#DigitalIssues

We dont challenge the language in the digital space. We dont challenge concepts, we dont challenge established analogies, we dont challenge excessive branding. We take what is given to us from the holy techemperors. Because to challenge their language is to, challenge reality itself.

#DigitalIssues

A tool should be customizable and interoperable with other tools, you should be able to understand a tool. Otherwise it is not empowering, it is not free.

A tool is not free if it is too heavy.

#DigitalIssues

The digital needs to stop being so anglocentric. Programming shouldnt assume english fluency.

@shalien Hi Shalien:) Welcome to the intercommune!

If you are interested in discussing the politics of the digital, you can use the hashtag #DigitalIssues.

#DigitalIssues

Cryptocurrencies are about decentralization with respect to machines. But capitalists controls the machines, so it means that we giving away power to the rich.

#DigitalIssues

We need to move away from branded language in technology, because it only serves to muddy our understanding of the tools at hand.

It also means that it is harder to translate to a target language targish, because the english brand name often breaks consistancy with targish.

By using branded language, our attention is taken away from the role of the tool, to a specific developer whom has a specific implementation of said tool.

Heaviness makes a tool become less interoperable, less tinkerable, less understandable and usage drains more resources.

Development of high resource tools requires more financiation. Its at least a full time job to maintain it and further development.

Much of the problem is that todays operating systems are designed around high resource tools. Low resource tools are often seen as technical.

We need low resource tools that aims to be part of a toolbox.

#lowresource #DigitalIssues

#DigitalIssues

If we really want maintaining a society to be less resource demanding, then low resource societies, enabled by lightweight software, is the solution.

Low resource societies would benefit us in many ways. Most apparently, we would have control over development, we would encourage studying code and enable increased flexibility.

A major problem with this, is that todays portals are incompatible with low resource usage.

#portals #lightweight

@jonny "well too late..."

One needs to criticize past mistakes to prevent them in the future, right?

This feature is not about making small societies more efficient. This is a scaling feature. It only benefits those who wants empire size societies. Looking at you mastodon.social.

Meeting unmet needs are exactly what we should fight for. But concentration of power isn't a need for anyone. Just because we can build something doesn't mean we should.

#DigitalIssues

#DigitalIssues

27th of october 2022 was the date when Musk bought Twitter. He escalated enshittification and made a whole lot of people seek refuge away from Twitter.

#EnshittificationDay

I suggest we mark this date to create awareness around #enshittification, and to promote #unchained societies. Help people finding spots where they can migrate to.

One month later, the 27th of november will be the collective migration day.

#CollectiveMigrationDay

#DigitalIssues

Now as fediverse is maturing, we know that it can replicate the experience from empires, we should move our focus to what we actually want from social media.

We should move towards resource light societies that requires less land and that allows freedom from addictive design.

#resourcelight #𐑪𐑮𐑦𐑯𐑡

#grounding #DigitalIssues

Dont promote the brand, promote the solution. Or better, abstractify the action. This evens competition among the competitors and makes it possible to abstract the subject

Dont promote gmail, promote email.

Dont promote Mastodon, promote the fediverse.

Dont promote RSS, promote subscription systems.

Dont promote Facetime, promote video calls.

#grounding #DigitalIssues

Dont promote the brand, promote the solution. Or better, abstractify the action. This evens competition among the competitors and makes it possible to abstract the subject

Dont promote gmail, promote email.

Dont promote Mastodon, promote the fediverse.

Dont promote RSS, promote subscription systems.

Dont promote Facetime, promote video calls.

What we need most of all right now is people who challenge #technojargon

I rarely see people who do this. Even in the "radical" #foss communities. In actuality, foss communities doesn't challenge anything, they embrace the established language. In #DigitalIssues there are no radicality.

#radical #socialism #anarchism

#grounding #technojargon

The system HTTP lets you jump from spot to spot, and experience other people's and organization's spots. HTTP is part of the interspot, the collection of all spots.

To create an HTTP spot, it requires a lot of development in order for the spots to be presentable. The site needs to be structured well and designed appropriately.

#Gemini is another interspot system which let's you create spots without hazzle.

What do we want from the interspot?

#DigitalIssues

#grounding #technojargon

The system HTTP lets you jump from spot to spot, and experience other people's and organization's spots. HTTP is part of the interspot, the collection of all spots.

To create an HTTP spot, it requires a lot of development in order for the spots to be presentable. The site needs to be structured well and designed appropriately.

Gemini is another interspot system which let's you create spots without hazzle.

What do we want from the interspot?

#DigitalIssues

#grounding #technojargon

The communication system's bluetooth and wifi are radiation systems because they use radiation to enable communication.

This kind of radiation is public, so one should expect that your signals can be watched.

What harms does radiation communication pose to our privacy, surveillance and society? How can this radiation be abused and how can we bring more awareness around this radiation?

#DigitalIssues

Have you ever wondered why people don't care about privacy? why aren't people self hosting? why don't people use unchained software?

The reason is because of #technojargon. It is limiting the amount people who can join the #DigitalIssues discourse, and thus reducing awareness.

When techlitterate people are using technojargon, they are compromizing societal awareness.

#foss #surveillanceCapitalism #privacy #decentralization #lightweight #creativeCommons #rightToRepair #selfhosted #gemini

If Cyberspace was dominated by open software, our tools would still not have been liberated. Because openness doesnt imply flexibility, inclusive development nor human design.

#cyberphilosophy #technoanarchism #digitalissues #orange