Mad VillainApr 29, 2024

So, over the weekend, I’ve been talking a lot about the need to take Mastdon into a new community-focused direction, so I took time to write down some thoughts.

Spread this far and wide because it’s time for us to do something else.

https://h-i.works/2024/04/a-case-for-community.html

Please feel free to reach out with any questions or comments (in good faith) because this is a convo we need to have.

And I’m ready to get started today.

A Case for Community

Because it should be easy.

Show threadPhilip Mallegol-Hansen
@are0h Don’t know if it’s of any value to you, but I’m finally reading “The Cathedral and the Bazaar”, and in the context of Masto, maybe a question to ask ourselves isn’t only: Do I agree with the current direction?, but more generally: Do I agree with the idea of a small group of people fairly tightly controlling the direction (whichever direction that may be).
Apr 29, 2024 at 10:09pmWeb
Show threadMad VillainApr 29, 2024

@philip That’s the beauty of the hard fork.

People who can make a contribution, whether technical, financial, ideological, etc, will have the opportunity to do so.

Of course, there is the question of community standards, organizing priorities, and managing a forum for input. However, engaging in this process in and of itself lessens the possibility of a small handful of people controlling the direction.

A social media platform should be social from the top to bottom.

Otherwise, we’re just replicating the same mistakes from centralized platforms.