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witchescauldron<p>A letter from the margins of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openweb</span></a> <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/a-letter-from-the-margins-of-the-openweb/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/a-letter-fr</span><span class="invisible">om-the-margins-of-the-openweb/</span></a> I am still digging <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/makinghistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>makinghistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OMN</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/indymediaback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indymediaback</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OGB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OGB</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RIPENCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RIPENCC</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NGI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NGI</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NLnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NLnet</span></a></p>
Hamish Campbell<p><strong>A letter from the margins of the #openweb</strong></p> All the #OMN projects I’ve worked on over the years, from #OGB to #indymediaback, are not directly about social change. They are about creating the possibility of social change. A subtle, but critical difference. We don’t claim to have the answers. What we do offer are tools, networks, and processes that make it easier for people to imagine that the world can be different, and then help them to take the first step. Yet here's the mess that keeps being pushed over us. We are told this […] <p><a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/a-letter-from-the-margins-of-the-openweb/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/a-letter-fr</span><span class="invisible">om-the-margins-of-the-openweb/</span></a></p>
witchescauldron<p>The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> works because it’s radically different. That difference is fragile, and we need to protect and deepen it, not dilute it with NGO logic or replicate Silicon Valley’s pyramid schemes. This is what the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OGB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OGB</span></a> is aiming for <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/this-is-what-the-ogb-is-aiming-for/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/this-is-wha</span><span class="invisible">t-the-ogb-is-aiming-for/</span></a></p>
Hamish Campbell<p><strong>This is what the #OGB is aiming for</strong></p> The leadership model of the #Fediverse has long mirrored the "aristocracy" of many open-source projects. At the centre stands the developer "king", a benevolent dictator model that, while functional to a point, is fundamentally limited. Now, we see a shift towards the #NGO-style of governance, and ironically, this may be an even worse model. Let’s be honest: the day-to-day of the Fediverse is more like elephants stampeding while people throw paper planes at each other. It’s messy, […] <p><a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/this-is-what-the-ogb-is-aiming-for/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/this-is-wha</span><span class="invisible">t-the-ogb-is-aiming-for/</span></a></p>
Hamish Campbell<p><strong>News, the signal-to-noise mess</strong></p> Almost all our posting in the #openweb and in the #dotcons in response to #mainstreaming news is noise. It’s reactive, fragmented, performative. We scroll, we rage, we boost, we dunk, but we don’t build. Sometimes, someone posts something thoughtful, something deep, meaningful. But it vanishes in the churn. The system is designed this way. Even on our #openweb, where we have more autonomy, we are mirroring this spectacle path, feeding it attention, reposting its narratives, amplifying […] <p><a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/news-the-signal-to-noise-mess/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/news-the-si</span><span class="invisible">gnal-to-noise-mess/</span></a></p>
Hamish Campbell<p><strong>Regime change in the west</strong></p> There’s a "normal" dangerous illusion still clinging to liberal democracies: that we’re in a time of political turbulence, but the foundations remain intact. That, somehow, we’ll "course correct." But this need to be seen as blinded thinking. What is obvious is that we’re actually experiencing is regime change, not in some distant land, but right here in the West. And it’s not coming from tanks or coups, but through the ballot box, boardrooms, social media algorithms, and #NGO […] <p><a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/regime-change-in-the-west/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/regime-chan</span><span class="invisible">ge-in-the-west/</span></a></p>
Hamish Campbell<p><strong>Mainstreaming: Building Grassroots Balance</strong></p> Our history of involvement in #EU digital outreach and policy meetings has made one thing starkly clear, our #openweb is deeply entangled in the process of #mainstreaming, a messy, often co-optive dynamic where grassroots voices are softened, diluted, and redirected into bureaucracy, then in the end they are simply #blocked. Yes, while there is value in taking part, it's also a wake-up call. The push to shape digital paths from above is strong. But without active grassroots alternatives, […] <p><a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/mainstreaming-building-grassroots-balance/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/mainstreami</span><span class="invisible">ng-building-grassroots-balance/</span></a></p>
