Julian OliverSep 1, 2023

Calling all off-gridders, frontline gardeners, fastidious foragers, community-facing survivalists, radio geeks, degrowthers, organisation theorists, seed bankers, disaster researchers and dumpster-diving technologists!

We're writing a wiki for uncertain times, using the Fedi as a knowledge-harvester. Sign up to Collapsible.Systems and help us do it!

https://collapsible.systems/about

Collapsible Systems

Collapsible.Systems is a research node to collect and share knowledge relating to the Collapsible Project (see https://wiki.collapsible.systems).

Mastodon hosted on collapsible.systems
Show threadJ blueSep 1, 2023

@JulianOliver can I contribute to the wiki without joining the server?

I distribute edible perennial native seeds for plants that are pest resistant and whose crop isn’t sensitive to freak weather. East Coast NA, zone 9-6.

I am also contributing to #ClimateChangeGardening to find and share solutions for home produce in the changing climate.

Show threadJulian OliverSep 1, 2023
@jblue That sounds amazing. For now we really want to ground the project in community, with the wiki abiding to the rules of membership of the Mastodon instance. What you can do though is create an account, and then in an app like Tusky, 'Add Account', so as to be able to fluidly switch between your mastodon.world account, and that of collapsible.systems. Nothing lost, much gained :-)
Show threadGraham Sutherland / PolynomialSep 1, 2023
@JulianOliver @jblue if you're ok with people joining the mastodon server and leaving the account fully dormant and unused as a way to sidestep this requirement, which seems to be what you're suggesting to people who ask, then why bother making it a requirement at all? it's not like having an extra Mastodon account with you makes it any easier to enforce the rules. the additional sign-up steps and cognitive load of maintaining the extra unused account seem like an unnecessary barrier to entry.
Show threadGraham Sutherland / PolynomialSep 1, 2023
@JulianOliver @jblue gotta admit, I went from "oh cool I might contribute to that" to "oh hang on, what? that seems like busywork" pretty much instantly upon hearing the weird sign-up requirement.
Show threadJ blueSep 1, 2023
@gsuberland @JulianOliver I was thinking that if I reblogged certain posts/threads to the collapsible instance, Julian would know to add it to the wiki. Not everything I post from this account (mastodon.world) is relevant to collapsible wiki.
Show threadGraham Sutherland / PolynomialSep 1, 2023
@jblue @JulianOliver seems like a hashtag would suffice. or a PM.
Show threadJ blueSep 1, 2023

@gsuberland @JulianOliver I think with hashtags, that puts a heavy burden on Julian to follow many different hashtags and comb through a lot of chaff.

I think PM is also not such a great idea bc there is no wider discussion. If I post something about permaculture or a specific plant in zone 8/9, I want to hear from others how well it works from someone in zone 6. I can reblog a post and Julian can see the replies from other growers.

Show threadGraham Sutherland / Polynomial
@jblue @JulianOliver I guess? but why make that mandatory for everyone if it doesn't fit their workflow? like, just... let folks post stuff to the wiki if they want to contribute. make the mastodon server optional.
Sep 1, 2023 at 10:13pmWeb