#Tag · Bonfire

Johannes Ernst @j12t@j12t.social · 3 months ago

The open web is amazing.

So we keep saying in our little subculture, e.g. at #xoxo on the weekend or all over the #fediverse and #indieweb. And generally are met with incomprehension outside of our little subculture.

IMHO that's because we are not saying **why** the open web is amazing.

I think it all boils down to: "on the open web, I can be much more creative, with minimum expense, than elsewhere, and so easily share my creations with the world."

Johannes Ernst @j12t@j12t.social · 3 months ago

The final #XoXo was a great experience. Sad to see it go. (There is a great opportunity for somebody to pick up the torch!! I would come.)

Most surprising, and gratifying for myself: about half of the people I mentioned it to had heard of #FediForum. The word must be spreading!!

Johannes Ernst @j12t@j12t.social · 3 months ago

@nelson it’s up for us to build alternatives and get them used. What have we learned since the hey days of twitter? What can we do now to not only replace twitter but serve the needs of the #xoxo and other communities even better?

Johannes Ernst @j12t@j12t.social · 3 months ago

“Daydreaming is the opposite of doom scrolling.” #xoxo

Johannes Ernst @j12t@j12t.social · 3 months ago

The one thing we all need more than anything else is a credible, realistic, exciting, lovable vision for the future. #xoxo #xoxofest

Johannes Ernst @j12t@j12t.social · 3 months ago

@molly0xfff says: the web is a medium, not a gatekeeper. #xoxofest #xoxo

Johannes Ernst @j12t@j12t.social · 3 months ago

Wondering where the #xoxo community is going now that #xoxofest is ending. What other events are there (still) that bring similar communities together?

Johannes Ernst @j12t@j12t.social · 3 months ago

Watching a demo of animations that people created with CSS only on cohost. The evidence is clear that I don’t know CSS. #xoxo #xoxofest

Johannes Ernst @j12t@j12t.social · 3 months ago

Lots of people at #XoXo who have heard of #FediForum. I'm amazed!!

#XoXoFest

Johannes Ernst @j12t@j12t.social · 3 months ago

Glad I brought my sweater. And there are sometimes some wet drops that fall out of the sky. Clearly Portland is not California. #xoxo

Johannes Ernst @j12t@j12t.social · 3 months ago

Marveling, as so often, how it is that while #covid numbers are as high as they are, maybe just 2 out of every 100 people at the airport and on the plane wear a mask.

In the grand scheme of things, just how much bother is a mask, in comparison?

Johannes Ernst @j12t@j12t.social · 3 months ago

Glad that both events i have been going to this month — #dwebcamp and #xoxo — have sensible #covid policies.