Been thinking a lot about dual power and social media. If you're not aware, it's a state where capital based power and another, more socialist, form co-exist. The second is created by depleting the first. The move to federated, not-for-profit social media is an example of this. I urge you not to give oxygen to the other side, even to criticise it. Autonomy is the point.
Nov 23, 2022, 9:32 AM@heydon Well said. I have been thinking a lot about how moving to the fediverse should be a positive step and a new opportunity to embrace the platform.
Nov 23, 2022, 12:37 PM@heydon The problem I've been worrying about since I engaged with Free Software in the 1990s is that capitalism funds the systems that are undermining it. It's fighting back now. SAAS feeds on FOSS and makes profit from the labour of unpaid volunteers. We need a more equitable funding model in which those who gain, pay, if they have sufficient resources.