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>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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Hamish Campbell<p><strong>Bringing #indymediaback: A Gentle Revival of Radical Media</strong></p>
<p>The old flower beds of #Indymedia lie fallow, not dead. The seeds are still there, beneath layers of neglect, factionalism, and the noise of 20 years of failed “alternatives.” What we need now is not revolution or reinvention, but revival. A slow, careful re-rooting in the fertile ground of experience.</p>
<p>We don’t need to tear it down or rebuild from scratch. Almost all of what worked between 2000–2008 still works today, at least 90% of the original social structure is sound. Let’s […]</p>
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Hamish Campbell<p>Let’s start embracing the composting of <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23techshit" target="_blank">#techshit</a> to turn the current mess into fertile ground for new <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23openweb" target="_blank">#openweb</a> growth and innovation. Communication barriers, lead to a lack of awareness <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/communication-barriers-lead-to-a-lack-of-awareness/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">hamishcampbell.com/communicatio...</a><br><br><a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/communication-barriers-lead-to-a-lack-of-awareness/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Communication barriers, lead t...</a></p>
witchescauldron<p>Let’s start embracing the composting of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/techshit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techshit</span></a> to turn the current mess into fertile ground for new <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openweb</span></a> growth and innovation. Communication barriers, lead to a lack of awareness <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/communication-barriers-lead-to-a-lack-of-awareness/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/communicati</span><span class="invisible">on-barriers-lead-to-a-lack-of-awareness/</span></a></p>
hamish campbell<p>Interesting to find this project <a href="https://displayeurope.eu/en/vision" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">displayeurope.eu/en/vision</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> is an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> driven version of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OMN</span></a> built up by the invisible <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fashernista" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fashernista</span></a> crew - in this it's based on the normal <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> corruption. Now the question is, is it any good? More <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techshit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techshit</span></a> or compost - or a native part of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openweb</span></a> reboot?</p>
Hamish Campbell<p><strong>The Mess We Make (Again… and again)</strong></p>
<p>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 the dinosaur, a dead end, old obsolete thinking, out of touch. Despite spending years pointing out the obvious flaws in this pushing, for this I got only that my “native” path was irrelevant, for Luddites, they said. Legacy thinking, dead tech walking.</p>
<p>Well, here we are, a decade later. And […]</p>
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Hamish Campbell<p><strong>Getting through this era of collapse with anything human left intact</strong></p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>A breath of clarity came from @renchap, who said it plainly:</p>
<p>We need to focus our efforts on funding and supporting public value network infrastructure… THAT CANNOT BE BOUGHT. 💪</p>
<p>Absolutely. If that idea resonates with you, try starting […]</p>
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hamish campbell<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://alpaca.gold/@Jeremiah" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Jeremiah</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bonn.social/@alexandrageese" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>alexandrageese</span></a></span> 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 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stupidindividualism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stupidindividualism</span></a> stories and fund this story hardcore... it's just more <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techshit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techshit</span></a> to compost.</p><p>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.</p>
hamish campbell<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://alpaca.gold/@Jeremiah" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Jeremiah</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bonn.social/@alexandrageese" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>alexandrageese</span></a></span> </p><p>I strongly suggest <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openweb</span></a> vs <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/closedweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>closedweb</span></a> as this has the political project baked in - this is currently being ignored by our funding and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NGO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGO</span></a> class, so need some activism to push, or we end up with more <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techshit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techshit</span></a> to compost...</p>
witchescauldron<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.ngi.eu/@ngi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ngi</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EC_NGI" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>EC_NGI</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.ngi.eu/@ngisearch" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ngisearch</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@NGI_Enrichers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>NGI_Enrichers</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.ngi.eu/@NGITransoceanic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>NGITransoceanic</span></a></span> </p><p>This <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NGIFORUM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGIFORUM</span></a> panel on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/governance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>governance</span></a> is interesting. What is missing is that the is a native <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openweb</span></a> project that came directly out of the original ActivityPub outreach to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/?s=OGB" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">hamishcampbell.com/?s=OGB</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> 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 <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NGO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGO</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/geekproblem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geekproblem</span></a> mess in the bureaucratic paths.</p><p>"What went wrong"!!! It is a good slogan. Yes <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NGI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGI</span></a> it is a mess creating <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/techshit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techshit</span></a> to feed the fashionistas. So good question.</p><p>Better <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> governance is a part of rebalancing this, so please look at the link above, thanks.</p><p>And if you want to be a prat about this - from a polemical view, <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/maybe-we-dont-then-get-the-guillotine-out/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/maybe-we-do</span><span class="invisible">nt-then-get-the-guillotine-out/</span></a></p>
hamish campbell<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@witchescauldron" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>witchescauldron</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@NGICommons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>NGICommons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@moniquecalisti" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>moniquecalisti</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.numerique.gouv.fr/@cnrs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cnrs</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@OpenForumEurope" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>OpenForumEurope</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@openfuture" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>openfuture</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.lfx.dev/@linuxfoundation" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>linuxfoundation</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.ngi.eu/@ngi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ngi</span></a></span> </p><p>This needs <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/?s=activism+tech" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/?s=activism</span><span class="invisible">+tech</span></a> into these <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NGIFORUM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGIFORUM</span></a> events and not as tokenistic <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fashernista" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fashernista</span></a> crap as it happens too often now. What we don't need is more <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techshit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techshit</span></a> to compost <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KISS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KISS</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NGIFORUM2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGIFORUM2025</span></a></p>
Hamish Campbell<p><strong>The Fediverse is opening, but there is a cost</strong></p>
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 to often blinded paths.
