Podcast: The Corruption of Open Source / Tech Won’t Save Us

Paris Marx invited me to his influential Tech Won’t Save Us podcast to connect two seemingly distinct stories: The WordPress collapse (that I also talked with Hagen about on his podcast) and the new OSI “Open Source AI Definition” (that is not Open Source at all).

I think we have actually reached the limitations of what the Open Source term and concept can do for us and I am not sure it’s enough for the future. Because software projects for the commons and a sort of social good need to face the fact that they are political and therefore need to include actual political representation of alls stakeholders as well as democratic and transparent modes of decision making (at least when reaching a certain traction/user base).

It was a blast to get to talk to Paris again, you can check the episode out at the Tech Won’t Save Us episode page or wherever you get your podcasts.

Liked it? Take a second to support tante on Patreon!

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

#ai #openSource #podcast #wordpress

We just released version 4.1.0 of the #ActivityPub Plugin for #WordPress wordpress.org/plugins/activity…

Some handpicked features:

* Custom Preview for “Fediverse” (needs WordPress 6.7)
* Support `comment_previously_approved` setting
* Add title to content if post is a `Note` (cc @davew )
* Fallback to blog-user if specific user is disabled (cc @cdevroe )

Happy federated blogging!

The version on WordPress.com will also be updated soon!

#automattic #wordpressdotcom

ActivityPub

The ActivityPub protocol is a decentralized social networking protocol based upon the ActivityStreams 2.0 data format.

^{WordPress.org}

#Journalists, please take note.

Given the recent capitulation of the #billionaire #MSM magnates, it should be obvious to everyone that claims of "editorial independence" have been used as cover for #CapitalistPropaganda for decades now.

Rupert Murdoch, as an example, has single handedly shattered the political #OvertonWindow in every nation under his sway.

Question: How do journalists worthy of the name challenge the billionaire narrative?

The fragmentation of the #press into the paid subscription #Wordpress #Substack #Medium model is doing the opposite.

Answer: the #PressCo-op

And, the answer ALREADY EXISTS in the form of the #fediverse. Journalists have to come together and form their own #instances and WE have to support those instances -- just like we support our own instances.

We have an incredible tool here people. We have an incredible tool to break free of paying the MSM and Wordpress style billionaires to destroy our #InformationEcosystem.

And they have destroyed it. They've built a billionaire propaganda machine in it's place while we stand around wondering

@Gargron @Strandjunker @taylorlorenz.mastodon.social @mmasnick @jeffjarvis @pluralistic @cstross

And see: Comprehensive list of federated journalists, here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

Journalists on Mastodon and Fediverse (Responses)

^{Google Docs}

Got a #WordPress problem? Not sure what the hell to do about it?

As someone who has spent years outside the WordPress ecosystem, I have more than a few ideas for you.

Let’s start with your needs: tedium.co/2024/10/20/wordpress…

new @tedium

So, Your CMS Blew Up. Any Decent WordPress Alternatives Out There?

If your favorite content management system feels like it’s sinking into a shallow well of hubris, you might want alternatives. I have a few ideas.

^{Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet.}