@smallcircles @jdp23 @oliphant @onepict @dansup @[email protected] @u2764 @how
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@smallcircles @jdp23 @oliphant @onepict @dansup @[email protected] @u2764 @how
The frustration of navigating the mess of activism, tech, and grassroots movements, especially when they get co-opted and sidetracked by personal interests, #NGO agendas, or broader #mainstreaming mess. We need ways to process, compost, and turn this mess into a more productive path, one which balances burnout and disillusionment.
A part of this is the parasite #NGO and #fashionista paths, how NGOs and certain tech movements can parasitically latch onto grassroots movements, commodifying and diverting them from there original path. These no native way end up taking the paths they claim to oppose, and is a part of the broader #deathcult problem.
Mediating this deathcult and pratish behaviour is the path to challenge the individualistic, egotistical people who are always a part of grassroots movements. If left unchecked these people will derail collective efforts and reduce movements to infighting rather than the path of real change and challenge we need to take.
Composting the mess, is perhaps the most hopeful metaphor to turn this #mainstreaming shit into something more fertile. This metaphor is about processing what went wrong, reflecting, and turning that energy into a better path, sustainable, and rooted in the core values of the #openweb and 4#opens grassroots efforts.
The mess is undeniable, but with native openweb tools and paths, composting, mediation, linking, and decentralization there’s still hope to turn this #reboot into something productive that we so desperately need.
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I guess I'm part of what needs to be composted then, because I also agree that it's natural that people in grassroots movements pursue their own interests, and think it's just fine for NGOs and people coming from that perspective to be involved in discussions about the fediverse's future. SocialHub is what it is, and I agree with @[email protected] that there's value in a place for discussing FEPs. I just don't see SocialHub as likely to evolve into the kind of place for the broader discussions focusing on social issues.
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smallcircles (Humanity Now 🕊)replied to Jon last edited by
Afraid that - while Hamish is a most kind, eloquent man talking face to face to - online Hamish engages in parasocial relationships and bombards people with the same talking points for years and to the point of it being harrassment.
@how and I had to deal with this on behalf of SocialHub members, and engaged Hamish in our well-being procedure several times.
Hamish, start your initiative, improve the world. If people like it they will join your cause. I'm not enchanted.