DEADLINE EXTENSION: March 15th Due to some server complications + unforeseen obligation the deadline has been extended. As before, contributions can be submitted to li...@majesticmoo.se, lidia....@gmail.com or nikos...@gmail.com
On Sat, Dec 8, 2018 at 2:30 PM Lídia Pereira <lidia....@gmail.com> wrote: > After three years of (semi) regular existence, wherein we have touched on > topics ranging from Terms of Service, Smart Cities and Immateriality, it is > now high-time that the Pervasive Labour Union zine <http://ilu.servus.at/> > takes a very close and serious look at the universe of the alternatives. > Alternatives to Facebook, Twitter, YouTube: you name it. > > What do these alternatives look like? Sure, plenty of services advertise > themselves as "The alternative", but are they really all they claim to be? > What are the requirements of a 'true' alternative? > The Pervasive Labour Union zine already broached some of these topics on > its Special Issue with the Homebrewserver Club on XMPP - "Have you > considered the alternative?" <http://ilu.servus.at/issue9.html>. To > follow the HBSC’s strategy, a premium should be put on alternative > approaches, not on any specific alternative apps. > We need federated social networking solutions based on open standards that > are able to communicate among themselves, regardless of the platform being > used. > > Looking forward, what the new issue intends to achieve is a broader, more > in-depth look at the field of The Free Network, which, according to Sean > Tilley's article on the topic > <https://medium.com/we-distribute/a-quick-guide-to-the-free-network-c069309f334> > [ > https://medium.com/we-distribute/a-quick-guide-to-the-free-network-c069309f334], > includes both The Fediverse and The Federation networks. These networks are > comprised of projects such as Diaspora, Mastodon, GNU Social, etc. Which > protocols can and are being developed to achieve interoperability between > the different alternatives? How do scale and trust influence the field? > What are the forces at play within this realm and how to engage with them? > With this issue, we propose not only to collect a field guide of sorts, > but also to open up the discussion on the alternatives and how to tackle > the challenges posed by network effects, scalability and financial > viability. > As always, we welcome: > > - Texts (max. 1000 words). Texts can range from satire, theory, poetry, > propaganda, educational etc. to personal rants; > - Images (illustration, photo montage, photography, etc.); > - Any other creative interventions that you might consider fit with the > theme. > > DEADLINE: February 5th > > You can submit your contribution to li...@majesticmoo.se, > lidia....@gmail.com or nikos...@gmail.com >
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