Hamish Campbell<p><strong>Rebooting the #openweb in a good way</strong></p> The #Fediverse exists, and more than that, it’s alive and kicking. Sure, it might be a messy, chaotic, a bit fragmented, and yes, still niche. But let’s not underplay it, this is the healthiest corners of the internet we’ve got. Tens of million accounts, hundreds of thousands active people, sometimes talking about how we build our digital spaces from the bottom up. Yep, there are the cat videos, the #fluffys and the #spikys. But also an in-group debate is bubbling away about who […] <p><a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/rebooting-the-openweb-in-a-good-way/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/rebooting-t</span><span class="invisible">he-openweb-in-a-good-way/</span></a></p>
witchescauldron<p>The problem is clear: If we follow traditional power politics, which are built on control, manipulation, and exclusion, we will fail. Building <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OGB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OGB</span></a> is about power without <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/powerpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>powerpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/building-ogb-is-about-power-without-powerpolitics/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/building-og</span><span class="invisible">b-is-about-power-without-powerpolitics/</span></a></p>
Hamish Campbell<p><strong>The Failure of #Mainstreaming – What Comes Next?</strong></p> It should be painfully obvious by now that all the current #mainstreaming paths have failed. Whether we look at politics, technology, media, or activism, the same patterns emerge, co-option, stagnation, and eventual collapse under their own mess and contradictions. The valid question isn’t whether mainstreaming has failed, it has. The real question is: What do we do about it? This applies just as much to our efforts to reboot the #openweb as it does to broader struggles in the "real […] <p><a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/the-failure-of-mainstreaming-what-comes-next/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/the-failure</span><span class="invisible">-of-mainstreaming-what-comes-next/</span></a></p>
Hamish Campbell<p>We can either follow the same old paths of control, stagnation, and eventual failure, or we can build something new that actually works. The choice is ours. Let’s make it happen, please. Building <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23OGB" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OGB</a> is about power without <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23powerpolitics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#powerpolitics</a> <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/building-ogb-is-about-power-without-powerpolitics/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">hamishcampbell.com/building-ogb...</a><br><br><a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/building-ogb-is-about-power-without-powerpolitics/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Building #OGB is about power w...</a></p>
witchescauldron<p>Let’s work together as if we are at a turning point. We can either follow the same old paths of control, stagnation, and eventual failure, or we can build something new that actually works. The choice is ours. Let’s make it happen, please. Building <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OGB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OGB</span></a> is about power without <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/powerpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>powerpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/building-ogb-is-about-power-without-powerpolitics/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/building-og</span><span class="invisible">b-is-about-power-without-powerpolitics/</span></a></p>
Hamish Campbell<p><strong>Building #OGB is about power without #powerpolitics</strong></p> If we want the #openweb to survive and thrive, we need new forms of power, ones that can defend the community and challenge traditional power dynamics without falling into the traps of control, hierarchy, and co-option. The problem is clear: If we follow traditional power politics, which are built on control, manipulation, and exclusion, we will fail. We’ve seen this play out repeatedly, grassroots movements spark change, only to be then sold out and absorbed, neutralized by the […] <p><a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/building-ogb-is-about-power-without-powerpolitics/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/building-og</span><span class="invisible">b-is-about-power-without-powerpolitics/</span></a></p>
Hamish Campbell<p><strong>Composting the mess</strong></p> We do need to share a sharp critique, that funding structures shape (and often stall) #openweb development. The argument is that #NGO funding models divert energy away from real grassroots alternatives, pushing projects into bureaucratic traps rather than fostering a thriving #DIY culture. With, paranoid individualism which stems from #stupidindividualism, a byproduct of the #deathcult’s mainstream influence. NGO funding traps devour alternatives, replacing them with sanitized, […] <p><a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/composting-the-mess-2/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/composting-</span><span class="invisible">the-mess-2/</span></a></p>
