It's a feature, not a bug. The algorithm rewards outrage, amplifies conflict, and keeps people in a loop of reaction rather than action. People get stuck performing identities instead of building real alternatives.
The #OMN approach? Step outside the algorithm. Build trust-based networks where people interact as humans, not as data points for corporate profit. The #Fediverse and #ActivityPub-based platforms offer a path out, but we need to push harder to grow them in a way that challenges #mainstreaming liberal control.
We don’t need more “ethical” #dotcons. We need an independent, federated media ecosystem. That’s what the #OMN is about.
The stress of alt living in the remains of the commons, boaters in the UK
The boater community is in rapid transition, with the pressures from gentrification, corporate control (#CRT), and online group dynamics (#failbook) colliding with a long-established scruffy, self-sufficient, and sometimes chaotic #liveaboard culture. This can be seen in the #failbook London Boaters group which has shifted away from its activist roots into more of a "management" role, shaped by #NGO-style moderation and back-channel conversations with #CRT. The shift from grassroots […]https://hamishcampbell.com/the-stress-of-alt-living-in-the-remains-of-the-commons-boaters-in-the-uk/
@rooftopjaxx think we have had that for the last 20 years since people jumped into #failbook and the #dotcons in general, what's next?
Many years ago, I wrote on my website sidebar: “A river that needs crossing—political and tech blogs: On the political side, there is arrogance and ignorance; on the geek side, there is naivety and over-complexity.” Decades later, we still to often find ourselves standing on opposite shores of this river, struggling to bridge the understanding gap between human-centric communities and the techno-centric mindset of the “geek class.” This divide is a core challenge for anyone invested in building a better, decentralised #openweb.
This battle isn’t just about technology—it’s a deeper, unspoken struggle between openness and control. It’s about whether our social networks and communities will empower human trust and collaboration, or continue to be shaped by closed systems that reduce people to passive users.
To touch on this, it’s worth looking at a tale of two projects: Diaspora vs Mastodon
The history of the #openweb provides stark lessons. Consider #Diaspora and #Mastodon, two decentralised platforms with very different outcomes.
The lesson is clear: projects rooted in openness thrive, while those built on closed fail.
The #OMN path is human trust networks over algorithms. One of the core goals is to learn from these past successes and failures. From these focuses on growing federated human communities by prioritising openness, trust, and collaboration over technical “perfection.”
A counterintuitive path – Why Spam and “Bad Content” Matter. It might sound counterintuitive, but spam and irrelevant posts are a necessary part of building communities. Without the challenge of sorting and filtering content, there’s no reason for humans to reach out, form trust networks, and collaborate on moderation. Geeks often see spam as a technical problem to be solved with algorithms, but this approach misses where the value is.
Algorithms centralise power, when we rely on black-box technology to handle content moderation, control shifts to the people who design and manage these “boxes”. This creates invisible hierarchies, as seen with #Failbook and other #dotcons platforms. By relying on human moderation and trust-building, communities become stronger and more self-sustaining. People are motivated to engage, connect, and contribute to a path they help shape.
Spam and low-quality content must flow into the network as part of the process, but the network itself should flush this out to organically push valuable content to the top through human effort. Of course there is a balance here, this decentralised approach keeps power in the hands of the community balanced with the coders. With this flow of data and metadata established, we put some federated structure in place.
Scale through federation creates organic grow.
This structure reverses the traditional value pyramid, where top-down platforms dominate. In the #OMN model, the true value resides at the grassroots base, while the top merely reflects the collective effort below.
Moderation as a feature, not a problem, for the network to thrive, it must scale through human connections and trust, moderation is the fuel for building the trust networks.
The only way to maintain a useful site is to build, either a large, healthy community with diverse moderators and administrators, or a small, focused group based on high-quality, trusted connections. Both outcomes are desirable and reinforce the decentralised ethos of the #OMN.
