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The core point is straightforward: large groups of people don’t act randomly. They cluster around shared assumptions, about power, about trust, about how the world works. To understand the social/tech #hashtags https://hamishcampbell.com/to-understand-the-social-tech-hashtags/

To understand the social/tech #hashtags – #OMN (Open Media Network)

hamish campbell 1d ago

Keeping the bridge in place isn’t an act of charity; it’s a basic #KISS survival strategy. How #mainstreaming funds grassroots movements, they get their value from https://hamishcampbell.com/how-mainstreaming-can-meaningfully-fund-grassroots-movements-they-get-the-value-from/

How #mainstreaming funds grassroots movements, they get their value from – #OMN (Open Media Network)

hamish campbell 1d ago

Update on what people are reading https://hamishcampbell.com/engagement/

Engagement – #OMN (Open Media Network)

hamish campbell 1d ago

What looks, from a distance, like a marginal issue is in central, a question of whether #Oxford remains a living city, or becomes more controlled, polished and diminished. What we’re growing at #OxfordBoaters is simple https://hamishcampbell.com/what-were-growing-at-oxfordboaters-is-simple/

What we’re growing at Oxford Boaters is simple – #OMN (Open Media Network)

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hamish campbell 1d ago

@thejessiekirk inspired a post https://hamishcampbell.com/closed-systems-protect-individuals-but-they-rarely-build-movements/

hamish campbell 1d ago

witchescauldron 1d ago

Most of the current “open paths” are cosplay at best, we need a network that links them as flows for there use to be unlocked from the current limits of #stupidindividualism shaping them – to become a native part of the expanding #openweb reboot. Closed systems protect individuals, but they rarely build movements https://hamishcampbell.com/closed-systems-protect-individuals-but-they-rarely-build-movements

Closed systems protect individuals, but they rarely build movements – #OMN (Open Media Network)

hamish campbell 1d ago

WilliamNB 🇿🇦🇬🇧🏳️‍⚧️6d ago

Do you own/run a café or a bike shop?
Did you know that 1000s of people rely on the Open Street Map to find facilities like yours?
If YOUR shop isn't on www.openstreetmap.org then I GUARANTEE you're losing out on potential customers!
Go add your business now!
And please boost this?

hamish campbell 1d ago

#OMN (Open Media Network)1d ago

Closed systems protect individuals, but they rarely build movements

People fight against or/and ignore the #KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) approach in tech because simplicity exposes power. Complexity, jargon, and process give cover - they make control look like competence. When paths are simple and transparent, everyone can see who’s blocking, who’s hoarding, who’s acting in bad faith. Many “experts” and institutions are emotionally and professionally invested in keeping things complicated; simplicity threatens their authority, their funding, and […]

https://hamishcampbell.com/closed-systems-protect-individuals-but-they-rarely-build-movements/

hamish campbell 1d ago

#OMN (Open Media Network)3d ago

We keep making mess, then wondering why everything smells

A big part of this is the language we use, when we unthinkingly spread #mainstreaming terms, we push the worldview that comes with them, and that worldview is usually rooted in fear, control, and market logic. Take “digital sovereignty.” it sounds solid, sensible, progressive. But, it’s a made-up term trying to frame the internet in nation-state and market terms - ownership, borders, competition. It’s a liberal answer to a fear-based economy: “how do we control this thing so it […]

https://hamishcampbell.com/we-keep-making-mess-then-wondering-why-everything-smells/

hamish campbell 1d ago

Decentralised servers - what we now call the #Fediverse - are often talked about as if they’re some new, radical innovation. They’re not, they’re a return to the original design of the network. The early internet wasn’t built to be controlled. It was built to survive. The core idea was simple: if parts of the network were destroyed - even something as extreme as a nuclear strike - the rest would keep functioning. No centre. No single point of failure. No “off switch.”

https://hamishcampbell.com/closed-systems-protect-individuals-but-they-rarely-build-movements/

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