✨ The rebellion will be federated & self-hosted ✨

On Dec 5, 2024 I published this blog post elenarossini.com/2024/11/the-r on @ele@elenarossini.com

On Dec 17 I signed up for a #VPS.

On Dec 22 I installed #GoToSocial and began personalizing my little corner of the #Fediverse: @elena

On Jan 14 I installed #Pixelfed on my server: @ele@photos.elenarossini.com

Yesterday I installed #LinkStack on elena.social

All this feels really empowering and I wanna help others do the same! 🚀

#selfhosting #FOSS

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Awesome AND / BUT computer systems are not enough... more work WITH people is needed, growing communication skills and the lives of others towards more of the same? 

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Great in many ways AND such speed is phenomenal...

Now the real 'next level' beyond systems to install is to actually invest time to talk with everyone and improve our ability to talk to each other... (this is not happening often enough in depth in most places / anywhere)

(That's the first small TLDR - more explained below)

I say this to you attempting the people-building stuff like I was a veteran for trying - homeless on the Fediverse as a result...
because mostly:

--> People are not investing in people (as it takes time / really they are not interested / want to keep separate but somehow want the world to be together)

--> Not wanting to doing the crushing mind work on their own life or with others, this is a big problem. Also another kind of

---> Not wanting to follow in the another person's mind for a while to see 'ah right they have a point even though big parts I'm not sure about and thought they were crazy at first'

Basically making friends with strangers... ⬅️ CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?!!
(said like it was the obvious funny thing to say and not shouting too loud either)

So I'm just asking can you do that? Would you be willing to try? (this is not any "all-in" question, can be step-by-step but is naturally a bit connected and demanding to reply / accept others). That is what is needed to build with people not just install systems that 'could' connect us like we already before if not as rich.

You have done great - but perhaps all is in one way.
Machines. Code. Not people.

The "radical" work and real change is doing "the people-work" as the main system change, and then slowly gather together the best of us to do better in more things.

➡️ That's starting 1 to 1 or 2/3 people ... 1 to many ... then many to many... (a mix also but chaos can also undo progress so from left to right first 1-to1 we can even do openly here)

So I suggest dealing with our own stuff, on / with / for others but ultimately keeping in touch almost until the end and even finding others to help do the same.

This gets real advanced when the :XP: "XP" points of the people in life increases and not just in machine installing or constantly changing code - it's dealing with why people are too afraid of their own shadow or humanity out there and measurably dealing with that. Our communication practice and confidence needs improving and "upgrading" (the arrival of computers were good but also now distraction)...

Nothing other than using the magic card of "time"and "reply" button does this. I admit it helps to have a nicer profile but at the end it's not about the aesthetics or even names online - you could be called 123 for all we need to talk because there are some who are like 'give me your name or I give you nothing' at some point and quit out. Those that still don't get pseudonyms or how outside oppression works to track people down- obviously could be explained or shown.

I really like how many things you've covered and the systems you've bought / installed / tried and tested....

Now walk with me a bit about ... as are not enough /to actually do the people work / we've had enough of what channels we've had for a while now and mostly done it as one-way 'system' things instead of "people-growing-people system"...

To improve just computer systems is not quite all of it but the various 'communication' protocols people have and can learn so they don't immediately falter when others have a slightly different way because simply they are just different / unique but in the same/similar ways!

Yours Sincerely

HINT 1: "The rebellion will be federated" — Elena Rossini

It's not just about the Tech barons though - it's about the average person that can't do a lot of people work... daily / weekly. (a lot is with excuses about 'time' but they spend a lot of it online not actually making friends, instead hating Trump perhaps)

HINT 2: reply here or DM to start building at least if you see someone here / me that is able to reply. You will get a lot that can't or people that reply 1 or 2 things and consider it too much already to do more as if that is not the cause of lack of depth in life).

You can't do this the same way as computer installed things
because improving other people themselves needs other people with that... best way I can think of to improve everything else, more than anything else I can think of.

Your Sincerely

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