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Concentric Groups, Knowledge Bridges and Epistemic Communities

vs Elitism, Celebrity and Oligarchy This article is part of a series: ‘Stigmergy: Systems of Mass Collaboration’. Note: Concentric circles relate to sound amplification – the voic…

⁂ community, collaboration, co-existence | Are.na

for building a collective future

Why Community Matters: Groups as the Next Step for the Fediverse

Federated groups in Bonfire will be spaces where communities gather to organise, care, and coordinate across the fediverse. They'll live next to your personal feed, but each group having a specific purpose: a study circle, a lab team, an activist collective, a local mutual aid crew, a project team. Inside you’ll find posts, conversations, calendars, shared resources, and more. Crucially, groups will be portable and interoperable.

Want to Strengthen Workplace Culture? Design a Ritual

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A platform for cultural exchange and event organization, putting you — as a creator, organizer, or spectator — back in control.

Volunteer – Socialists

We are a people-powered movement - we depend on the energy and enthusiasm of our supporters to get our message out. Every contribution, even the smallest, will make a difference.

WG Community Standards

A community space for coordinating, convening, and collaboration around ATProto

Giving What We Can, 80,000 Hours, and Meta-Charity - Less Wrong

Disclaimer: I’m somewhat nervous about posting this, for fear of down-voting on my first LW post, given that this post explicitly talks in a positive light about organisations that I have helped to set up. But I think that the topic is of interest to LW-ers, and I’m hoping to start a rational discussion. So here it goes…

More notes on Organizing, Mutual Aid, and Activism on decentralized social networks

Part 3 of a series. See If not now, when? Mutual aid and organizing in the fediverses, the ATmosphere, and whatever comes next and Notes (and thoughts) on organizing in the fediverses and the ATmosphere for previous installments and a reading list. "Mutual aid. Organizing. Sharing, contextualizing, and making meaning

Solidarity Infrastructures

Solidarity Infrastructures is a class that brings together creative practitioners to investigate, strategize, upskill, and dream toward alternative socio-technological systems.

Graze Social and the IETF - Nick's Blog

Graze Social sponsored my first in-person IETF meeting in Montreal last November. This post is about what it was like to be there and why standards participation matters for small companies.

Let’s talk about money

When we were building the first version of Open Collective, we found that communities and their members often had a complex relationship…

Redefining Culture Fit

Moving beyond superficial 'culture fit' towards shared values for building truly inclusive and effective teams.