Notices by Mayel - ghost account (mayel@social.coop), page 69

Choosing to opt out from a generally toxic and/or useless conversation can speak volumes to one's integrity more than having the last word would.

@Graham_Mitchell @Antanicus @alcinnz

The big diff of protocol vs platform is that several different platforms (as in different apps using the same protocol) are now federated right here using the same protocol.

If you want, for example, to have a cooperative economic system, it better use a protocol so all the cooperatives can interact with each other.

@alcinnz @Antanicus

Yes, protocols over platforms. But platforms are more visible hence the focus. I think it is temporary however, and in due course the emphasis will shift.

What is important is that we have robust cooperative-friendly protocols available to build on.

I'm very much "protocols over platforms". As the protocols empower people, especially if they're unaware of them, whereas platforms end up locking them in.

Though it is sad the hype is the other way around.

Hey all, I need some help rethinking community calls for #opensource projects.

At Moodle, as we did at Mozilla, I've been using a public Etherpad for people to:
- Sign in
- Introduce themselves
- Contribute ideas to the project

We're also using Zoom to:
- Discuss things via video and audio
- Record the call for later viewing

After a conversation with our data privacy lead today, I've got to delete the existing data we've captured in this way, and come up with a new approach.

Any ideas? 🙃

Help our friends at @Framasoft with their crowdfund and take back control of your videos!

https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/peertube-a-free-and-federated-video-platform/2018/06/07

Hey folks - excited to be here. #Introductions I've been involved with co-ops or co-op-like groups pretty consistently for the last five years. I lived in a housing co-op for over a year and a half, one where we shared responsibilities and built community. I'm dedicated to building new systems at a grassroots level.

As for what I do, I'm a web dev. I've contributed to the Mastodon codebase. I'm contributing to other #OSS projects right now too. Looking forward to discussions on coops here. 👋🏼

Can we please all agree the "battle royale" model is bad and move on? Thanks.

Here the english translation of the article about the work we're doing in #FairCoop as #OCE together with a bunch of awesome people @bhaugen @mayel @lynnfoster
https://hackmd.io/s/SyAN3ziem#

An illustration of The Restart Project's hopes for the future culture of repair was shortlisted in this year's World Illustration Awards!

https://theaoi.com/wia/rod-hunt/

Here's our blog post about the ideas in the poster, along with a high-res download, it's worth having a close look if you're interested:
https://therestartproject.org/restart-futures/

#repair #illustration

“Computers are not the thing, they are the thing that gets us to the thing.”

I was excited when I heard about #CoTech from Harry Robinson of #Outlandish at Open 2017 last year—excited and sad that there wasn't an equivalent on my side of the Atlantic.

I'm curious how CoTech has developed since then. Any news / reflections published somewhere?

FramaGit is a free Git hosting alternative that doesn't suck.

https://framagit.org

@Framasoft are guys with good politics, and even though theirs is still a centralised server, and a self-hosted solution would be better (as long as you don't use MAGAFA servers or IP addresses) this is probably a second best option for small projects who don't know how to, or can't afford to handle their own Git web interface.

#git #gitlab #framagit #github