" Let’s Reimagine Social "
Background: “Protocol laboratory”
The initiative started by @helge to gather feedback in Wiki: Vision for a Fedi Specification and evaluate feasibility of starting a new Social Web Protocol working group, has demonstrated how broad and varied the area under investigation is. Multiple different working groups can be created, who each pursue particular themes and use cases.
General observation:
Complexity of chaotic social web landscape leads to much wasted time and energy.
For all open initiatives in the fediverse ecosystem there’s real benefit to align, collaborate, cross-pollinate and co-create, and then create synergy together. Following a strategy of “Leveraging the ecosystem” we might get to a strength where an open commons and FOSS ecosystem might begin to challenge real big corporate competitors, like Github or social media platforms.
Considering:
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When a working group is formed, it is crucial that it can stay productive and iterate fast on design specifications.
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If there are multiple independent working groups, they can benefit from common organization, governance and processes. But also collaborative fundraising, if we come this far.
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Discussion in working groups will frequently stray off-topic, beyond scope of WG objectives. These wide-ranging topics are still very valuable, but better held at a higher overarching level.
In other words, reformulating:
Protocol survey aims to create optimal conditions for Working Group(s) to operate well.
Optimal conditions indicates more than a one-off survey effort and kick-off event. What can be greatly beneficial is a support organization that can facilitate putting putting order to chaos and ensure people’s voices are heard and input to productive working groups and efficient work processes.
Hence my proposal is as follows …
Proposal: Launch “Groundwork Labs”
“We Refactor Social Code”
Kind masses of the Fediverse, its time to unite.
Time to “Reimagine Social”, so put your toolbelts on.
We raise anchor of Spiral Island to carry fedizen crew.
Venture out on rough seas, set course to new horizons.
For passion and thrills, not for glory, together we sail.
Past familiar waters, into uncharted Human Web.
Our quest to find a Peopleverse and map our trails.
Discover how online we can truly be our own.
Groundwork Labs is an open-door public laboratory for research on innovative social web technologies, formation of a robust technology base, in support of a rich and vibrant ecosystem.
Protosocial fellowship fosters participation in working groups that co-design technology innovations based on a set of shared values and with emphasis on human rights.
Protosocial fellowship
Purpose:
- Reimagine social networking online
Organization
- DoOcracy (until replaced) →
pick up any task and steer it to completion.Objectives:
Social coding movement facilitates.
Host “Protosocial fellowship” →
facilitate #ecosystem:groundwork-labs related channels.Support “Groundwork groups” →
offer common support, provide shared resources.Protosocial fellowship adopts PRIDEful practices.
Pursue “Shared values” →
safeguard inclusive participation guidelines and well-being.Research “Social experiences” →
explore, practice, mature social experience design (SX) field.Innovate “Social web” →
design, implement, support robust fediverse foundations.Develop “Social coding” →
mature participatory development practices for grassroots ecosystems.Envision “Peopleverse” →
future where humane technology seamlessly supports people’s in their daily life.Groundwork groups incubate and launch when deemed viable and sustainable.
- Groups are independent, determine own area of interest and course.
- Groups may adopt PRIDEful practices to optimize productive co-creation.
Strategy
- Leverage the ecosystem to reap increasing benefit from co-creation and cross-pollination.
- Adhocratic emergence to foster incentives that motivate people to participate proactively.