Why automation fails, the temptation to automate everything is a hallmark of the #geekproblem. While algorithms might make a network “technically” better, they erode the human element, which is the entire point of decentralisation. Automation creates middling-quality networks with mediocre outcomes, leading to Signal-to-Noise problems, reduced motivation, if everything is automated, why bother forming trust networks and engaging deeply?
Less is more should be a guiding principle. By focusing on simplicity and human collaboration, the #OMN avoids the pitfalls of over-engineering and maintains the integrity of its community-driven mission to build a better future. The #OMN isn’t just about technology; it’s about creating spaces where people can connect, collaborate, and build trust. It’s about empowering communities to take ownership of their networks and their narratives.
This road won’t be easy. We’ll need to fight against the inertia of the #dotcons and resist the urge to repeat the mistakes of the last decade’s failed alt-tech projects. But by embracing the #4opens principles, we can create a web that serves people, not corporations. The tools are already here. The open internet still exists, for now. The choice is clear, build for humans, not for algorithms. Trust people, not black boxes. Decentralise, federate, and grow organically. The #OMN provides a roadmap—now it’s time to follow it.
https://hamishcampbell.com/bridging-the-gap-building-a-human-first-openweb/
#4opens #diaspora #dotcons #failbook #FOSS #geekproblem #mainstreaming #Mastodon #OMN #openweb
Al final Lovecraft se cansó de escribir historias de horror cósmico y pasó a crear el mismo horror cósmico. (?)
#Facebook #Failbook #Instagram #Shitstagram #WhatsApp #WhatsCrapp #Zuckerberg #MarkZuckerberg #Lovecraft #HPLovecraft #HowardPhillipsLovecraft #Cthulhu #CthulhuMythos
Failbook Activists and the Hamster Cage
A bit of history, activists who rely on platforms like Facebook (#Failbook) for organizing, where the platform’s algorithms limit real impact. The "hamster cage" metaphor talks to, activists are stuck in a cycle of activity that feels productive but is ultimately controlled and contained by corporate interests.
For people who focus on working with the #dotcons there are meany traps, and a lot of dead-ends. This is less of an issue for people fighting them, the problem here is “common sense” #blocking this second path which is a much less lucrative and a thank less task. So we will continue to have more people on the first path. A post that grew from a toot seed, I wonder if Mastodon is to Meta what Firefox once was to Google a small but significant project that big corporations can point to whenever regulators start murmuring about monopolies.
In the early #openweb days, #Firefox was seen as the open-source challenger to the #dotcons of Internet Explorer and later Google Chrome. The NGO #PR represented it as a scrappy, independent alternative, championing the openweb against the increasing dominance of corporate-controlled browsers. But over time, and a lot of funding, Firefox became a tool for companies like Google to gesture toward whenever their monopolistic practices were questioned., “Look, there’s competition! We’re not the only game in town.” The blotted NGO that Firefox became, let the dotcons who funded them, maintain the appearance of a healthy, diverse internet while consolidating power and control.
Today, Mastodon, the corporation, and new NGO projects like the #SWF are likely, unthinkingly, to end up playing a similar role for Meta (#Failbook). With #Meta’s monopoly and influence across social media, platforms like Mastodon offer a symbolic counterpoint. The wider #Fediverse, decentralized, federated model, the alternative “nativist” path, that rejects the data-harvesting, surveillance capitalism model perfected by Meta and the rest of the #dotcons. But in a world where Meta dominates user attention, advertising dollars, and social engagement, the existence of Fediverse when we push #NGO agenda, as people will, like most people did with Firefox could feel more like a token gesture toward competition than a real threat that it needs to be.
The danger on the NGO paths is that Mastodon, and the Fediverse becomes a shield for Meta, just as Firefox was for Google. With the regulators knocking, Meta points to Mastodon and say, “See? There’s healthy competition in the market.” Meanwhile, our grassroots #DIY path will continue to struggle with the challenges that come from operating, outside the #mainstreaming, on the margins, limited resources, scalability, and the constant threat of being drowned out by the sheer weight of the dotcons inflow into our grassroots #openweb reboot.
