Notices by holga (hpk@chaos.social)

Most new interesting projects in the social media or messenger space get started by few or even single people. That's totally fine. But if years into development, with a sizable user community, a very hyped project is still centered on a single person with no cooperative dev community to speak of I consider it a warning sign. Mid to long term it is not (only) individual genius but cooperation abilities and practises that allow evolving a sustainable alternative app or service.

@Daojoan while I am sympathetic to many of your points, I regard your ascribed "cynical" behaviour as only superficially cynical. It's often a disguise for confirming the status quo. Not sure if you have the patience or interest to engage but here is a quite different take on "cynics" https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/alejandro-de-acosta-cynical-lessons

@tth @nic must break a lance for those who oppose banafrog by using shinapples instead. Has more peeesh and baaash. Ftw!

Cars to germans are what guns are to americans. Ideologically and psychologically charged no matter the costs or deaths.

How honest is Germany discussing the ICJ case from South Africa against Israel? So much that Namibia condemning Germany's statement to ICJ is not reported in mainstream even though it suffered genocide beginning of the 20th century from Germany ..... https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/14/namibia-condemns-germany-for-defending-israel-in-icj-genocide-case
But of course the new king of Denmark is top news ....

@tinydoctor "can not remember" indeed also means the act of remembering. Remembering a situation of my life, a conversation, is not "knowing it" but living through it again, partly and from there sensistivities rise as to the present. There is no "item" to know and then suddenly everything is different.

Spaces become public through conflict.

It's the conflicts and how we are cooperating around and through it what could make the #fediverse meaningful on larger scales. Don't measure by "number of users", rather appreciate interactions and enjoy other's takes and life signs like you would do in real life.

Oh and protected spaces are totally ok.
There is no imperative to "open up" to toxicity. As they say, free speech does not mean everyone needs to listen.

Meanwhile EU borders kill people on a daily basis. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/21/dozens-of-people-drown-after-dinghy-sinks-near-canary-islands
Still remember how in school I learned about the west/east Germany border where around 140 people were killed in 28 years and it was considered a very evil thing (I grew up in the west). Many times more died just in June 2023 on EU borders. The EU border is orders of magnitude deadlier than the Berlin wall.