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annoyingly pushing for a more federated just world
I'm not an expert at anything, but I care. I like bottom-up power structures.
#anarchism #socialism #cannabis #matrix #acab
| politics | Anti-capitalist |
@djsundog and I are launching a project to build federated, open source, #bandcamp alternative.
We're building this because we need it. We're doing it ourselves because it will become a part of the larger media production and distribution ecosystem we have planned.
We welcome other open source projects, and we might even contribute to a few of them, but for the next several months, this is our full time gig.
Long term vision: https://mountaintown.technology/
Repo: https://code.communitymedia.network/MountainTownTechnology/aural_isle/
How and why: https://ajroach42.com/the-uncertain-future-of-bandcamp/
Fediverse bandcamp please.
I will give any developer a free outline of how to build this so DIY musicians and artists and small labels will actually use it and benefit from it. I will also administer an instance. Hell I'll administer your flagship instance if you want.
(don't answer with Funkwhale unless Funkwhale has had a major update because a stand-in for bandcamp, it is not.)
"NYC Mesh is the brainchild of a bunch of ex-Charter (Spectrum) employees who got unceremoniously shitcanned after participating in what was one of the longest ongoing strikes in U.S. history. They funneled their angst into a sort of guerilla activist project that installs wireless mesh networking antennas and routers on the top of buildings to deliver affordable (sometimes free) broadband."
Some correction and additional info: h/t @indybay
"This is great! Just for the record though, there's a comment on that article by "Brian Hall, one of the lead volunteers and founders of NYC Mesh" which explains, " Error in Techdirt article. We formed 9 years ago, which was way before the Spectrum strike. The enemy in those days was Time Warner Cable. The strikers have their own separate organization." "
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/10/02/a-volunteer-army-is-deploying-dirt-cheap-broadband-in-nyc/
#Commons picks of the day:
➡️ @wikipedia - The free open encyclopedia which anyone can edit
➡️ @openstreetmap - The free open map of the world which anyone can edit
➡️ @opensourcegardens - Org connecting gardeners, encouraging use of open source seeds etc
➡️ @opensourceseeds - Project to protect plants from patents by giving them libre licences (in German & English)
➡️ @creativecommons - Non-profit org which maintains and promotes Creative Commons licences
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