saahbs<p>I made the right choice of setting up a personal web page with rss and using “social media” only to re-share content and exchange comments.</p><p>ActivityPub turned out to be a set of feudal (but federated) warring fiefdoms, blocking, spamming and moderating each other. BlueSky is slowly spiraling down while FB and legacies are ever more infested with AI agents and slop.</p><p>My previous ActivityPub home started malfunctioning...</p><p>more on:</p><p><a href="https://saahbs.net/post/20250726-new-activitypub-server/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">saahbs.net/post/20250726-new-a</span><span class="invisible">ctivitypub-server/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>web</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/activitypub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>activitypub</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openweb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rss</span></a></p>
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hamishcampbellThis post, from ten years ago, is still relevant for all your <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/dotcons" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span>#</span>dotcons</a> apps on your pone. Stepping away from this, back to the <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/openweb" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span>#</span>openweb</a> is now an easy step. Why do I call Facebook a dotcon <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/why-do-i-call-facebook-a-dotcon/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/why-do-i-call-facebook-a-dotcon/</a>
witchescauldron<p>This post, from ten years ago, is still relevant for all your <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dotcons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dotcons</span></a> apps on your pone. Stepping away from this, back to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openweb</span></a> is now an easy step. Why do I call Facebook a dotcon <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/why-do-i-call-facebook-a-dotcon/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/why-do-i-ca</span><span class="invisible">ll-facebook-a-dotcon/</span></a></p>
witchescauldron<p>The current media system is stacked against us. It’s rigged, exclusive, and hostile to alternatives.</p><p>That’s why we need the Open Media Network.</p><p>Because without an open, trust-based infrastructure for communication and coordination, we’re just shouting into silos.</p><p>Let’s build something different.<br>Let’s make history — together.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OMN</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/4opens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>4opens</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/metadata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>metadata</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/trustnetworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trustnetworks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openweb</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anarchism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/postcapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>postcapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decentralization</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DIYtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DIYtech</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/commons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commons</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/grassroots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grassroots</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/geekproblem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geekproblem</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dotcons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dotcons</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KISS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KISS</span></a></p>
witchescauldron<p>Why It Matters</p><p>If metadata is the new currency, then open metadata is the new commons. Capitalism runs on closed systems — the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OMN</span></a> runs on shared knowledge and decentralized trust.</p><p>This isn’t about perfect tech. It’s about:</p><p>Human-scale trust<br>Community autonomy<br>Fast, messy, democratic distribution<br>Real-world resilience</p><p>It’s not utopia. It’s compost — and we’ve got the shovels. </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OMN</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/4opens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>4opens</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/metadata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>metadata</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/trustnetworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trustnetworks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openweb</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decentralization</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anarchism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DIYtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DIYtech</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/postcapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>postcapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a></p>
Hamish Campbell<p><strong>Power Politics and the Race/Gender Card – A Contemporary Reflection</strong></p>
<p>If we want to build meaningful alternatives, we must deal with difficult issues head-on. Sweeping things under the carpet – especially in radical spaces – always comes at a cost.</p>
<p>One of the more complex, and often misused, areas is around identity politics, particularly the playing of the race/gender card in ways that obscure rather than clarify the real issues at stake.</p>
<p>Let’s be clear: systemic racism and sexism are real. We all live with the deep, painful legacies of colonialism, […]</p>
