"What of we took TrustRoots, this couchsurfing-like sharing platform, and rebuilt it on a permissionless, open social protocol. So they're in the process of rewriting TrustRoots so it runs on the Nostr open social protocols. So that it... doesn't have the problem that happened with CouchSurfing[.com]. So that it isn't owned by just one person - the creator - but it is... held in common by the community... who are hosts..."
@rabble, 2025
https://revolution.social/episodes/think-like-a-commoner-author-david-bollier-on-the-/
For nine years I've been active on #trustroots, an open source hospitality platform made by the people behind hitchwiki. I've spent the best times of my best years with this platform and oh has it been a wonderful time.
There's been an email newsletter today which I can only interpret as the end of trustroots. #Nostroots is taking over the platform and quoting its README:
"Nostr makes it easy to integrate bitcoin lightning, which may at some point be helpful to for example keep out spammers."
The mess we keep making of #FOSS governance
It's disheartening to see a community platform like #Trustroots https://trustroots.org facing challenges with governance, with issues and tensions among its contributors https://github.com/trustroots-community/trustrots/issues?q= and here https://trustroots.community/ This situation is messy and underscores the importance of establishing healthy governance practices within community-driven projects to ensure their long-term sustainability and effectiveness. The case of Trustroots alongside […]https://hamishcampbell.com/the-mess-we-keep-making-of-foss-governance/
This is sad to read https://github.com/trustroots-community/trustrots/issues?q= (it's about https://trustroots.org).
I think it's a good example of what can happen to a nice community platform when there is not a healthy governance practise in place.
I was a contributor a while some time back and had hoped to support an effort to healthy governance, but left before that was possible.
Would love to see case studies of how the running of community platforms can sour, not just the happy stories...
New on // foss.events: Nostroots Collective by Trustroots on 22-26 May 2024 in 1h away from #Berlin, #Germany
https://foss.events/2024/05-22-nostroots-collective.html
#NostrootsCollective #Nostroots #Trustroots #foss #floss #freesoftware #opensource #events #europe
@mariha will be presenting @sleepybike (a bird's eye view at the project) at the next Solid World on Tuesday (https://solidproject.org/events). It will be a 10min presentation alongside other Solid-based social good projects.
She'll try to explain, i.a., how #SolidProject addresses the issues of social network ownership experienced by #WarmShowers and very recently #Trustroots hospitality exchange communities.
You are very welcome to join the event.
thanks to #trustroots we camped @ kasper's property near #Aljezur. it was so lovely to share time with interesting and inspiring people that we stayed 5 days to chat, eat and help around the house. marc installed a kitchen sink in the shed and fiona mounted the water connection together with one of the other guests.
due some strong rain we realised that our #tent leaked. luckily we had a tube of seam grip glue with us. so we could glue the leaking areas.
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Hamish Campbell
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Pluto
#OMN (Open Media Network)
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