The truth is, while #4opens decentralized paths like Fediverse are vital to the change and challenge we need, not to mention keeping the spirit of the #openweb alive, they’re still pushing hard for space in a corporate-dominated internet. If we only take the #mainstreaming and NGO path, the existence of projects could be used by the dotcons to maintain their monopoly while paying lip service to “competition.”
The question, can we really afford to be only the ‘token alternative’ when the stakes are so high? Or do we need to find a way to build native projects that not only stands apart from the #dotcons, but also changes and challenges them on equal ground? It’s time to think beyond being the counterculture, and start focusing on how we grow and sustain real #4opens alternatives. If we don’t, if we cop out on #fluffy only paths, there is a danger that we’ll just keep serving as convenient props in mainstream monopoly charade.
Let’s try very hard not to be irrelevant in the fight for humanity and ecological sustainability in the era of #climatechaos and social brake down being pushed by the #mainstreaming mess making, we are composting.
https://hamishcampbell.com/the-openweb-a-partnership-not-a-nasty-walk-over/
On the subject of #NGO foundations for the #openweb what do they do with this money https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/262852431 this one is shutting down, and this one is in trouble https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/200097189 This kinda funding could cover the costs of the #Fediverse hundreds of times over…. what do they do exactly?
https://hamishcampbell.com/mastodon-meta-and-threads/
#4opens #blocking #climatechaos #diy #dotcons #failbook #fediverse #Firefox #fluffy #mainstreaming #meta #NGO #openweb #PR #SWF
The current path of distraction’s and #stupidindividualism are pushing the cycle of pointless noise that is feeding into our inability to focus on real change. People are busy, swept up in distractions, and pointless pursuits to be the change and challenge they need to be. It’s a cycle of complacency with a bad outcome. Agitation, anger, and disturbance are powerful motivators, but we need to focus into something meaningful, to avoid drowning in the noise, we need to focus on what’s actually going on. But, in this mess, how do we push people to grow up and focus without falling into the trap of more #blocking or just offering more distractions or ‘better bling’?
The answer is simple and #KISS, by recreating collectives. We’ve seen first hand how hyper individualism (#stupidindividualism) isolates people, leaving them powerless against larger systemic issues. Rebuilding real, engaged, and active communities is key. Movements like #OMN, #OGB, #indymediaback, and #4opens are examples of initiatives that become the change and challenge we need. These projects draw from undercurrents of ideas that we know work, combining them with the best of #openweb tech to grow from small seeds into real change.
But it’s also essential to dig at the roots of the mess: #pomo (#postmodernism) and the #deathcult (#neoliberalism), ideologies that have shaped the mess we’re in, cynicism and cutting off collective alternatives. If we don’t address these root issues, they will keep returning, and we’ll remain stuck in the same cycles of decay.
The #geekproblem is real, it’s the problem of domination and control born out of geek culture shaped by “common sense” paths. Look at the decline of the #dotcons like #failbook and Google, where #fashionista optimism gave way to corporate greed. Then look at early days of #openweb projects like #couchsurfing and #indymedia, we had healthy, thriving native cultures that weren’t obsessed with control. The key is to recognize what went wrong and build on a path that doesn’t repeat those mistakes.
What the #dotcons think the future is, from meta
The challenge is that many within geek culture can’t see the value of projects like #OMN, as it exists outside their narrow, “common sense” world-views. We need to help people see beyond the obvious, look for non-mainstream alternatives, and recognize that the solutions aren’t in the corporate web but in the decentralized, open spaces, commons, we create ourselves.
Now is the time to reboot our own media and to be wary of #fashionista agendas that hijack and dilute the change we need. The way forward is messy, organic, and rooted in collective action. What we can do:
The path out of this mess is in part social tech, which we need to build. It’s time to grow up, pay attention, and start building the world we actually want to live in. A shovel is need to compost the current mess #OMN. But I don’t have the focus to do this, we need a crew.
