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witchescauldronThe metaphor of cat herding <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/the-metaphor-of-cat-herding/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/the-metaphor-of-cat-herding/</a> I am thinking this could get messy, we need shovels <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMN</a>

witchescauldronWe need fertile ground – a compost layer for native projects like the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMN</a> – to push openness and cultivate the genuine ecological thinking we need to grow. What we need is useful compost layer’s for growing native projects <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/what-we-need-is-useful-compost-layers-for-growing-native-projects/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/what-we-need-is-useful-compost-layers-for-growing-native-projects/</a>

Hamish CampbellWhat we need is useful compost layer’s for growing native projects DRAFT The #OMN perspective is that most of what we call “green technology” under #mainstreaming and #fashernista narratives is not ecological in substance, but rather a social performance of environmentalism, pushing lies of omission and distortion. Let’s use the #4opens, #geekproblem, and broader #openweb path as a way of looking at this mess. The mess: “green” as branding, not substance Most #mainstreaming “green” technology - electric vehicles (EVs), solar panels, wind […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/what-we-need-is-useful-compost-layers-for-growing-native-projects/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/what-we-need-is-useful-compost-layers-for-growing-native-projects/</a>

Hamish CampbellEnclosure of the openweb DRAFT This spirit of the early anarchist inspired internet and #WWW - sharing, remixing, collectively creating - is the heart of what we once called the #openweb. It wasn't perfect, but it was a space of possibilities, commons, where you could take what you needed and leave something behind, hyperlink by hyperlink. The tools were open - #RSS feeds, #APIs, #XMPP, #indymedia were built to bridge between ideas, not walls of monetized algorithmic sludge we have today. But the #dotcons came. […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/enclosure-of-the-openweb/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/enclosure-of-the-openweb/</a>

Hamish CampbellIgnore the #AI Mess, Build the #OMN – There Is a Path Yes, I read the post. And yes, the despair is real. The #openweb is being bulldozed by #GenerativeAI like a forest clear-cut by machines driven not by need, but by greed, profit and power for the #nsatyfew. Yes, the #deathcult of techno-capitalism is running its script to the bitter and dead-end. And yes, I too wonder if we’ll survive this, but as you say we have a path, and it’s not new. It’s simple, it’s human, and it’s working. It’s called the #Fediverse and the next step is […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/ignore-the-ai-mess-build-the-omn-there-is-a-path/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/ignore-the-ai-mess-build-the-omn-there-is-a-path/</a>

witchescauldron<a href="https://indieweb.social/@jaredwhite" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@jaredwhite</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/@spencerbeswick" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@spencerbeswick</a> The path is to simply ignore the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> mess and carry on with our working <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/4opens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#4opens</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openweb</a> projects and paths. it's not that we have a different path that works :)The is power in this path, but ONLY if we use it for change and challenge and yes, you would be right we are doing a cap on this at the moment, you could see your post as a part of this mess making. What positive path could you help with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMN</a><a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/ignore-the-ai-mess-build-the-omn-there-is-a-path/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/ignore-the-ai-mess-build-the-omn-there-is-a-path/</a>

Hamish CampbellTech governance projects miss the mark, its pastime to compost the mess Tech governance projects keep missing the mark because they refuse to engage with the real, lived experiences of grassroots activists and community builders. Instead of listening, they fall back into the comfort zones of the #geekproblem: control over collaboration, certainty over-curiosity, code over community. This is further compounded by the “professional” #NGO class of detached, branding-obsessed, and career-driven #mainstreaming. They claim to serve communities but remain […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/tech-governance-projects-miss-the-mark-its-pastime-to-compost-the-mess/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/tech-governance-projects-miss-the-mark-its-pastime-to-compost-the-mess/</a>

Hamish CampbellDon’t be a prat, please try and recognize the roots of issues DRAFT Horizontal people always get fucked over by vertical people. Why? Because horizontals give away power to build social fabric, while verticals hoard and concentrate power to extract and dominate. Every. Single. Time. And the only thing that makes horizontals work is shared worldview, which we currently lack. Instead, we’ve got swarms of #stupidindividualism, where everyone thinks they’re the centre of the universe, interpreting everything as if their personal "common sense" whims […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/dont-be-a-prat-please-try-and-recognize-the-roots-of-issues/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/dont-be-a-prat-please-try-and-recognize-the-roots-of-issues/</a>

Hamish CampbellDigging over the rot and planting something more real Q: People are angry about #AI scrapers and that this is exploiting everything for "free" - our art, our words, our data. But let’s be honest, we’ve spent the last 40 years gorging on "free" content online, music, games, video, writing, without paying for a thing unless forced to with a paywall. Yes. We block the ads, we hate the tracking, and we very rarely donate. So… with the idea that everything has to be paid for, are we really that different from the AI scraping machine? A: The […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/digging-over-the-rot-and-planting-something-more-real/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/digging-over-the-rot-and-planting-something-more-real/</a>

