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#OMN (Open Media Network)Sep 10, 2024

This is an overview, the path we need to try is to focus on ##commons and ##cooperation for building tools and communities, to use these tools to challenge the current structures of power. This is a very different path than the ##stupidindividualism (as some people say ##hyperindividualism) of the current capitalist path. The way isn’t through more fragmentation, but by connecting these fragments into a more coherent whole—something the ##OMN (Open Media Network) is working towards. We need ##solidarity and ##mutualaid to build this tool, which can then be used to build the communities to use it.

The issues are wide, is not just the ##dotcons enclosing the commons, but the way people get sucked into the ##NGO and culture/control paths, which reinforces the very systems of oppression, that on the surface claims to fight. We can’t keep putting plasters on these problems. In the media/tech world the path is actually not that hard, real change comes from ##grassroots efforts that prioritize #4opens: OpenData, OpenSource, OpenProcess, and OpenStandards. These create transparency and accountability, and help us compost the ##techshit that has built up over decades of bad practice.

I outline this as the OMN project that provides a structure to link these disparate actions and paths together, creating a “native” ##NetworkOfNetworks where flows of trust and information/data and metadata can be built on solid, open foundations. By strongly focusing on principles, we foster ##communities that are resilient, self-sufficient, ##DIY and capable of defending against the enclosures that happen by default on the ##mainstreaming path we are all on.

It’s time to turn away from the (stupid)individualistic mindset that capitalism cultivates and return to a more healthy balance with ##CollectiveEmpowerment. This isn’t about returning to a naive vision of the past but evolving our tactics for the present, using what’s left of the openweb to build something more robust and deeply rooted, we have started down this path with the ##fediverse

The ##OMN is building from this first step, a path that is usefully as it’s native to creating a ##reboot for the ##openweb. It’s about recognizing the cracks in the current system and knowing where pressure can make the cracks grow to open up space to compost the old and nourish the fresh shoots of alternative tech and media that we need. This nurtures communities that then builds better tech, a simple circle, with likely a better outcome than the current ##deathcult

https://hamishcampbell.com/individualism-isnt-the-problem-its-the-stupid-part-that-is-the-problem

Meany people write on this change of path

https://hamishcampbell.com/recognizing-the-cracks-in-the-current-system/

#4opens #CollectiveEmpowerment #commons #communities #Cooperation #deathcult #diy #dotcons #fediverse #grassroots #Hyperindividualism #mainstreaming #MutualAid #NetworkOfNetworks #NGO #OMN #openweb #reboot #Solidarity #stupidindividualism #techshit