I don't see these technologies as fundamentally different from using incorporation statutes and contracts enforced by cops and prisons. But we've had this exchange before, and no need to rehash it.<\/p>
Whatever the underlying technologies, I think we agree that our communities should seek to focus on the human skills and relationships, and let the underlying infrastructures only be an enabler of those.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-30:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/ntnsndr\/statuses\/116024062261737922","object":{"id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/ntnsndr\/statuses\/116024062261737922","objectType":"note","content":"
I don't see these technologies as fundamentally different from using incorporation statutes and contracts enforced by cops and prisons. But we've had this exchange before, and no need to rehash it.<\/p>
Whatever the underlying technologies, I think we agree that our communities should seek to focus on the human skills and relationships, and let the underlying infrastructures only be an enabler of those.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@ntnsndr\/116024062261737922","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/GuerillaOntologist\/statuses\/116023343019107958","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@GuerillaOntologist\/116023343019107958"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-02-05:objectType=thread:nonce=00029979323fb507","notice_info":{"local_id":"12070873","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-02-06T14:04:56+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@ntnsndr\/116024062261737922"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/GuerillaOntologist","displayName":"Jzero","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/48701-original-tmp20260320200228.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/48701-96-20260322043959.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/48701-48-20260321022557.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/48701-24-20260322043959.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"48701"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/48701-96-20260322043959.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":""Tell no lies. Expose lies whenever they are told. Mask no difficulties, mistakes, failures. Claim no easy victories." ~Amilcar Cabral","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@GuerillaOntologist","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"GuerillaOntologist","displayName":"Jzero","note":""Tell no lies. Expose lies whenever they are told. Mask no difficulties, mistakes, failures. Claim no easy victories." ~Amilcar Cabral"}},"content":"
@ntnsndr<\/a> Mine and 95% of people's. We don't want DAOs, NFTs, or \"AI Agents\" in our tech, or in our orgs.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-30:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/GuerillaOntologist\/statuses\/116023343019107958","object":{"id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/GuerillaOntologist\/statuses\/116023343019107958","objectType":"note","content":" @ntnsndr<\/a> Mine and 95% of people's. We don't want DAOs, NFTs, or \"AI Agents\" in our tech, or in our orgs.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@GuerillaOntologist\/116023343019107958","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/ntnsndr\/statuses\/116020748112219522","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@ntnsndr\/116020748112219522"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/ntnsndr"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-02-05:objectType=thread:nonce=00029979323fb507","notice_info":{"local_id":"12070139","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-02-06T11:02:21+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@GuerillaOntologist\/116023343019107958"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/ntnsndr","displayName":"Nathan Schneider","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/66149-original-tmp20251122034438.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/66149-96-20251122043501.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/66149-48-20251122041702.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/66149-24-20251122091232.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"66149"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/66149-96-20251122043501.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Teaching and writing media studies at CU Boulder. Helping to build a cooperative fediverse with Social.coop. Fan of democratic experiences and divine mysteries. Co-leading e2c.how, medlab.host, metagov.org, start.coop, wagingnonviolence.org.","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@ntnsndr","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"ntnsndr","displayName":"Nathan Schneider","note":"Teaching and writing media studies at CU Boulder. Helping to build a cooperative fediverse with Social.coop. Fan of democratic experiences and divine mysteries. Co-leading e2c.how, medlab.host, metagov.org, start.coop, wagingnonviolence.org."}},"content":" I think it is because setting up a system like Social.coop requires a lot of effort, technical prowess, and patience. It's great for people who are deeply aligned with democratic practice. But for people more focused on other things, it's a high price to pay for founders to have less control in the end.<\/p> I think more widespread democratic practice online will require a) making starting up comparably easy to feudalism, and b) establishing norms that it is the right thing to do.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-30:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/ntnsndr\/statuses\/116021288524301966","object":{"id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/ntnsndr\/statuses\/116021288524301966","objectType":"note","content":" I think it is because setting up a system like Social.coop requires a lot of effort, technical prowess, and patience. It's great for people who are deeply aligned with democratic practice. But for people more focused on other things, it's a high price to pay for founders to have less control in the end.<\/p> I think more widespread democratic practice online will require a) making starting up comparably easy to feudalism, and b) establishing norms that it is the right thing to do.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@ntnsndr\/116021288524301966","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/arod\/statuses\/116021249196813906","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@arod\/116021249196813906"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-02-05:objectType=thread:nonce=00029979323fb507","notice_info":{"local_id":"12068285","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-02-06T02:19:31+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@ntnsndr\/116021288524301966"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/arod","displayName":"Alex Rodr\u00edguez","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/215605-original-tmp20231119181047.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/215605-96-20231119181047.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/215605-48-20231119181047.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/215605-24-20231119181047.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"215605"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/215605-96-20231119181047.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Jazz trombonist, writer, organizer; Co-founder, Mirlo","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@arod","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"arod","displayName":"Alex Rodr\u00edguez","note":"Jazz trombonist, writer, organizer; Co-founder, Mirlo"}},"content":" @ntnsndr<\/a> what do you think that is telling us?<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-30:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/arod\/statuses\/116021249196813906","object":{"id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/arod\/statuses\/116021249196813906","objectType":"note","content":" @ntnsndr<\/a> what do you think that is telling us?<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@arod\/116021249196813906","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/ntnsndr\/statuses\/116020229211265233","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@ntnsndr\/116020229211265233"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/ntnsndr"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-02-05:objectType=thread:nonce=00029979323fb507","notice_info":{"local_id":"12068251","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-02-06T02:09:34+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@arod\/116021249196813906"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.xyz\/users\/douginamug","displayName":"Doug Webb","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/133892-original-tmp20230603170344.