In the #geekproblem mindset, crossing a protocol flow is a gateway. In #OMN, it’s a bridge.
That’s the difference between CONTROL and TRUST. A gate is locked. A bridge lets things flow. In the real world, we don’t put gates on bridges.
Strange how that basic truth gets lost in code metaphors […]
#blocking is complex, but often a symptom of a deeper problem - people often retreating into rigid, internalised worldviews rather than engaging.
It’s easy to dismiss, harder to build bridges.
Any ideas on how we reduce pointless conflict without exhausting ourselves?
#openweb #4opens
Coming out of ##noaw this is a good post - What could a #4opens world look like? hamishcampbell.com/what-duse-a-4opens-world...
For #openweb work, a useful rule of thumb is: Keep the core simple. Focus funding on maintaining the #4opens infrastructure. A note to #FOSS funders https://hamishcampbell.com/a-note-to-foss-funders/
"To start to compost this mess we need to get back to rebooting an alternative, for twenty years I’ve been arguing that we urgently need to reboot a working alternative. A good place to start is the #openweb as the mainstream web is dominated by corporate platforms tightly coupled to capital and […]
Blaming “the internet” hides the real problem. it’s not “the internet” doing this. The internet — the actual internet — is a set of mostly #4opens protocols, neutral, simple, robust, built for sharing and connecting. What’s keeping people hooked is the #dotcons: the corporate silos, the […]
Building Networks (Ecosystems)
Balance means prioritising the roots - not exclusively, but deliberately - to counter the dominance of traditional and #NGO media.
The corporate #dotcons, the “social media” mess — we KISS use and abuse what's left as compost.
The #openweb, foundation of […]
History isn’t something that happens to us; it’s something we make — or lose — together.
#OpenWeb #4Opens #OMN #OGB #IndymediaReboot
Most digital projects today, even the “good” ones, are built on dependency — on funding cycles, closed standards, and hidden hierarchies. #OMN breaks that by building around the #4opens (open data, open code, open standards, open process). This isn’t just a technical stance — it’s the foundation […]
People should care about the #4opens as they are a simple, practical defence against enclosure and #mainstreaming bullshit. They are the minimum principles that keep the #openweb — and any project that claims to be “open” — actually open, alive, and accountable.
Build trust structures early. Keep processes open (#4opens). Anchor everything in the commons. Make it harder for outsiders to extract value by building shared meaning instead of market value.
The real solution is always to respect and build from the #fluffy / #spiky debate, not bury it under politeness or pretend blindly it doesn’t matter.
#Fluffy brings empathy, care, and bridge-building — the social glue.
#Spiky brings clarity, honesty, and challenge — the fire that keeps things […]
The #OMN project is an attempt to flip the script. It’s #FOSS, but grounded in the #4opens as a social movement, not just code. The focus is on detox #UX - shifting people from passive content addiction to active, collective media-making.
Political Belief Systems hamishcampbell.com/political-be... these #KISS psychological ideas helps, a little, to shovel the shit we need to compost, the challenges and changes we need for progressive movement to grow alternative #4opens paths of constructive dialogue.
Why does this matter? On the wider picture, we are now past the point where the #mainstreaming paths and crew have effectively given up on mediating #climatechaos. We need to compost lies with #4opens horizontal networks hamishcampbell.com/we-compost-l...
The #4opens exposes these problems, but geeks still can’t see them. Why? Because openness forces social accountability outside their “common sense”, and geek culture resists that. Security is a social problem first, tech problem second hamishcampbell.com/security-is-...
That’s why the path is small, working steps.
Not grand blueprints.
Not closed silos.
Not endless “solutions” no one can use.
You start simple, you start open — and let it evolve.
#OMN #4opens
Dear #foss, #gnu friends, the vote to accept voting on the Mycelium network, A.K.A. bootstrap stage 1, is now open; you have until end of Sunday, 28th September to register.
It is happening at https://khleedril.org/mycelium-vote and the effort is fully described at […]
The effective path to take is through grassroots accountability and practical, enforceable openness #KISS The #4opens vs. liberal tokenism in #openweb tech hamishcampbell.com/the-4opens-v...
hamishcampbell.com/from-unstopp... We need to remember the old one. Compost the current slop. Rebuild from the roots. Base it on native #4opens, community, and the culture that carried us before this #dotcons mess took over.
AI slop, to #enshittification, the #FT writing on the internet is adding to the mess hamishcampbell.com/from-unstoppable-slop-to... We need to remember the old one. Compost the current slop. Rebuild from the roots. Base it on native #4opens […]
So, what does a #4opens world look like? It looks like the world we’re already building, underneath the rubble of the old one. Time to pick up your tools. hamishcampbell.com/what-duse-a-...
So, what does a #4opens world look like? It looks like the world we’re already building, underneath the rubble of the old one. Time to pick up your tools. hamishcampbell.com/what-duse-a-4opens-world...
This isn’t about hope in the abstract, it’s about practical solidarity in the spreading ruins. We need to compost lies, to build #4opens horizontal networks hamishcampbell.com/we-compost-l...
This isn’t about hope in the abstract, it’s about practical solidarity in the spreading ruins. We need to compost lies, to build #4opens horizontal networks hamishcampbell.com/we-compost-lies-to-build...
Start building commons-first infrastructure.
Re-anchor the work in openness, federation, and trust-based networks:
#4opens as baseline: open data, open source, open standards, open process - non-negotiable.
#OMN as the publishing spine: a trust-based network where stories, actions, and […]
Create simple, meme-able, and federated content explaining:
What the #4opens are
Why they matter for trust, governance, and resilience
How they contrast with #NGO/#dotcons/closed models
#NGO/#Dotcons are coming whether we like it or not. Better to mediate and influence, not isolate.
Build tools and cultures they must adopt on our terms (eg. insist on #4opens to participate)
Maintain clear boundaries: invite dialogue, not colonization
It is going to be difficult to reboot the #openweb in a #4opens way, due to the culture of #blocking on both the "left" and the right. Ideas please on how to mediate this mess to make this #blocking less blocking.
A guide for staying honest and native hamishcampbell.com/a-guide-for-... That’s where projects like #OMN, the rebooted #Indymedia, and the #4opens live. Not trying to escape friction, but embracing it. Mediating it. Letting it guide us toward what’s honest, what’s native, what lasts.