witchescauldronWhat do we balance this with? The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMN</a> projects - short for Open Media Network - are not a brand, not a platform, and not a startup. They're a loosely coordinated, commons-rooted pathway emerging from the native <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openweb</a> trajectory. They're aimed at building a livable media ecology, that grows from open-source ethics, affinity-based social organization, and federated infrastructure rather than enclosure, extractivism and spectacle.Rather than falling into the traps of heroic dev culture or platform monoculture, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMN</a> treats tech as an ensemble process: modular, collectively maintainable, and explicitly oriented toward mutual coordination and deliberation, not content flow or engagement metrics. It’s tech that refuses to pretend it’s neutral.The point is not digital for digital’s sake. These networks are meant to scaffold on-the-ground, hybrid practices - to support real-world collective activity, embedded presence, and the messy, rhythmic back-and-forth of embodied organizing.Unlike most open-source projects that depend on the labour of isolated overcommitted maintainers (and collapse when they burn out), <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMN</a> foregrounds shared stewardship and viscous governance - avoiding the trap of what ia aptly called <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/stupidindividualism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stupidindividualism</a>. This is code with a metabolism, not code as artifact.Philosophically, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMN</a> differs from most "tech for good" efforts by refusing to detach “technology” from semiotic infrastructure. Defaults, interfaces, metaphors, these aren’t just UI choices; they’re interpretive compressions that shape how collectives think, decide, and remember.So the stakes are high. Latency pressures, whether social, cognitive, or computational, have to be designed for, not ignored. That means systems that scaffold deliberation, not shortcut it. That means treating the commons as composed, not given, building stacks that help ensembles hold interpretive tension instead of collapsing into fast consensus or false clarity.In short: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMN</a> is infrastructure for the kind of world where <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/4opens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#4opens</a> matters. It’s a path to build tech that metabolizes collective meaning-making under conditions of mortal constraint. Not because it’s ideal - but because it’s necessary.

witchescauldron<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indymediaback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Indymediaback</a> using the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMN</a> framework is a strategic move to revive a vital platform for grassroots media. <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/indymedia-based-on-the-omn-framework/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/indymedia-based-on-the-omn-framework/</a>

Hamish CampbellIt’s long past time to return to the #openweb, and compost this mess making We used to run 6 #Fediverse instances as part of the #OMN project - thousands of users across them. Admin/mod work was done by volunteers, grounded in user reports, contextual judgment, and dialogue. No hard rules. Just common sense and solidarity. It worked for 4–5 years. Then came the #Twitter liberal influx - intolerant, entitled, and completely disconnected from #mutualaid and community care. They treated our volunteer-run platforms as if they were corporate #dotcons, shouting into […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/its-long-past-time-to-return-to-the-openweb-and-compost-this-mess-making/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/its-long-past-time-to-return-to-the-openweb-and-compost-this-mess-making/</a>

witchescauldronThe <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMN</a> is built on a simple, powerful truth: "This is the Internet."GET PUT POST DELETE –MERGE–These basic actions — close to the core HTTP verbs every website uses — are all you need to create, share, remix, and grow. (From RFC 7231 and RFC 5789.)Then you have the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/4opens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#4opens</a> which are about reclaiming the grassroots social power of the web: Open data Open source Open process Open standardsNo gatekeepers. No <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dotcons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dotcons</a> middlemen. No closed silos. Just people, building together. This is what <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openweb</a> reboot looks like.<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nothingnew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nothingnew</a>

witchescauldronDev test work for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Makinghistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Makinghistory</a> application <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/dev-test-work-for-makinghistory-application/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/dev-test-work-for-makinghistory-application/</a> The logic and workflow are all based on the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMN</a> project and have likely a 90% overlap with the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/indymediaback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indymediaback</a> project

witchescauldron<a href="https://mastodon.design/@matlfb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@matlfb</a> were thinking of focusing on this project <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/dev-test-work-for-makinghistory-application/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/dev-test-work-for-makinghistory-application/</a> as a part of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMN</a>

Hamish CampbellDev test work for Makinghistory application The #makinghistory project is a decentralized, open-source archiving and storytelling network designed to preserve and amplify grassroots histories. It’s founded on the idea that history isn’t written by the winners - it’s made by those who resist, build, and care. Using digitized collections like the CampbellFamily archive as a seed, the project invites communities to reclaim their narratives through shared, federated networks. This isn’t just another data repository - it’s a […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/dev-test-work-for-makinghistory-application/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/dev-test-work-for-makinghistory-application/</a>

witchescauldronThe <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMN</a> is a simple but radical project to shift power decisively from the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/geekproblem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geekproblem</a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dotcons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dotcons</a> back to the people who actually make media, the grassroots producers.From this shared “commons,” a new digital, economic, and social ecosystem can grow that is messy, open, and native to our needs.And as with everything human, what we do with that power is up to us.

witchescauldronThe problem we face is simple and brutal: the right-wing swallows anything we say, digests it through their machine, and spits it back as bland, weaponised social shit. Every radical idea gets stripped of meaning and served up as more <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mainstreaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mainstreaming</a> slop.That’s why we need tools they can’t easily co-opt. Systems and language they can’t just regurgitate into empty right-wing talking points. This is where the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/4opens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#4opens</a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMN</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hashtag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hashtag</a> storytelling come in — it makes ideological hijacking hard, stinky, and uncomfortable for them.This is real composting: breaking down the mess, feeding the soil, and growing native paths, that are grounded, and unpalatable to power plays of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nastyfew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nastyfew</a> and there worshipping acolytes.

Hamish CampbellRebooting the Fourth Estate: Building Tools for Grassroots Governance We’re living in the wreckage of the old order. The so-called Four Estates, pillars of traditional power and authority, which are either rotting from within or already dead. It’s past time to stop mourning and start composting. Right now, at the #OMN we're outlining and building horizontal social/digital tools to grow grassroots governance, aiming to replace what no longer serves us. These tools are based on tested activist process and being built out using current working federated […] <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/rebooting-the-fourth-estate-building-tools-for-grassroots-governance/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/rebooting-the-fourth-estate-building-tools-for-grassroots-governance/</a>

witchescauldronA letter from the margins of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openweb</a> <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/a-letter-from-the-margins-of-the-openweb/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/a-letter-from-the-margins-of-the-openweb/</a> I am still digging <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/makinghistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#makinghistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OMN</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/indymediaback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indymediaback</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OGB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OGB</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RIPENCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RIPENCC</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NGI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NGI</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NLnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NLnet</a>

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