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Xamanismo Coletivo"The "unique" selling point of the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMN</a> (Open Media Network) often gets lost because people focus too much on the technical side rather than the simple, fundamental idea at its core. The real value proposition, which might sound like "common sense," is quite radical in today's landscape: in the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMN</a>, both people and content are treated as data objects in the commons by default and are only private/owned by exception. This might seem straightforward, but it's a powerful shift away from the dominant models we see today. Most current <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/dotcons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dotcons</a>, are built the other way around, where data, content, and even people are enclosed and owned by default, with access and openness as rare exceptions. The <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMN</a> flips this on its head, embodying the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/4opens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#4opens</a>—<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OpenData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenData</a>, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a>, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OpenProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenProcess</a>, and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OpenStandards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenStandards</a>, to create a network where sharing and collaboration are the norm, not the exception."<a href="https://opencollective.com/open-media-network/updates/the-omn-is-a-framework-for-reclaiming-our-digital-commons" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://opencollective.com/open-media-network/updates/the-omn-is-a-framework-for-reclaiming-our-digital-commons</a>

witchescauldronThe issue with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FOSS</a> tech developmentThe failure of many <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FOSS</a> projects is a failure to move from theory to practice. The issue is that developers work in isolation, disconnected from grassroots needs, and get lost in perfectionism rather than delivering functional prototypes.The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/geekproblem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geekproblem</a> dominates, many coders prioritize control, abstract debates, or self-contained experiments over practical, usable tools for real-world communities. This is why projects stall: they are not built with activists in mind. Meanwhile, centralized platforms continue to consolidate power, because they offer simple, accessible, and functional solutions, despite their deep flaws.To break this cycle, we need: * Practical iteration—build rough, working solutions rather than endless theorizing. * <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/4opens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#4opens</a> culture—embrace open process, standards, and real collaboration. * Bridging solutions—tech that activists can actually use, not just developer-driven experiments. * Funding models beyond <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NGO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NGO</a> traps—so projects remain independent and sustainable.The fight for the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openweb</a> is not only about resisting <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dotcons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dotcons</a> but creating alternatives people can and will use. Can we move beyond abstraction and actually make history?

witchescauldronThe development side of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MakingHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MakingHistory</a>Building radical alternatives is not just about ideas—it’s about infrastructure. The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/makeinghistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#makeinghistory</a> project is grounded in the messy, often frustrating work of creating tools that actually function for real communities. We’ve spent decades watching <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dotcons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dotcons</a> centralize power while open projects stumble due to lack of focus, infighting, or simply being too obscure for everyday use.<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Makinghistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Makinghistory</a> means stepping outside the cycle of dead-end open-source projects that never reach real people. We need bridging solutions, funding models outside the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NGO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NGO</a> trap, and devs who understand grassroots needs. It’s not about innovation for its own sake, it’s about making the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openweb</a> function better as a lived alternative.This is where the real fight is. Not in reaction, not in abstraction, but in building tools people can and will use.

witchescauldronThe development of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndymediaBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndymediaBack</a>The reboot of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indymedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Indymedia</a> (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndymediaBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndymediaBack</a>) is about reclaiming grassroots, open, and radical media infrastructure outside of the control of corporate platforms and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dotcons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dotcons</a>. However, the development side has stalled due to the same issues that have stalled other <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openweb</a> projects, lack of sustained coder engagement, resistance in centralized funding, and the dominance of closed silos.The challenge is building tech that works for activists, not just developers. The original Indymedia relied on early open-source tools. This means moving beyond tech-fetishist projects that scratch a developer’s itch while ignoring real-world community.A trust-based federated publishing network is the goal. The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMN</a> (Open Media Network) framework already outlines how to create syndicated media flows using <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/4opens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#4opens</a>. The stalled dev site at <a href="http://unite.openworlds.info" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">http://unite.openworlds.info</a> needs committed developers who care about media as a movement, not just a tech experiment.Without serious investment in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DIY</a>, people-friendly, open-source alternatives, activists will remain trapped inside the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mainstreaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mainstreaming</a> of social media platforms. The question is: can we finally push through the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/geekproblem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geekproblem</a> and make this happen?

witchescauldronCapitalist paths have shaped wide spaces in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openweb</a> into a landscape to prioritize profit over public good, leading to the current mess of exploitation, centralization, surveillance, and inequality we face today. Capitalism is the logic of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dotcons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dotcons</a> <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/capitalism-is-the-logic-of-the-dotcons/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/capitalism-is-the-logic-of-the-dotcons/</a>

