Notices by Björn Staschen (bjoernsta@eimsbuettel.social)

Where are open networks heading?

I had an inspiring day yesterday at Ahoy!, predominantely a ATProto developer meeting in Hamburg.

Some thoughts (and a pic by @samvie which I was very happy to meet)...

#SaveSocial

1) I was amazed by the positive energy of many attendees, and their dedication to create a new, open network. Especially @aendra.com and her ideas for monetization on Bluesky, Sebastian Vogelsang and his Instagram-Feed impressed me.

2) Also @eilah_tan taking about power on Bluesky and her views on the need for conflict (!) in order to get best democratic conversations, really great.

@pfefferle @j12t well - now it has to lead to something, but I was happy to gather people for both, not only regulation, but also strengthening alternatives.

@j12t So far its a public declaration (1) with a campaign to find supporters (2) aiming at influencing politics on Länder, national and EU level (3). So far we have no body or structure to raise funds. But - it´s a start. I´m open to taking it to the next level, maybe not today though, I´m exhausted!

We started #SaveSocial today.
An initiative of more than 100 writers, artists, journalists, media scientists etc.
We aim at strengthening alternative networks like the Fediverse.
And at ensuring diversity and democracy on Big Tech platforms by regulation.
Our manifest in English is published here: https://savesocial.eu/en

Please support our WeAct campaign (sadly in German - but the same content as the english version).
https://weact.campact.de/petitions/save-social-soziale-netzwerke-als-demokratische-kraft-retten
Please share. Thanks a lot.

Hat @pfefferle einen Tipp, wie ich ihrer den Account meine Blogs @news auch mal schnell vom Handy etwas teilen kann? Wie wäre ein Workflow?

@pfefferle @berlinfediday @millerntorpirat Bin für "und" 😎

@pfefferle @berlinfediday @millerntorpirat also zum Beispiel: Mediathek mit ActivityPub anschlussfähig machen.