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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://social.coop/users/smallcircles/statuses/116430144982471556">🫧 socialcoding.. (smallcircles@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Apr-2026 08:19:09 JST</a><a href="https://social.coop/@smallcircles" title="smallcircles@social.coop"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/20921-48-20260214092948.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="🫧 socialcoding.." style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">🫧 socialcoding..</a><div><a href="https://social.coop/@smallcircles/116430058957843856" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a><ul><li><li><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/user/7639" title="bengo@mastodon.social">bengo</a></li><li><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/user/101739" title="benpate@mastodon.social">Ben Pate 🤘🏻</a></li><li><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/user/260587" title="eucommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu">European Commission</a></li></ul></div></section><article><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@benpate">@benpate</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@bengo">@bengo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@strypey">@strypey</a> <a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission">@EUCommission</a> <a href="https://social.nlnet.nl/@nlnet">@nlnet</a></p><p>When it comes to Conway's Law then, what do we have today in terms of alternative <a href="https://social.coop/tags/SocialNetworking" rel="tag">#SocialNetworking</a> environment, here on <a href="https://social.coop/tags/ActivityPub" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a> fediverse?</p><p>If I squint my eyes so the details become vague, I see more or less a copy/paste of existing <a href="https://social.coop/tags/SocialMedia" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> that we are all familiar with, and as <a href="https://social.coop/tags/BigTech" rel="tag">#BigTech</a> forces it through our throat. BUT! Decentralized.. a great achievement. We can now build our own roads, instead of being forced to take the highway.</p><p>The observation that we "copy/pasted" may or may not be an indicator of the risk that Conway's Law does its work. I leave that as part of my call-for-reflection. Same holds for the risk of corporate capture, who can quickly pave over with asphalt any 'desire path' that became popular, and perhaps make it a toll road.</p><p>More interesting it gets when it comes to <a href="https://social.coop/tags/ethics" rel="tag">#ethics</a>: dealing with tech externalities. See: <a href="https://social.coop/@smallcircles/116316524763055082" rel="nofollow">https://social.coop/@smallcircles/116316524763055082</a></p><p>And <a href="https://social.coop/tags/sustainability" rel="tag">#sustainability</a>: Go from <a href="https://social.coop/tags/FOSS" rel="tag">#FOSS</a> to Sustainable open social systems.</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/6337486#notice-12481875">In conversation</a><time datetime="2026-04-21T08:19:09+09:00" title="Tuesday, 21-Apr-2026 08:19:09 JST">about 2 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://social.coop/@smallcircles/116430144982471556" rel="external" title="Sent from social.coop via ActivityPub">social.coop</a></span></span><a href="https://social.coop/@smallcircles/116430144982471556">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>No result found on File_thumbnail lookup.</div><h5><a href="https://social.coop/@smallcircles/116316524763055082And">🫧 socialcoding.. (@smallcircles@social.coop)</a></h5><div> from <span>🫧 socialcoding..</span></div></header><div>#ThoughtProvoker :blobhyperthink: Uncomfortable questions..- To what extent is #FOSS complicit to the rise of #BigTech? - To what extent is FOSS complicit to disruptive #AI craze we face today?- To what extent are vibe coding #LLM even possible without FOSS?"BUT.. BUT.. The License!"- To what extent does slapping on a license free us from responsibility, knowing that it hardly offers protection from abuse?- To what extent did FOSS too just introduce the tech and damn the externalities?- To what extent is FOSS complicit to the current state of the world?- To what extent is it enough to consider FOSS to be "imbibed by good morals and values" if we can't defend those?#poll #ethics[ ] We are clear. Because our intentions are good.
[ ] We are clear. We just code. Bad actors abuse it
[ ] We must find better ways to protect our work.
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🫧 socialcoding.. (smallcircles@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 21-Apr-2026 08:19:09 JST🫧 socialcoding..
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When it comes to Conway's Law then, what do we have today in terms of alternative #SocialNetworking environment, here on #ActivityPub fediverse?
If I squint my eyes so the details become vague, I see more or less a copy/paste of existing #SocialMedia that we are all familiar with, and as #BigTech forces it through our throat. BUT! Decentralized.. a great achievement. We can now build our own roads, instead of being forced to take the highway.
The observation that we "copy/pasted" may or may not be an indicator of the risk that Conway's Law does its work. I leave that as part of my call-for-reflection. Same holds for the risk of corporate capture, who can quickly pave over with asphalt any 'desire path' that became popular, and perhaps make it a toll road.
More interesting it gets when it comes to #ethics: dealing with tech externalities. See: https://social.coop/@smallcircles/116316524763055082
And #sustainability: Go from #FOSS to Sustainable open social systems.
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  #ThoughtProvoker :blobhyperthink: Uncomfortable questions.. - To what extent is #FOSS complicit to the rise of #BigTech? - To what extent is FOSS complicit to disruptive #AI craze we face today? - To what extent are vibe coding #LLM even possible without FOSS? "BUT.. BUT.. The License!" - To what extent does slapping on a license free us from responsibility, knowing that it hardly offers protection from abuse? - To what extent did FOSS too just introduce the tech and damn the externalities? - To what extent is FOSS complicit to the current state of the world? - To what extent is it enough to consider FOSS to be "imbibed by good morals and values" if we can't defend those? #poll #ethics [ ] We are clear. Because our intentions are good. [ ] We are clear. We just code. Bad actors abuse it [ ] We must find better ways to protect our work. [ ] Other (please comment)

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