Kate

Thinking: the difference between mastodon as a bundle of replicable open source affordances; and mastodon as a forming common ground community of very unlike types taking care with one another's needs and interests.

I can see why critical educators will jump away to a specialist instance and I'm keen to do this work, but while we're here I am really loving what I'm learning about human capacity to trust and share.

Nov 29, 2016 at 8:06pmWeb
Show threadTanya **moved**Nov 29, 2016

@katebowles I noticed when I invited someone new here, how quickly @Triplefox jumped in with a welcome and intro to the site.

What is working here is far more than "technical infrastructure"

Show threadKateNov 29, 2016
@Tdorey @Triplefox Yes, I noticed that. I also noticed many of us reaching across to strangers to say a careful non-invasive hello. Hospitality all around.
Show threadLaura Ritchie 🌸Nov 29, 2016
@katebowles I think the organic nature /happening of this has a special attraction. Would something that is intentionally purposeful and designed to be for a wider audience work? ... can people be invited/told post hoc - or is there something in the co-creation? I'm sure it would work, but might take active something. ...a parallel could be like taking the pasta out of Italy, needs care to make it taste the same at home...
Show threadKateNov 29, 2016
@lauraritchie my hunch: early stage work is still happening so I find myself thinking to mention this to people who I know are community builders. What it is now isn't what it can be. Some people may prefer to wait and see what that is. I don't mind the early stage, the sitting on fruit boxes feel.
Show threadEconprophNov 30, 2016
@katebowles It is very important IMO, that as learn as much as possible & document the two processes you describe: M as fed open source affordances & as how community forms/takes care of interests.
I am confident that while the path will be rocky, the long term outcome of Trump/Brexit/neolib crap will be a collapse of centralized hierarchies. Many people will want to follow in the paths we walking to create here. We need to be able to show them how some day.