"... the philosophy of Google+ was wildly different than ... Buzz. We took a lot of the same technology that had been built for Buzz and ported that over. But the approach was basically another Walled Garden.

...

Which is just really disappointing for someone who came in ... having spent so much time seeing ... how much the Buzz product had embraced that [open ecosystem approach]."

@will, 2026

https://openchannels.fm/lessons-from-two-decades-of-open-source-and-the-social-internet/

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#SocialMedia #WalledGarden #OpenEcosystem #Google

@pfefferle

It might be time for a broad (and thoughtful) conversation on the limits of openness, in the #OpenEcosystem? How do #OpenGovernment and #OpenData work within the #FreeSoftware framework? Do #OERs run the risk of promoting #fauxpen and #OpenWashing?

@lightweight @LibreTexts

@gruber

An issue we often have in the #OpenEcosystem is that “open” means different things in different contexts. Here, the protocol remains open (as with SMTP), with the potential to benefit a lot of people through what used to be called #OpenGraph. At the same time, the way federation actually works in practice is both much more nuanced and has important technical implications. (Try federating your own instance with a large one… or one filled with things your users consider toxic.)

"Libraries in the Open ecosystem"
@nic221
There's a lot to the "Ecosystem of Open". #OpenEcosystem
From F/LOSS, #OpenData, and #OpenBadges to #OpenScience, #OpenGovernment, and #OERs, let's work through a whole system of complex interrelations. Yes, that includes activities @weareopencoop & @openedtech.social. Also, #InfoPros (librarians et al.).
#LOUDGLAM is a neat example: Linked Open Usable Data in Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums.

https://hangingtogether.org/open-everything-everywhere-all-at-once/