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":120,"height":120},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/133892-96-20230603170344.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/133892-48-20230603170344.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/133892-24-20230603170344.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"133892"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/133892-96-20230603170344.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Member of Kanthaus, \ud83c\udfe0 a common house in \ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea https:\/\/kanthaus.online Current focus: score voting \u27a1\ufe0f coop & commons governance \u2696\ufe0f Glad to be here with you \ud83c\udf0d","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.xyz\/@douginamug","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"douginamug","displayName":"Doug Webb","note":"Member of Kanthaus, \ud83c\udfe0 a common house in \ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea https:\/\/kanthaus.online Current focus: score voting \u27a1\ufe0f coop & commons governance \u2696\ufe0f Glad to be here with you \ud83c\udf0d"}},"content":" @ntnsndr<\/a> I took option 2 to mean something like: things of greater consequence could be formally signed off by more people, like defederating from a big instance, doing a system upgrade, appointing new admins\/mods, etc. (Routine mod actions could still be done solo)<\/p> Sure, as long as there is a single server, rogue sysadmin still a threat - but it does not happen often. Let's push sysadmin further toward \"titular\" power. (i.e. option 2 can be DAO-less)<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-30:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.xyz\/users\/douginamug\/statuses\/116020526187863447","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.xyz\/users\/douginamug\/statuses\/116020526187863447","objectType":"note","content":" @ntnsndr<\/a> I took option 2 to mean something like: things of greater consequence could be formally signed off by more people, like defederating from a big instance, doing a system upgrade, appointing new admins\/mods, etc. (Routine mod actions could still be done solo)<\/p> Sure, as long as there is a single server, rogue sysadmin still a threat - but it does not happen often. Let's push sysadmin further toward \"titular\" power. (i.e. option 2 can be DAO-less)<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.xyz\/@douginamug\/116020526187863447","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/ntnsndr\/statuses\/116020229211265233","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@ntnsndr\/116020229211265233"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/ntnsndr"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-02-05:objectType=thread:nonce=00029979323fb507","notice_info":{"local_id":"12067748","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-02-06T00:04:30+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.xyz\/@douginamug\/116020526187863447"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.xyz\/users\/douginamug","displayName":"Doug Webb","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/133892-original-tmp20230603170344.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":120,"height":120},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/133892-96-20230603170344.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/133892-48-20230603170344.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/133892-24-20230603170344.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"133892"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/133892-96-20230603170344.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Member of Kanthaus, \ud83c\udfe0 a common house in \ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea https:\/\/kanthaus.online Current focus: score voting \u27a1\ufe0f coop & commons governance \u2696\ufe0f Glad to be here with you \ud83c\udf0d","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.xyz\/@douginamug","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"douginamug","displayName":"Doug Webb","note":"Member of Kanthaus, \ud83c\udfe0 a common house in \ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea https:\/\/kanthaus.online Current focus: score voting \u27a1\ufe0f coop & commons governance \u2696\ufe0f Glad to be here with you \ud83c\udf0d"}},"content":" @ntnsndr<\/a> point being: I read opt. 2 to mean _more_ human involvement than opt. 1.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-30:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.xyz\/users\/douginamug\/statuses\/116020528706281117","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.xyz\/users\/douginamug\/statuses\/116020528706281117","objectType":"note","content":" @ntnsndr<\/a> point being: I read opt. 2 to mean _more_ human involvement than opt. 1.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/12067749","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.xyz\/users\/douginamug\/statuses\/116020526187863447","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.xyz\/@douginamug\/116020526187863447"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/ntnsndr"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-02-05:objectType=thread:nonce=00029979323fb507","notice_info":{"local_id":"12067749","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-02-06T00:04:28+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/12067749"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/ntnsndr","displayName":"Nathan Schneider","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/66149-original-tmp20251122034438.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/66149-96-20251122043501.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/66149-48-20251122041702.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/66149-24-20251122091232.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"66149"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/66149-96-20251122043501.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Teaching and writing media studies at CU Boulder. Helping to build a cooperative fediverse with Social.coop. Fan of democratic experiences and divine mysteries. Co-leading e2c.how, medlab.host, metagov.org, start.coop, wagingnonviolence.org.","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@ntnsndr","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"ntnsndr","displayName":"Nathan Schneider","note":"Teaching and writing media studies at CU Boulder. Helping to build a cooperative fediverse with Social.coop. Fan of democratic experiences and divine mysteries. Co-leading e2c.how, medlab.host, metagov.org, start.coop, wagingnonviolence.org."}},"content":" @douginamug<\/a> Yes, that's right! The idea there would be that a bot would manage voting systems, etc.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-30:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/ntnsndr\/statuses\/116020750633518592","object":{"id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/ntnsndr\/statuses\/116020750633518592","objectType":"note","content":" @douginamug<\/a> Yes, that's right! The idea there would be that a bot would manage voting systems, etc.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@ntnsndr\/116020750633518592","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.xyz\/users\/douginamug\/statuses\/116020528706281117","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/12067749"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.xyz\/users\/douginamug"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-02-05:objectType=thread:nonce=00029979323fb507","notice_info":{"local_id":"12067752","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-02-06T00:04:27+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@ntnsndr\/116020750633518592"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/ntnsndr","displayName":"Nathan Schneider","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/66149-original-tmp20251122034438.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/66149-96-20251122043501.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/66149-48-20251122041702.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/66149-24-20251122091232.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"66149"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/66149-96-20251122043501.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Teaching and writing media studies at CU Boulder. 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