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hamish campbell<p><a href="https://rights.social" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">rights.social</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>./bill-of-rights this is exactly the same project and process as the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/4opens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>4opens</span></a> just more liberal/capitalist friendly. And no teeth... it's a appeal to people - the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/4opens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>4opens</span></a> is that and more importantly it's a way of judging devs <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KISS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KISS</span></a></p><p>The real thing is here <a href="https://unite.openworlds.info/Open-Media-Network/4opens" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">unite.openworlds.info/Open-Med</span><span class="invisible">ia-Network/4opens</span></a></p><p>phhwww... <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nothingnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nothingnew</span></a> comes to mind, though diversity is good, the project needs to link, this is basic <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openweb</span></a></p>
nojarama<p>Happy anniversary to Prince And The Revolution’s album, ‘Parade’. Released this week in 1986. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prince</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/princeandtherevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>princeandtherevolution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/parade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parade</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kiss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kiss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mountains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mountains</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anotherloverholeinyohead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anotherloverholeinyohead</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/girlsandboys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>girlsandboys</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/underthecherrymoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>underthecherrymoon</span></a></p>
nojarama<p>Happy anniversary to Prince And The Revolution’s album, ‘Parade’. Released this week in 1986. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prince</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/princeandtherevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>princeandtherevolution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/parade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parade</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kiss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kiss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mountains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mountains</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anotherloverholeinyohead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anotherloverholeinyohead</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/girlsandboys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>girlsandboys</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/underthecherrymoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>underthecherrymoon</span></a></p>
T!ME(s)*_ Art<p>Title: Home ! <br>Spraypaint, Acryl, De-Collage on wood panel <br>Framed 30 x 30 cm <br>.<br>.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/word" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>word</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/modernart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>modernart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eyes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eyes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/love" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>love</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/paper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paper</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eyes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eyes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/contemporaryart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contemporaryart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/myart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>myart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>painting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/streetart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>streetart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artwork</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/collage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>collage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/handmade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>handmade</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gallery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gallery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spraypaint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spraypaint</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/acryl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>acryl</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kiss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kiss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fineart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fineart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/instaart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>instaart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/love" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>love</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kunst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kunst</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/picoftheday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>picoftheday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/home" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>home</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/heimat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heimat</span></a></p>
John Macintosh<p><a href="https://swiss.social/tags/KISS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KISS</span></a> 1975</p>
John Macintosh<p><a href="https://swiss.social/tags/KISS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KISS</span></a> 1992</p>
Xenorama<p><a href="https://youtu.be/_pdF_YPZOyw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/_pdF_YPZOyw</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kiss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kiss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/destroyer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destroyer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rocknroll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rocknroll</span></a></p>
The Vinyl Ape 🦧<p>ACE FREHLEY [Kiss]<br>Ace Frehley <br>1978 Canada pressing</p><p>The only good thing that’s ever had the name KISS on it.</p><p>I’ve always hated this band, but I’ve always appreciated Space Ace. </p><p>My loathing for Kiss on whole has always run deep, but there’s no denying Frehley’s prowess on the guitar, and this album is actually pretty decent.</p><p>Say what you want about <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/Kiss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kiss</span></a> as a whole (I certainly do), but of the solo albums, this is the only one worth listening to.<br><a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/vinyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vinyl</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/vinylrecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vinylrecords</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/vinylcollection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vinylcollection</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a></p>
