New #Disintermedia blog post!

After months of inactivity, I've decided to declare the Bridge Seat project a success and close up shop. Thanks to everyone who backed the vision and tried to help us realise it. Honourable mentions in the blog post;

https://disintermedia.net.nz/a-bridge-too-far/

The way I worded this announcement might be a bit confusing. If I’m declaring it a success, why am I closing up shop? I explain this at some length in the blog post.

#cooperatives #TechCooperatives #BridgeSeat

A fundamental problem with P2P maximalism is that it ignores the specialisation benefits that come with federated networks based on connecting Community-to-Community (C2C).

Why I think this takes some explaining, so I've written a piece for the Bridge Seat Co-op blog here;

https://bridgeseat.substack.com/p/in-defence-of-servers

#BridgeSeat #P2P #P2PMaximalism #C2C #federation #decentralisation

Happy (belated) June solstice everyone, from the Bridge Seat Cooperative crew;

https://bridgeseat.substack.com/p/happy-belated-june-solstice-everyone

#BridgeSeat

I just published the last Bridge Seat Co-op blog post of the year, on understanding fediverse servers as a form of hospitality, and how we see our role within that;

https://bridgeseat.substack.com/p/from-competing-digital-cages-to-cooperative

#SocialMedia #PlatformCooperatives #BridgeSeat

Little bit slow off the mark, but I just got a second piece up on the #BridgeSeat Co-op blog. This one is about community organising strategies for moving out of DataFarms, and into the 'verse;

https://bridgeseat.substack.com/p/into-the-woods-we-go

#fediverse

I just published the inaugural post on the SubStack for the Bridge Seat Cooperative!

https://bridgeseat.substack.com/p/coming-soon

It gives a brief intro to our values and our vision, and the approach we're taking to setting up a platform cooperative for hosting fediverse servers.

#fediverse #FediverseHosting #PlatformCooperatives #BridgeSeat