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witchescauldron<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OMN</span></a> It looks like a tech project… but it isn’t just that. Our work is fundamentally about technological standards – tools that shape the future. But these aren’t neutral. The standards themselves lean toward the kind of society we want to build. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/4opens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>4opens</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openweb</span></a></p><p>Yes, these standards won’t come from technology alone. They emerge from the social use of tech — from community, practice, and shared need.</p><p>The code is nothing without people. The protocol withers without participation. So we’re not just “building tech.”<br>We’re growing community – and that community gives the tech meaning, reach, and power. It’s a symbiotic process. One cannot succeed without the other. </p><p>If you treat it only as a technical project, you’ll fail. If you treat it only as a social process, you’ll stall. We must hold both. This balance is where new paths open — where change becomes possible. </p><p>This is why we say a technological project, can only come out of a community project. Let’s build it together. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openweb</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OMN</span></a></p>
witchescauldron<p>We need to understand that your viral lefty memes are actually part of the problem?</p><p>If you are still posting on the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dotcons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dotcons</span></a> then “Comedy” & “sarcasm” might feel like resistance, but they feed the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dotcons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dotcons</span></a> exactly what they want: engagement, data, clicks. Mocking the system isn’t leaving it.</p><p>The solution? <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StepAway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StepAway</span></a>, and take your community with you to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openweb</span></a></p>
Hamish Campbell<p><strong>The #Hashtags Tell a Story: Building Trust in a Messy World</strong></p>
<p>We live in a time of crisis. Climate, community, communication, all are breaking down. Our tools and platforms no longer serve us. To make sense of this, we need to tell stories. And in the digital world, hashtags are one of the most powerful ways we do this. But our hashtags don’t just tag, they trace the roots of our problems, and signpost paths out. Each one is a seed. Together, they are a map.#dotcons – From #openweb to walled gardens. Once, the internet was a place of openness, […]</p>
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Hamish Campbell<p><strong>The Spring OMN: The River of News Project</strong></p>
<p>Originally Published 3/15/2016 — Updated 07/2025</p>
<p>“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.”</p>
<p>This project builds from a simple truth: we’re failing to communicate across divides that matter, and the #openweb continues to decline in the face of #dotcons like Meta (#failbook), Google, Amazon, and Apple.The inspiration, the technical model draws from Dave […]</p>
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Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"A Pew Research Center report published this spring analyzed data from 900 U.S. adults who agreed to share their online browsing activity. About six-in-ten respondents (58%) conducted at least one Google search in March 2025 that produced an AI-generated summary. Additional analysis found that Google users were less likely to click on result links when visiting search pages with an AI summary compared with those without one. For searches that resulted in an AI-generated summary, users very rarely clicked on the sources cited.</p><p>Here’s more of what we learned about Google AI summaries and how users interact with them.</p><p>Google users who encounter an AI summary are less likely to click on links to other websites than users who do not see one. Users who encountered an AI summary clicked on a traditional search result link in 8% of all visits. Those who did not encounter an AI summary clicked on a search result nearly twice as often (15% of visits).</p><p>A bar chart showing that Google users are less likely to click on a link when they encounter search pages with AI summaries.<br>Google users who encountered an AI summary also rarely clicked on a link in the summary itself. This occurred in just 1% of all visits to pages with such a summary.</p><p>Google users are more likely to end their browsing session entirely after visiting a search page with an AI summary than on pages without a summary. This happened on 26% of pages with an AI summary, compared with 16% of pages with only traditional search results."</p><p><a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/07/22/google-users-are-less-likely-to-click-on-links-when-an-ai-summary-appears-in-the-results/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pewresearch.org/short-reads/20</span><span class="invisible">25/07/22/google-users-are-less-likely-to-click-on-links-when-an-ai-summary-appears-in-the-results/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AIOverview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIOverview</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/OpenWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenWeb</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Search</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/SearchEngines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SearchEngines</span></a></p>
Hamish Campbell<p><strong>Building Alt/Grassroots Media Networks to Challenge and Widen Traditional Media</strong></p>
<p>The current ecosystem of alternative and grassroots media is too narrow in its imagination of what media could, and should, be. There’s a persistent naivety or, in some cases, a self-serving dishonesty. Many of the most “successful” progressive media groups continue to mimic #traditionalmedia without understanding, or addressing, the fact that they do not control their distribution. In effect, they’re renting space in someone else’s empire.</p>
<p>This is not just a mistake. It’s the […]</p>
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🧿🪬🍄🌈🎮💻🚲🥓🎃💀🏴🛻🇺🇸<p>I think that the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openweb</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> are orthogonal. If <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InformationWantsToBeFree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InformationWantsToBeFree</span></a> then why are you using <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cryptography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cryptography</span></a>? </p><p>They are both good things, but you can't be doing them both at the same time.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cypherpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cypherpunk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a></p>
Hamish Campbell<p><strong>Should we do something native in the Fediverse?</strong></p>