INBELLA<p>KISS rocker Gene Simmons defends charging fans $12K to be his personal assistant <a href="https://www.inbella.com/971914/kiss-rocker-gene-simmons-defends-charging-fans-12k-to-be-his-personal-assistant/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">inbella.com/971914/kiss-rocker</span><span class="invisible">-gene-simmons-defends-charging-fans-12k-to-be-his-personal-assistant/</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/CelebritiesNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CelebritiesNews</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/CelebrityNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CelebrityNews</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/concerts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>concerts</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Entertainment</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/GeneSimmons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeneSimmons</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Kiss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kiss</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/musicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musicians</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/RockAndRoll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RockAndRoll</span></a></p>
Hamish Campbell<p><strong>The #NGO mess is hard blocking</strong></p> We need to talk, again, about how the #NGO world pushes HARD BLOCKING over the native #openweb paths we need to take. This isn’t some new issue; we’ve been having the same conversation for years. And yet, here we are, watching the same bad behaver and the same mistakes repeating, only now, with the #mainstreaming flooding in, with more funding and institutional interference. The simple antidote to this incompetence? Listen. Think. And stop blocking. Seriously, it’s not that […] <p><a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/the-ngo-mess-is-hard-blocking-2/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/the-ngo-mes</span><span class="invisible">s-is-hard-blocking-2/</span></a></p>
Moya Moya ShashinKiss Kiss<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nature?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/photography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/abstract?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#abstract</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/kiss?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kiss</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/grass?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#grass</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/film?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#film</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/kodakgold?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kodakgold</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/pentax?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pentax</a>
INBELLA<p>Kiss’ Gene Simmons defends $12K cost to be his assistant for a day <a href="https://www.inbella.com/969578/kiss-gene-simmons-defends-12k-cost-to-be-his-assistant-for-a-day/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">inbella.com/969578/kiss-gene-s</span><span class="invisible">immons-defends-12k-cost-to-be-his-assistant-for-a-day/</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Bands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bands</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/CelebritiesTopics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CelebritiesTopics</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/ClassicRock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassicRock</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/concert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>concert</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Entertainment</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/GeneSimmons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeneSimmons</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Kiss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kiss</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/musicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musicians</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/rock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rock</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/RockAndRoll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RockAndRoll</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/singers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>singers</span></a></p>
Eric supports DEI!<p>Cats kiss on bed <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/foot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kiss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kiss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tongue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tongue</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CatsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatsOfMastodon</span></a></p>
witchescauldron<p>The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dotcons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dotcons</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mainstreaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mainstreaming</span></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">#<span>KISS</span></a> path is native <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openweb</span></a>. The Fediverse is a step <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/the-fediverse-is-a-step/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/the-fediver</span><span class="invisible">se-is-a-step/</span></a></p>
witchescauldron<p>The media’s obsession with Trump’s spectacle over substance. The focus on his contradictory statements plays right into the current <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mainstreaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mainstreaming</span></a> path, keeping the news cycle spinning around noise (words) instead of his actual policies and actions, signal. </p><p>The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KISS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KISS</span></a> media’s role is exposing the real consequences of his administration:</p><p>Who is profiting?<br>Who is suffering?<br>What institutions are being gutted?<br>What laws and policies are being enacted or dismantled?</p><p>They fail by chasing every outrageous soundbite, the journalists bury the real story, that the new <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mainstreaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mainstreaming</span></a> are looting the remains of the old system while distracting everyone with mess, smoke and mirrors. The progressive majority, instead of reacting to this nonsense, needs to focus on real accountability and then action.</p><p>It's not about what they say, it's about what they do.</p><p>Journalism <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/journalism/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">hamishcampbell.com/journalism/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Hamish Campbell<p><strong>Journalism</strong></p> The media’s focus on Trump’s spectacle over substance pushes the current #mainstreaming path. By focusing on his contradictory statements, they keep the news cycle spinning around noise (words) rather than signal (policies and actions). This distraction benefits those on the #powerpolatics path, that is pushed with little scrutiny while the public and journalists remain fixated on the smoke and mirrors of the rhetorical outrage mess.The #KISS media’s role needs to be exposing the real […] <p><a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/journalism/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">hamishcampbell.com/journalism/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
