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Does anyone do the automatically delete/private your old toots/tweets/microblogs thing? Thoughts about it?

Someone made the point to me recently that the only people trawling through random thoughts you had two years ago are not going to be the ones that have your best interests at heart.

Gotta say, it’s making more and more sense as I sit with that.

What I currently get out of social media:

– giving me a space to write down my own thoughts
– getting clarity and dialogue on them from others
– learning about interesting things

What is missing for me:

– feeling part of a community
– forming solid, long-lasting friendships

I have a bit of a tendency towards isolation so I could do with changing my own patterns of behaviour, but I also think social media platforms could do a better job of nudging you towards actual social bonds.

There’s also an online chat space which is open 24/7, and you can participate in it via IRC, Slack, Matrix, or just via a website.

It’s separated out into different rooms so you don’t drop into it and get turned off by hardcore developer speak when all you’re wondering is what this thing is.

Not trying to ‘sell’ the indieweb to anyone… just reflecting that I really like the cut of its jib when it comes to community building.

#indieweb

One of the things I really like about indieweb is how it fosters meeting in real life. Local meetings once or twice every month, IndieWebCamps dotted throughout the year, and an IndieWebSummit once a year. Everyone is welcome to attend any of these, whether you founded the movement, or have never had your own website before.

Without counterbalances I find social media is weirdly and paradoxically alienating, so it’s cool to have community baked in.

#indieweb

Read What to do once you admit that decentralizing everything never seems to work by Nathan Schneider (Hackernoon)

Lots of tech projects these days, especially crypto-networks, aspire to decentralization. Or their evangelists say they do, because they feel they need to. Decentralization is the new disruption—the thing everything worth its salt (and a huge ICO) is supposed to be doing.

Really good article by @ntnsndr: https://hackernoon.com/decentralizing-everything-never-seems-to-work-2bb0461bd168.

I’m intrigued by the idea of where centralisation arises in decentralised systems. Is the protocol by which decentralised apps communicate a point of centralisation? Maybe you need some things centralised to facilitate decentralisation. Is that then a single point of failure?

Personally think it’s healthy to see a plurality of decentralised protocols, and it’s even better to see them bridging to each other. All about the bridges.

First two candidates for albums to get on my phone for offline listening:

Entrance – Prayer of Death
Comets on Fire – Blue Cathedral

A couple of great long players I used to listen to a lot.

Looking forward to getting long form again!