<p>And what would that actually look like? Let’s be honest about what the #Fediverse is, despite all the code and standards talk, the heart of the Fediverse is anarchism – not in the chaos sense, but in the older meaning:</p>
<p>The letter A for anarkhia (‘without ruler’), circled by an O that stands for order or organization.</p>
<p>We have plenty of the A with decentralization, voluntary cooperation and resistance to imposed authority. But where’s the O? Of clear coordination, transparent […]</p>
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Hamish Campbell<p><strong>Why most #geekproblem software fails: Trust vs. control</strong></p>
<p>Almost all of our #geekproblem software fails because it’s built with a mindset of control.</p>
<p>Control over users.Control over systems.Control over outcomes.</p>
<p>But all good societies, and all durable communities, are based on trust. When we ignore this, we don’t just write bad code, we produce #techshit that nobody uses, that burns out developers, and that confuses users. Then we start over… and call it “innovation.” That’s #techchurn.Control-driven projects: Examples of […]</p>
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Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"No one should expect the web of the future to look just as it does today. AI-powered search will rightly shake up some services: business directories, for instance, face disintermediation as answer-bots field queries such as “emergency plumber” or “houses for sale”. But the evaporation of incentives to create content presents a fundamental problem. If human traffic is drying up, the web will need a new currency.</p><p>Online innovators are trying out alternatives. Some propose a pay-as-you-crawl system, in which AI bots are charged for reading sites’ content. Others are working on systems that analyse chatbots’ answers to determine where their information came from, so that sources can be compensated. Tech firms resist such ideas: giants don’t want their crawling of the internet to be metered, and startups fear they will be made to pay for training data that pioneers like OpenAI were allowed to grab for nothing. Optimists cite the music industry, where piracy gave way to profitability when streaming platforms invented new ways to charge consumers and compensate artists.</p><p>Bringing a new business model to the web is daunting; it may take a shove from regulators to get started. Yet everyone has an interest in making content-creation pay. Publishers may be the ones complaining now, but if the content tap dries up, AI companies will suffer, too. Some are more vulnerable than others. Whereas Meta can draw on data posted to its social networks and Google owns YouTube, the world’s biggest video vault, OpenAI relies entirely on others for its content."</p><p><a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/07/17/to-survive-the-ai-age-the-web-needs-a-new-business-model" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">economist.com/leaders/2025/07/</span><span class="invisible">17/to-survive-the-ai-age-the-web-needs-a-new-business-model</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AITraining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AITraining</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/OpenWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenWeb</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copyright</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/IP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IP</span></a></p>
witchescauldron<p>Let’s be honest: we have a real and ongoing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/geekproblem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geekproblem</span></a> in how funding is allocated in the alt-tech and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openweb</span></a> space. Talking about this in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openweb</span></a> funding <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/talking-about-the-geekproblem-in-openweb-funding/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/talking-abo</span><span class="invisible">ut-the-geekproblem-in-openweb-funding/</span></a></p>
Hamish Campbell<p><strong>Talking about the #geekproblem in #openweb funding</strong></p>
<p>Let’s be honest: we have a real and ongoing #geekproblem in how funding is allocated in the alt-tech and #openweb space, and it’s holding us back. The current push for infrastructure is important, but it’s not enough.</p>
<p>Yes, backend infrastructure is vital. You can’t build sustainable alternatives to #dotcons without solid plumbing. Funding projects like mesh networks, free firmware, and decentralised protocols, as #NLnet and others often do, is necessary work. BUT… If no one uses […]</p>
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Séleste 🚲 🏳️⚧️<p>Petit rappel que Facebook et Instagram, ça n'est pas Internet ! </p><p>C'est sites ne sont accessibles qu'à leurs utilisateurs. Certes ils sont nombreux mais si vous ne faites votre communication que là bas, une bonne partie de la population n'y a pas accès. <br>Professionnels, institutions, organisateurs d'événements, faites vos communications sur des sites accessibles et pas sur des plate-formes fermées (et fascisantes en plus) </p><p><a href="https://www.numerama.com/tech/2034695-payer-ou-consentir-meta-bloque-lacces-a-instagram-et-facebook-si-vous-ne-faites-pas-ce-choix.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">numerama.com/tech/2034695-paye</span><span class="invisible">r-ou-consentir-meta-bloque-lacces-a-instagram-et-facebook-si-vous-ne-faites-pas-ce-choix.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.bike/tags/openWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openWeb</span></a> <a href="https://masto.bike/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://masto.bike/tags/banMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>banMeta</span></a> <a href="https://masto.bike/tags/facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>facebook</span></a> <a href="https://masto.bike/tags/instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>instagram</span></a></p>
Hamish Campbell<p><strong>What Do We Do With Our #Mainstreaming Alt-People?</strong></p>
<p>This is an old and familiar problem: people who say they want change but consistently choose the path that neutralises it. Welcome to the “common sense” #NGO worldview, currently being repackaged in the #Fediverse as things like the Fedi Foundation. It’s not new. It’s not empowering. It’s a tired institutional gravity that drags every radical project into a fog of bureaucracy, branding, and paid careers.</p>
<p>In contrast, we have the “nativist” #openweb crew – grassroots people […]</p>
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