Ecologia Digital"No real commitment from “allies”, the move to the <a href="https://mato.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openweb</a> was ignored by the <a href="https://mato.social/tags/mainstreaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mainstreaming</a> left who stay on the <a href="https://mato.social/tags/dotcons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dotcons</a>…The liberal crowd loves theory, but often won’t do the hard work of actually shifting paradigms, this leaves in place structural hostility to <a href="https://mato.social/tags/DIYCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DIYCulture</a>, PEOPLE ARE SO TRAINED TO CONSUME RATHER THAN CREATE & MAINTAIN that even the “alternative” spaces get stuck replicating the same individualist consumption patterns." From: <a href="https://hachyderm.io/@eliasulrich" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@eliasulrich</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/@eliasulrich/114245314539691549" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hachyderm.io/@eliasulrich/114245314539691549</a>

Xamanismo Coletivo"The <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a> codebase is an example here, it was designed by copying the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/dotcons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dotcons</a>, so the fundamental social architecture reinforces <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/stupidindividualism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stupidindividualism</a> rather than community building. Instead of nurturing federated, collective spaces, it encourages a kind of fragmented, isolated posting, which is why it struggles to grow meaningful movements.No real commitment from “allies”, the move to the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openweb</a> was ignored by the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/mainstreaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mainstreaming</a> left who stay on the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/dotcons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dotcons</a> even though they are evil. The liberal crowd loves theory, but often won’t do the hard, unglamorous work of actually shifting paradigms, this leaves in place structural hostility to <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DIY</a> Culture, PEOPLE ARE SO TRAINED TO CONSUME RATHER THAN CREATE AND MAINTAIN that even the “alternative” spaces get stuck replicating the same individualist consumption patterns."<a href="https://mastodon.social/@hamishcampbell" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@hamishcampbell</a> <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/maybe-its-time-to-stop-trying-to-fix-broken-tools-to-build-with-a-truly-native-approach/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/maybe-its-time-to-stop-trying-to-fix-broken-tools-to-build-with-a-truly-native-approach/</a>

witchescauldron<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@Janeishly" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Janeishly</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BBB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBB</a> is a much better non <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fashernista" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fashernista</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dotcons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dotcons</a> copying tool.<a href="https://lecture.senfcall.de" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lecture.senfcall.de</a>

witchescauldronThe internet can be beautiful again, but only if we reclaim it. What do you think? Is a open internet still possible? What are your favourite-decentralized projects? Rewilding a people-first web beyond the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dotcons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dotcons</a> <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/rewilding-the-internet-building-a-people-first-web-beyond-the-dotcons/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/rewilding-the-internet-building-a-people-first-web-beyond-the-dotcons/</a>

Xamanismo Coletivo"So what can you do now? For immediate participation, the best bet is to start using and supporting <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/theFediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theFediverse</a> platforms that exist, even if they are still copies of the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/dotcons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dotcons</a>. They work, they are functional, and they serve as a stepping stone toward something better. But don’t stop there, push beyond them. Get involved with projects that are trying to break out of these patterns. Contribute to discussions, support developers, and help to fund & create the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/bridges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bridges</a> we desperately need." <a href="https://mastodon.social/@hamishcampbell" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@hamishcampbell</a> <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/its-not-easy-and-its-not-as-simple-as-clicking-sign-up-and-walking-into-a-ready-made-community/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/its-not-easy-and-its-not-as-simple-as-clicking-sign-up-and-walking-into-a-ready-made-community/</a>

Hamish CampbellStruggling for a Real Alternative For the last 5 years conversations have been about, the #Fediverse, #Web3 and more recently the pushing of #mainstreaming into the #openweb native path. But despite this, the #fediverse is still a notable outlier in the digital landscape. This is in part because unlike the dominant tech trends, which emerge from Silicon Valley and the cross-Atlantic #dotcons agenda, the #fediverse is rooted in European ideals of decentralization, federation, and digital autonomy, it's a "native" #openweb […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/struggling-for-a-real-alternative/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/struggling-for-a-real-alternative/</a>