John Macintosh<p><a href="https://swiss.social/tags/KISS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KISS</span></a> Pinball 🤘</p>
hamishcampbell<br>People, community, the long struggle between the <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/openweb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>openweb</a> and <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/dotcons" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>dotcons</a><br><br>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.<br><br>Let’s use <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/Failbook" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>Failbook</a> as a practical example of a monster that devours our dreams, fifteen years ago, the writing was already on the wall, <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/failbook" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>failbook</a> and the <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/dotcons" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>dotcons</a> would eat everything. It wasn’t some grand conspiracy, just basic power and control dynamics. People knew this. They saw the cage being built around them, yet walked in willingly. Why? Because in the small picture, it was “easier” to stay inside than to step outside. They thought they were users, but they were being used. Every attempt to “fix” <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/failbook" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>failbook</a>, the endless ethical tech debates, the “kinder, fairer” alternatives, the <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/NGO" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>NGO</a>-funded projects promising “a better social network”, misses the core issue: You don’t fix a monster. You stop feeding it and walk away.<br><br>This is where the religious metaphor fits, people don’t want atheism (the <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/openweb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>openweb</a>), they just want a nicer god (ethical <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/dotcons" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>dotcons</a>). They still kneel before centralized power, just hoping for a softer whip. We need to stop worshipping the digital feudal lords and start building something else entirely. One path is to reboot the original <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/openweb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>openweb</a><br><br>To do this we need some social history: The <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/openweb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>openweb</a> was murdered, and no one faced the consequences, we need a truth and reconciliation process for what happened to the <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/openweb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>openweb</a>. Why? Because people refuse to learn from history, and that means they keep making the same mistakes. Look at the waves of migration from open to closed over the last two decades:<br><br> The rise of blogs and open publishing (2000s) → The pull into social media walled gardens (2010s)<br> The rise of the federated web (2000s, early 2010s) → The collapse into corporate-owned silos (late 2010s, 2020s)<br> The rebirth of the Fediverse (Mastodon, PeerTube, Lemmy, etc.) → Now being co-opted by NGOs and <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/mainstreaming" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>mainstreaming</a> interests<br><br>Each time, the excuse is different, but the result is the same, we hand over power, they take control, we lose everything. Until we face the fact that we let this happen, that we were complicit, this cycle won’t stop. Every time we fail to call it what it is, the blood-letting/stains keep coming back.<br><br>The problem with <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/NGO" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>NGO</a> and Co-op models, people love to push the same “solutions” that failed before. Pushing a voluntary project into a hard “not-for-profit” structure kills it, this happened again and again. Look at <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/indymedia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>indymedia</a>. It worked because it was messy, decentralized, built from the ground up. Run by volunteers, not controlled by a central authority. Rooted in the activist base, not an <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/NGO" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>NGO</a>-funded agenda. Then came the push to “formalize” it, and what happened?<br><br> Funding fights, bureaucracy, infighting.<br> Projects being hijacked or forced into rigid structures.<br> Most of the co-op/NGO media projects collapsed.<br><br>There is nothing wrong with people building not-for-profit media, but stop forcing voluntary activism into structures that will kill it. The old mistakes aren’t new solutions. They are just mistakes waiting to happen again.<br><br>The <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/OMN" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>OMN</a> and the need for diversity of strategies, the <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/OMN" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>OMN</a> is built on a simple idea, diversity of strategies is strength. We need:<br><br> Commercial models where they work.<br> Not-for-profit structures where they make sense.<br> Voluntary activism as the foundation.<br><br>Then the basic <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/4opens" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>4opens</a> of them linking to each other. What we don’t need is people using their own narrow worldview as a <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/BLOCK" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>BLOCK</a> on other approaches in the guise of “helping”. This happens all the time, with the <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/NGO" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>NGO</a> crowd that wants everything formalized, structured, and professionalized, they see grassroots messiness as a problem. The geeks want everything to be purely about the tech, ignoring the social and political realities. The politicos want everything to align with their ideology, even when that means excluding actual working solutions. These proxy fights kill the meany projects before they even start.<br><br>The solution is not ideological purity, it’s pragmatic diversity. If we want to break the cycle, we need to stop repeating the same mistakes, stop blocking each other, link and start building with what we have <a class="mention hashtag" href="https://mostr.pub/tags/KISS" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>#</span>KISS</a><br><br>One path to this, that needs support <a href="https://opencollective.com/open-media-network" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://opencollective.com/open-media-network</a>
Hamish Campbell<p><strong>People, community, the long struggle between the #openweb and #dotcons</strong></p> 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. […] <p><a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/people-community-the-long-struggle-between-the-openweb-and-dotcons/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/people-comm</span><span class="invisible">unity-the-long-struggle-between-the-openweb-and-dotcons/</span></a></p>
witchescauldron<p>These are used as a call to action, to encourage a shift to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KISS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KISS</span></a> values of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openweb</span></a> and to building humanistic paths. The metaphors are change and challenge <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/the-metaphors-are-change-and-challenge/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/the-metapho</span><span class="invisible">rs-are-change-and-challenge/</span></a></p>