Do you think opensource + Fediverse will develop into some kind of political force/movement in the next years?

original_ish_name, 9 months ago

We already have it, it is called the Free Software Movement. It was started with the GNU project many decades ago

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NuPNuA, 9 months ago

Lol, no. We don’t even all agree on a political outlook now. It’s largely the gamut from centre-left to far-left, but that doesn’t mean we all agree on everything or get on with each other.

brainschaden, 10 months ago

No

Lettuceeatlettuce, 10 months ago

Almost certainly not. Just not enough people in it, and the decentralization also works against that to a degree.

frippa, 10 months ago

I can’t see lemmygrad uniting with lemmy.world, not in a million decades. Not in traditional political stuff at least, they both support FOSS at least. (except one of them censors piracy instances but oh well)

Womble, 9 months ago

defederation isnt censorship. Can we please not ape the right in crying censorship every time someone chooses not to boost someone elses message

hottari, 10 months ago

Fediverse won’t do what the people lack the courage to do.

nicktron, 10 months ago

Absolutely not.

TheWoozy, 10 months ago

No

Durotar, 10 months ago

Fediverse is diverse. We’re not a united group with the same political preference. I don’t see that happening.

poVoq, 10 months ago

As others have alluded to here… the idea of internet activism as a political movement kinda burned itself out with the rise and fall of the Pirate Party; at least for most of western Europe.

Lots of interesting lessons learned can be drawn from that if such a thing were to be ever attempted again, but at least for now the Fediverse remains solidly in the “infrapolitics” space. We have a community about this here: slrpnk.net/c/infrapolitics

blue_berry, 9 months ago

I think its really a pity that the pirate party lost its steam, because it was left and also really anti-authoritarian (at least I think). However, I think the Fediverse could become political or at least societal really relevant, because I think there is a strong interrelation between how our social networks are build, therefore how we act in them and from that how we act as social beings in general. I think federated social networks could have a positive effect here and also maybe give the pirate party some steam again.

poVoq, 9 months ago

The Fediverse is political, it just isn’t directly represented by a political party or similar movement with political ambitions.

In a way that is good, because it allows us to slowly shift the Overton window etc instead of becoming a target of polarization and political manipulation like the PP did.

blue_berry, 9 months ago

Thanks for the link, looks interesting

poVoq, 10 months ago

Meta comment: Interesting difference in tone of the replies here and on lemmy.world… makes if clear again that attempts to “merge” Lemmy communities on superficial names like “fediverse” are mis-guided at best.

SharkEatingBreakfast, 10 months ago

Honestly? I think it will eventually be astroturfed by corporations and bad actors once it gets big enough.

Ziggurat, 10 months ago

Proprietary software and free software are both highly political choice, not sure whether the fediverse will change something. Unfortunately, many left wing politician still choose to use twitter/facebook and so on

angelsomething, 10 months ago

Wasn’t there a pirate party some time ago?

DmMacniel, 10 months ago

still is.

Jummit, 10 months ago

I find this question a little weird, because open source software (which includes the Fediverse) was already a very political movement from the beginning.

As for organizing, since there is no main authority or philosophy beyond make software open, it’s up to you and like-minded individuals to use the space as you seem fit.