Category: Digital Manifesto
Navigating the post-SocMed Internet.
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Into the Fediverse
For those who already know about the Fediverse, I can be followed at @index@heathenstorm.com (preferred), or @heathenstorm@heathenstorm.com if your favoured platform can’t handle groups yet. As for those who don’t (likely most reading this), an explanation: The Fediverse is a decentralised, federated network of independent social platforms that communicate using the ActivityPub protocol. Each individual…
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Startin’ up a POSSE
Owning one’s identity, online or otherwise, is a fundamental responsibility. It is a core tenet of individual liberty and the capacity to respond to any challenge on one’s own terms. Free from the influence of censorious agents who would silence or sway opinion to insidious ends. Connections made with others still matter, absolutely. Even as…
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A Populace of Plastic People
In the 2013 TV special “How Videogames Changed the World”; Charlie Brooker (of Nathan Barley and Black Mirror infamy) positioned SocMed as nothing more than a game. Players would jostle for attention, earning points by views and followers. The aim being to win regardless of what it takes to get there, with integrity and accountability…
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Detaching from SocMed
It has become the fashion for folk to announce, very publicly and performatively, their departure from current Social Media accounts. Moving on to other sites, or even switching off entirely, due to changes of company ownership and the incessant swing of the political pendulum. Protesting against the new regime, they isolate themselves against loss of…