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Hamish Campbell<p><strong>W3C How this fits into #OMN the Shared Origins and Intentions</strong></p> <p>Both the W3C statement and the #OMN recognize that the early web was built with open sharing, decentralization, and public good in mind. The #W3C calls for a web “respectful of all participants,” which aligns with the #OMN goal of building an open media infrastructure based on the #4opens: open data, open source, open standards, and open process.</p> <p>Where this W3C #mainstreamin alt path falls short (and why #OMN matters). The W3C vision speaks of “taking responsibility” and “addressing the […]</p> <p><a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/w3c-how-this-fits-into-omn-the-shared-origins-and-intentions/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/w3c-how-thi</span><span class="invisible">s-fits-into-omn-the-shared-origins-and-intentions/</span></a></p>
Hamish Campbell<p><strong>Dig, Plant, Grow. Compost the #Techshit, Repeat</strong></p> <p>Let’s be honest, much of the so-called “alternative” tech scene is still stuck. We fled the #dotcons for something better, but ended up with copies of the same broken models. The Fediverse, with all its potential, is still dominated by “mainstreaming meta” chat (“Twitter refugees incoming!”) or conspiracy-laden, #fashionista rabbit holes. It’s little wonder that even the nerdy privacy crowd struggles to find meaningful content or community. And no, shouting “fuck the system!” […]</p> <p><a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/dig-plant-grow-compost-the-techshit-repeat-2/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/dig-plant-g</span><span class="invisible">row-compost-the-techshit-repeat-2/</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> <p><a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/the-hashtags-tell-a-story-building-trust-in-a-messy-world/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/the-hashtag</span><span class="invisible">s-tell-a-story-building-trust-in-a-messy-world/</span></a></p>
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> <p><a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/why-most-geekproblem-software-fails-trust-vs-control/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/why-most-ge</span><span class="invisible">ekproblem-software-fails-trust-vs-control/</span></a></p>
Hamish Campbell<p><strong>The hashtag story shows the current state of the world</strong></p> <p>The hashtag story on this site is a way of using different hashtags to paint a picture of the current state of the world and the paths that can be taken to address the issues at hand. It involves defining each hashtag and how it relates to the larger narrative. Here is an example of a hashtag story:</p> <p>#fashernista is about consumer capitalism and the negative impact it has on society, treating it as a social illness.</p> <p>#dotcons are feeding this social illness by promoting constant consumption […]</p> <p><a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/the-hashtag-story-shows-the-current-state-of-the-world/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/the-hashtag</span><span class="invisible">-story-shows-the-current-state-of-the-world/</span></a></p>
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> <p><a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/bringing-indymediaback-a-gentle-revival-of-radical-media/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/bringing-in</span><span class="invisible">dymediaback-a-gentle-revival-of-radical-media/</span></a></p>
Hamish Campbell<p><strong>Theory and Practice in Activism</strong></p> <p>There’s a common confusion, often pushed by well-meaning #fashernistas, about how change actually happens. They love theory. They love to talk about change. But when it comes to doing, things go sideways. Why? Because good horizontalists know: theory must emerge from practice, not the other way around.</p> <p>At the root of radical practice is #DIY culture. We don’t wait for perfect theory or academic approval. We get our hands dirty. We try things, we fail, we try again. Through this, we […]</p> <p><a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/theory-and-practice-in-activism-2/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/theory-and-</span><span class="invisible">practice-in-activism-2/</span></a></p>
Hamish Campbell<p><strong>Where’s the Resistance to Algorithmic Monopolies?</strong></p> <p>The big question need to be highlighted: where will pressure for meaningful regulation of #dotcons algorithmic monopolies actually come from?</p> <p>Right now, it’s hard to see. Lawmakers generally have a poor grasp of the real problems, decades behind on both the tech and its corrosive social consequences. Most legislation we get is either pre-packaged by lobbyists from the very platforms causing the harm, or superficial and narrow, focused on headline optics like “online harms” or […]</p> <p><a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/wheres-the-resistance-to-algorithmic-monopolies/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/wheres-the-</span><span class="invisible">resistance-to-algorithmic-monopolies/</span></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 a dinosaur, dead end, old thinking, out of touch. Despite spending years pointing out the obvious flaws, 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 guess what the cloud: It was expensive, less […]</p> <p><a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/the-mess-we-make-again-and-again/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/the-mess-we</span><span class="invisible">-make-again-and-again/</span></a></p>
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> <p><a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/getting-through-this-era-of-collapse-with-anything-human-left-intact/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/getting-thr</span><span class="invisible">ough-this-era-of-collapse-with-anything-human-left-intact/</span></a></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> 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>
hamish campbell<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://maly.io/@MattiSG" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MattiSG</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ohai.social/@senficon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>senficon</span></a></span> </p><p>My thought is that is well not messy enough to work in real life :)</p><p>"if you already have experience in operating commons, you or your organisation will probably have specific practices that are more appropriate to your context." </p><p>A long history and practice in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/4opens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>4opens</span></a> and yes gaps - but focus - it is designed to push out 95% of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techshit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techshit</span></a> the rest we have to discuss, compromise and work with</p><p>Tools are only useful if people use them, this is the current problem.</p>
Hamish Campbell<p><strong>NGIFORUM2025 is starting to timidly touch sense</strong></p> <p>DRAFT</p> <p>It’s good to see events like #NGIFORUM2025. The #Fediverse and the wider #openweb reboot are real forces for social good, messy, hopeful, and grounded in decades of grassroots digital culture, we do need to support them. BUT we also need to speak honestly, as these spaces are not healthy by default.</p> <p>Too often, they are co-opted by #NGO and institutional actors who bring with them a dangerous kind of “common sense”, what I’ve long described as the parasite class. We see this […]</p> <p><a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/ngiforum2025-is-starting-to-timidly-touch-sense/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/ngiforum202</span><span class="invisible">5-is-starting-to-timidly-touch-sense/</span></a></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://maly.io/@MattiSG" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MattiSG</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@robin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>robin</span></a></span> </p><p>This is not a bad idea... how to do this in a non-bureaucratic way so we can ovoid the usual capture by the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NGO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NGO</span></a> crew to feed to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fashionistas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fashionistas</span></a> so we don't just feed more <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techshit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techshit</span></a> to compost.</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 often blinded paths. Take this year’s chattering class 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 and […] <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>