The key part of this is WHO decides, this is a political and democratic issue, not a tech “problem” we need to build with this strongly in mind.
#4opens #blocking #couchsurfing #deathcult #dotcons #failbook #fashionista #geekproblem #indymedia #indymediaback #KISS #neoliberalism #OGB #OMN #openweb #pomo #postmodernism #stupidindividualism
#Facebook / #Failbook #algorithms are making the network increasingly useless for publicising real time events. I routinely get such things as my friends online DJ sets and events turning up in my timeline *days* after they have actually happened and today an interesting event in South Essex on a group I willingly joined only appears just now (so I would have 0 chance of attending it - it would be over by time I had driven there). Yet all manner of random stuff is forced into my timeline
How many times have people seen the whole cycle of '♻️ insecure by design🤝we're sorry we got hacked🤝#ZombieInternet🤝#AI🤝#fails ♻️ ' on the #OligarchWebHosting business models play out now? 🤨
#TechSupportIsCourtBook
#BoomerONLY #FailBook #OligarchWebHostingTechSupport
#PR101 #MBA101
The Potential of #Hashtags as Shared Social Paths
#Hashtags have potential to be used for social change. They create connections between people, amplify voices, and mobilize communities. When used effectively, they transform individual expressions into collective movements. However, the current culture presents significant challenges to this.
The Problem of #StupidIndividualism
Today we are shaped by #stupidindividualism, on this path hashtags become acts of individual expression rather than collective tools for change. This individualistic approach hides the potential for constructive use. Instead of fostering solidarity and shared purpose, hashtags become fragmented and lose any meaning and thus impact.
#Dotcons as temples of the #Deathcult
Tech silos like Facebook (#failbook) and generally the dominant digital corporations (#dotcons) exacerbate this problem. Their business models and design promote individualism over community, a culture obsessed with profit and control at the expense of human values—creates a landscape where meaningful social change is impossible to achieve.
The Need for Collective Action
For #hashtags to regain their function as tools for social change, there needs to be a shift from individualism to collectivism. This requires:
The Role of Movements like #XR
Movements like Extinction Rebellion (#XR), though well on the #fluffy side, can play a role in this transformation. By emphasizing collective action and the power of grassroots mobilization, they could seed hashtags to build a global community, a common cause.
Conclusion, Hashtags have potential to be used for grassroots social change, but this potential is blocked by our #mainstreaming of individualism, which is pushed by our continuing use of the #dotcons. To harness the power of hashtags, there needs to be a shift towards native #openweb tools and a more collective agenda, community building, and strategic use. Movements like #XR could be a part of this path, as could projects like #OMN #indymediaback and #OGB
https://hamishcampbell.com/the-hashtags-embody-a-story-and-world-view
https://hamishcampbell.com/the-hashtags-tell-a-storie
https://hamishcampbell.com/why-is-it-so-hard-to-understand-what-am-on-about-in-the-omn
https://hamishcampbell.com/reminder-about-the-hashtag-family
https://hamishcampbell.com/thinking-outreach-of-the-hashtag-story
https://hamishcampbell.com/lets-talk-about-the-hashtag-story
https://hamishcampbell.com/what-is-a-hashtag
You can support this path https://opencollective.com/open-media-network
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#4opens #deathcult #dotcons #failbook #fluffy #hashtags #indymediaback #mainstreaming #OGB #OMN #openweb #stupidindividualism #XR
Latest #Failbook phenomenon - #GenX on "rave memories" groups bragging about things that were genuine crime/anti-social (drug driving, speeding, theft of fuel and even vehicles + shoplifting from motorway service stations) - then complaining youth (including their own kids) are "snowflakes" and don't party as hard - because the scene has been locked down due to behaviour of the ravers in 1990s/00s so youth simply aren't allowed to get away with any of what we did BITD..
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