Take this year’s #chatteringclass 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 […]
<p><a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/the-fediverse-is-opening-but-there-is-a-cost/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/the-fediver</span><span class="invisible">se-is-opening-but-there-is-a-cost/</span></a></p>
Hamish Campbell<p><strong>Governance, the mess of AI tech-fix paths</strong></p>
Seminar Reflection: Philosophy, AI – Week 6Speakers: Chris Summerfield (Oxford & AI Safety Institute), MH Tessler (Google DeepMind)Key texts: Jürgen Habermas, The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere (excerpt) and Summerfield et al., “AI Can Help Humans Find Common Ground in Democratic Deliberation”
This seminar focus is on scaling democratic deliberation via AI. The example proposal is the #HabermasMachine a test projects to facilitate large-scale consensus using #LLMs […]
<p><a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/governance-the-mess-of-ai-tech-fix-path/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/governance-</span><span class="invisible">the-mess-of-ai-tech-fix-path/</span></a></p>
witchescauldron<p>One thing we don’t need is more <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/techshit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techshit</span></a> 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 <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/finally-make-the-most-of-my-attention-ill-be-blunt-you-dont-have-my-attention-for-long/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/finally-mak</span><span class="invisible">e-the-most-of-my-attention-ill-be-blunt-you-dont-have-my-attention-for-long/</span></a></p>
Hamish Campbell<p><strong>Composting the reboot funding</strong></p>
Dear Michiel,
At this point, it's hard not to notice a pattern. You’ve received clear, thoughtful proposals aligned with your calls - yet no real engagement, year after year. I’ve said this gently before: your call-out text needs to be composted. If you're not funding alternative, open, activist infrastructure - just say that. Don't lead people on.
Look forward to seeing what did get funded - I’ll be writing something on that soon https://hamishcampbell.com/?s=nlnetA post on why […]
<p><a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/composting-thetechshit-funding/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/composting-</span><span class="invisible">thetechshit-funding/</span></a></p>
Hamish Campbell<p><strong>A look at a narrow point of view</strong></p>
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 […]
<p><a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/a-look-at-a-narrow-point-of-view/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/a-look-at-a</span><span class="invisible">-narrow-point-of-view/</span></a></p>
Hamish Campbell<p><strong>Composting the fiendlyenemy’s</strong></p>
These people are hopeless, in the literal sense of not having any hope.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVnrMGVKQak
The #mainstreaming of the #Fediverse is happening. You can see it in many "progressive" info flows, where the chattering classes of tech - academics, #NGO staffers, consultants, and developers with foundations or startup ties - gather to shape the narrative. On the surface, this looks like success: the native grassroots #openweb is being taken seriously. But look a little […]
<p><a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/composting-the-fiendly-enemy/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/composting-</span><span class="invisible">the-fiendly-enemy/</span></a></p>
Hamish Campbell<p><strong>What we need is useful compost layer’s for growing native projects</strong></p>
Compost, not illusions, is a first step - A radical look at “light green” tech - For a second step we need a useful compost layer for growing native projects, like the #OMN. What we currently have in most so-called “green technology” promoted through #mainstreaming and #fashernista narratives is not ecological in substance - it’s performative environmentalism, built on omission, distortion, and branding. To help make sense of this mess, let’s use the lenses of the #4opens, the […]
<p><a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/what-we-need-is-useful-compost-layers-for-growing-native-projects/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/what-we-nee</span><span class="invisible">d-is-useful-compost-layers-for-growing-native-projects/</span></a></p>
witchescauldron<p>This site is full of stories <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/stories/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">hamishcampbell.com/stories/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Personal anecdotes and metaphors convey points to make the posts accessible and relatable, to help compost “<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/techshit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techshit</span></a>” into fertile ground for new ideas and social change.</p>
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