Eric Maugendre · @eric
23 followers · 82 posts · Server social.coop“The fundamental reason for the
study of #group psychology is that no one can give us democracy, we must
learn #democracy. To be a democrat is not to decide on a certain form of human #association, it is to learn how to live with other men.”
Mary P. #Follett, 1919
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#neighbourhoods #community #organizing #peopleNotUsers #meta #federatedNotDecentralized #FediverseCollectives #decisionMaking 🧐#sharedGovernance 🏠#powerSharing #cooperation 🧩#orgGovernance 🧱#orgDesign 🧩#communityGovernance
#group #democracy #association #follett #neighbourhoods #community #organizing #peopleNotUsers #meta #federatedNotDecentralized #FediverseCollectives #decisionmaking #sharedgovernance #powersharing #cooperation #orgGovernance #orgdesign #CommunityGovernance
Eric Maugendre · @maugendre
33 followers · 21 posts · Server hachyderm.ioThe governance of #Mastodon has been a heated subject for a long time: here is an excellent article by Ana Valens (dated 2019) on the power plays in Mastodon development: https://www.dailydot.com/debug/mastodon-fediverse-eugen-rochko/ #benevolence #power 🌈#alphabetMafia #networkPolitics #devGovernance #longread #peopleNotUsers
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#benevolentDictator #EugenRochko #Rochko #leadership #security #moderation #MastodonHistory #governance #protection 🌱#dataProtection #dataPrivacy #privacy (to be continued: 👇🏾)
#mastodon #benevolence #power #alphabetmafia #networkPolitics #devGovernance #longread #peopleNotUsers #benevolentDictator #eugenrochko #rochko #leadership #security #moderation #MastodonHistory #governance #protection #dataprotection #dataprivacy #privacy
Eric Maugendre · @maugendre
33 followers · 21 posts · Server hachyderm.ioThe governance of #Mastodon has been a heated subject for a long time: here is an excellent article by Ana Valens (dated 2019) on the power plays in Mastodon development: https://www.dailydot.com/debug/mastodon-fediverse-eugen-rochko/ #benevolence #power #networkPolitics #devGovernance #longread #peopleNotUsers
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#benevolentDictator #EugenRochko #Rochko #leadership #security #moderation #MastodonHistory #governance #protection 🌱#dataProtection #dataPrivacy #privacy (to be continued: 👇🏾)
#mastodon #benevolence #power #networkPolitics #devGovernance #longread #peopleNotUsers #benevolentDictator #eugenrochko #rochko #leadership #security #moderation #MastodonHistory #governance #protection #dataprotection #dataprivacy #privacy
Eric Maugendre · @maugendre
33 followers · 20 posts · Server hachyderm.io{About #MastodonForks; #installment 1}
I have a hint that a conversation on the #governance of #Mastodon flavours would be useful. Here is a #longThread 🧶
Let us talk about the struggle between creator and #community. This time we include newly arrived people.
I will propose how to alleviate with shortcuts.
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Hippo · @badrihippo
194 followers · 2662 posts · Server fosstodon.org@aral agreed! There's something wholesome about thinking "hmm, I wonder how many people are peopling this instance?"
Markus Eicher · @MarkusEicher
123 followers · 424 posts · Server fosstodon.org@aral @ferreiros Hi there. Agreed. 💯 I love this too. 👍
#peopleNOTusers should become trending. I also like #PeopleNotProfit
#peopleNotUsers #PeopleNotProfit
ar.al🌻 · @aral
25557 followers · 19653 posts · Server mastodon.ar.al@ferreiros May I just say that I love the hashtag in your bio. Welcome to the fediverse! :)
Alex Bambury #ActuallyAutistic · @alster
39 followers · 356 posts · Server universeodon.com@joshuatopolsky totaly agree, i came onto this site looking for #Twitter and found a positive #peopleNotUsers community. different and better!
TVanhoof (hij/hem)(he/him) · @t_vanhoof
219 followers · 646 posts · Server mastodon.green@aral
I fully support your proposal of #PeopleNotUsers even if you would not been the original thinker 🙂
I am also a big fan of #REScoops (Renewable Energy Sources Cooperatives) where people are not just consumers but citizens taking energy production into their own hands. We can do way more ourselves than companies and vested interests want us to believe!
Interlooper · @Interlooper
9 followers · 17 posts · Server toot.community@aral am game, new to the site just saying hi to all the people #peopleNotUsers though I do like those Tron movies with the line "I fight for the users" #tronlegecy
ar.al🌻 · @aral
25039 followers · 19533 posts · Server mastodon.ar.alHere’s an idea: let’s call people “people” on the fediverse instead of “users” whenever we can.
Compare:
“There are 42 users on this instance.”
vs
“There are 42 people on this instance.”
Which acknowledges our humanity more?
Language matters. We don’t need to perpetuate mainstream technology’s othering/colonial framing of “us” – designers/developers/other “clever folks” – and “them” – the users (usually one step removed from “dumb user” and usually the ones who get used).