Aral- is this picture good enough to represent a bridge builders image? (at least in partial sense and more in the mine that physical perhaps).... And for the others, a reply to each of you here...
Gert V @gert
Interested to see what you mean by toll - could be bit wide-ranging and off-topic - but feel free to use DM about that to find a few things / explore or as you see fit here
There are lots of types of toll so yes maybe it can balance in favour virtually but then other 'costs' or exchanges happen for example the human bonding cost and even friendship that isn't always 100% there (though for me it is) but it needed for some more in reality than ' computer ' which we don't even see wwe're sitting at probably... - and perhaps human contact essential toward total harmony (which I think is possible through friendship first here too but eventually like comfy cats - going between places!
mellifluousbox @mellifluousbox
Funding, perhaps is my best and worse point - I'd say minimise overall
Even centralise between good folk to keep costs down (but say in Mastodon maybe it's all good and small already / self-managed...
so far I hope 'the rich people' can pay for people to upgrade each others mind so exchange privilege (and have enough comfort) for the humanising the rest do - if you can allow me to put it in that way)
Sometimes too easy for people to tool up using tech and all have same level... and forget that ' friendship is for the way ' more than paying for things etc... this kind of thing (which also saves money in the future or merges things avoiding things like website fees for a million people and all that really divisible stuff tech is EXCELLENT at when it's not bloat. The rest like all these vids much less return perhaps until personal and actually watched.
Maybe less bridges for some things and more for other things
And then also indirect ways because bridges are usually too pro! :-] and made by the army originally to conquer / regulate territory.... (bit of a spin there but backbones to Tech are maybe not great bridges)
Steinar @Steinar@snabelen.no
I think we're in the right place too.
Enjoy the pic and happy to jump into chat with anyone and do some small-scale human bridge building to start with :)
@freeschool @mellifluousbox @Steinar @aral Toll comes in many kinds. It could be software level incompatibility (linux versus windows), but also if we can only get somewhere using one particular bridge, people get locked in. I tried to install Elementary OS as a virtualbox, but it didn't work. So I'd say unless that problem is solved, I really can't afford such bridges.