witchescauldron<p>Development - Next Steps for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OGB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OGB</span></a></p><p>The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OGB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OGB</span></a> (Open Governance Body) is a native <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openweb</span></a> project to enable decentralized, transparent governance for grassroots media and activist networks. However, like many open projects, it faces significant development roadblocks.</p><p>Currently, the challenge is moving beyond theory into implementation. The stalled dev work at <a href="http://unite.openworlds.info" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">unite.openworlds.info</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> highlights the common issue: lack of dedicated developer focus. The problem isn’t just writing code; it’s building a bridge between activist needs and functional, people-friendly tools. The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/geekproblem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geekproblem</span></a> looms large, developers work in isolation, disconnected from real-world social movements, or they get caught in perfectionism instead of delivering working prototypes.</p><p>What <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OGB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OGB</span></a> needs is practical iteration: a rough, working proof of concept, rather than endlessly debating the ideal model. The project requires coders willing to work openly, embracing the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/4opens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>4opens</span></a> (open source, open standards, open process, open data). The biggest blocker? A culture that prioritizes control over collaboration.</p>
Hamish Campbell<p><strong>What software do activists need?</strong></p> The core problem for the last 20 years has been that most activists were locked into #dotcons (corporate social media silos) because open alternatives were either too difficult to use, lack network effects, or fail to meet their practical needs. With the current reboot of the #openweb with the #fedivers based on #ActivityPub has already taken a step away from this mess. Here’s what’s needed from a software development perspective to break out of this mess. Open &amp; accessible publishing […] <p><a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/what-software-do-activists-need/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/what-softwa</span><span class="invisible">re-do-activists-need/</span></a></p>
Hamish Campbell<p><strong>The #NGO mess is hard blocking</strong></p> We need to talk, again, about how the #NGO world pushes HARD BLOCKING over the native #openweb paths we need to take. This isn’t some new issue; we’ve been having the same conversation for years. And yet, here we are, watching the same bad behaver and the same mistakes repeating, only now, with the #mainstreaming flooding in, with more funding and institutional interference. The simple antidote to this incompetence? Listen. Think. And stop blocking. Seriously, it’s not that […] <p><a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/the-ngo-mess-is-hard-blocking-2/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/the-ngo-mes</span><span class="invisible">s-is-hard-blocking-2/</span></a></p>
Hamish Campbell<p><strong>The #geekproblem is too often soft blocking change and challenge in tech</strong></p> The #geekproblem has been an ongoing issue in the development of radical and open internet paths. This is particularly evident in the influx of #mainstreaming users into the #Fediverse, bringing with them behaviors that, for us #openweb natives, are easy to recognize as part'ish, a mix of good intentions and ingrained habits that common sense uphold the status quo. Our response needs to be one of patience, hand-holding rather than outright biting, because if we want real change, we need to […] <p><a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/the-geekproblem-is-too-often-soft-blocking-change-and-challenge-in-tech/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/the-geekpro</span><span class="invisible">blem-is-too-often-soft-blocking-change-and-challenge-in-tech/</span></a></p>
witchescauldron<p>The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NGO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NGO</span></a> mess is hard blocking <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/the-ngo-mess-is-hard-blocking/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/the-ngo-mes</span><span class="invisible">s-is-hard-blocking/</span></a> Some want it to be a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DIY</span></a> or, as this is described by our <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fashionista" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fashionista</span></a> as a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DoOcracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoOcracy</span></a>, where whoever does the work makes the decisions. The more native path is parallel communities cooperating, as is outlined in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OGB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OGB</span></a> social tech project.</p>
Hamish Campbell<p><strong>Trump and the tools of the old world order</strong></p> An example of this is The United States Agency for International Development (#USAID) which was presented as a humanitarian force for economic and social development worldwide. However, its origins and operations paint a different much darker path, of geopolitical manoeuvring and #neoliberal hegemony over the last 40 years. Now, with the hard shift to the right, USAID is being gutted, alongside other long-standing institutions of the U.S. "liberal" global order. Origins and the Cold War […] <p><a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/trump-and-the-tools-of-the-old-world-order/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hamishcampbell.com/trump-and-t</span><span class="invisible">he-tools-of-the-old-world-order/</span></a></p>
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