Hamish CampbellIt’s not easy, and it’s not as simple as clicking “sign up” and walking into a ready-made community Q: Very interested in what you have to say. I've been trying to find a place in the #Fediverse that's not in thrall to big tech. How do I join up? #OMN #OpenWeb. Hungry, feed me! A: This is harder than it should be, and that itself is a telling sign of where we are right now. The #Fediverse is a fascinating, messy, and diverse space, but much of it is still trapped in the gravity of the #dotcons. What you’ll mostly find are either clones of corporate social media—Twitter-like, […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/its-not-easy-and-its-not-as-simple-as-clicking-sign-up-and-walking-into-a-ready-made-community/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/its-not-easy-and-its-not-as-simple-as-clicking-sign-up-and-walking-into-a-ready-made-community/</a>

witchescauldronThe <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GeekProblem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeekProblem</a>: Why Open Development Is Stuck in a Dead End <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/the-geekproblem-why-open-development-is-stuck-in-a-dead-end/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/the-geekproblem-why-open-development-is-stuck-in-a-dead-end/</a> This is why open projects fail. They mimic the structures of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dotcons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dotcons</a> without the resources to sustain them. They chase security and rigidity at the expense of usability and social flow.

Hamish CampbellThe #GeekProblem: Why Open Development Is Stuck in a Dead End It’s no sin to have to submit to the #dotcons overlords—we all do it, whether we like it or not. Just recently, I found myself installing that vile spyware known as #WeChat because this was the only way to talk to the people I needed to talk to. That bitter swipe to hide the app from view brought a momentary sense of agency, but the reality remains: we are still too often failing at building out the #openweb that normal people find useful The fundamental question is: why? It's too […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/the-geekproblem-why-open-development-is-stuck-in-a-dead-end/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/the-geekproblem-why-open-development-is-stuck-in-a-dead-end/</a>

Hamish CampbellThe #geekproblem is too often soft blocking change and challenge in tech The #geekproblem has been an ongoing issue in the development of radical and open internet paths. This is particularly evident in the influx of #mainstreaming users into the #Fediverse, bringing with them behaviors that, for us #openweb natives, are easy to recognize as part'ish, a mix of good intentions and ingrained habits that common sense uphold the status quo. Our response needs to be one of patience, hand-holding rather than outright biting, because if we want real change, we need to […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/the-geekproblem-is-too-often-soft-blocking-change-and-challenge-in-tech/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/the-geekproblem-is-too-often-soft-blocking-change-and-challenge-in-tech/</a>

Hamish CampbellComposting the #TechShit The value of the #Fediverse isn’t in the tech specs. It’s not in the #ActivityPub protocol or the code itself, those are tools. The value lies in the culture that birthed it. The #Fediverse is the living embodiment of the #openweb, not some #VC Silicon Valley plaything. But as money floods in, as #mainstreaming forces try to turn it into another hollow platform, we risk losing the very thing that makes it powerful, its strong decentralized, trust-based roots.The looming battle is […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/composting-the-techshit/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/composting-the-techshit/</a>

witchescauldronThe <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dotcons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dotcons</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mainstreaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mainstreaming</a> internet is designed to pacify and extract, we need to build for resistance and renewal <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KISS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KISS</a> path is native <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openweb</a>. The Fediverse is a step <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/the-fediverse-is-a-step/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/the-fediverse-is-a-step/</a>

Hamish CampbellRebuilding Radical, Grassroots Media For too long, our digital spaces have been hijacked by corporate interests, turning the internet into a surveillance-driven wasteland where control, profit, and censorship push aside community, useful creativity, and communities autonomy. As a first step to reclaim our media and communication networks, we need to step away from the #mainstreaming mess and build self-organized, decentralized alternatives that resist capture. Creating and supporting decentralized codebase like the #OMN, we […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/rebuilding-radical-grassroots-media/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/rebuilding-radical-grassroots-media/</a>

witchescauldronThis generation is a complete mess—no surprise after 20 years of bowing to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/deathcult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deathcult</a>:<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Neoliberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Neoliberalism</a> reducing everything to profit, stripping away community and solidarity. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Post" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Post</a>-modernism turning identity into endless division, eroding collective action.<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Dotcons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dotcons</a> centralizing power, controlling narratives, and trapping us in walled gardens.How Do We Step Away from This Mess?The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fashernistas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fashernistas</a> chasing trends and surface-level activism are still not addressing this. Instead of building real alternatives, they play within the system, ensuring nothing truly changes.

witchescauldron<a href="https://mastodon.social/@ricmac" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ricmac</a> Yes, this generation is a complete mess, this should not come as any surprise after 20 years of bowing down to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/deathcult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deathcult</a> of neoliberalism (economics), post-modernism (identity politics) and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dotcons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dotcons</a> (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/geekproblem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geekproblem</a>).What do we need to do to step away from this mess, is something our <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fashernistas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fashernistas</a> are still not really talking about, and need to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMN</a>

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