witchescauldron<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@rooftopjaxx" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rooftopjaxx</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@hamishcampbell" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>hamishcampbell</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://todon.eu/@MediaActivist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MediaActivist</span></a></span> </p><p>Ah, the cockerel crows and the full moon glows, a fine moment to scratch at the compost pile.</p><p>You’re right, most are merrily skipping through walled gardens, hashtagging selfies and feeding the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dotcons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dotcons</span></a>. But seeds don’t need mass attention, they just do need rich compost. That’s what we need to build. Slow, damp, a bit smelly, but fertile.</p><p>The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sheeple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sheeple</span></a> and not my flock, they belong to the algorithmic shepherds. We’re feeding the stray goats and curious crows.</p><p>You don’t convert people by preaching. You do it by making better paths, ones they choose when the old ones crumble. We don’t sell the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openweb</span></a> like snake oil — we show it, live in it, fix it when it breaks, and compost the crap. It’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DIY</span></a>, not <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/drm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drm</span></a> </p><p>As for silos and skips, good compost needs oxygen, not airtight boxes. So yeah, a messy open pile — full of half-rotten ideas, posts, drama, even the occasional troll turd.</p><p>We trust in tools not gatekeepers, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/4opens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>4opens</span></a> are the shovels, rakes, and sieves. The people bring the scraps, and over time, it breaks down into something usable.</p><p>No army of mods, no paywalls, simple trust, process, and a lot of patience. Think rural anarchism, not startup governance.</p><p>On scaling... Ah, the eternal <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/techshit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techshit</span></a> question, "Does it scale?" That’s the wrong frame. Nature doesn’t scale, it sprawls.</p><p>We’re not building an empire. We’re nurturing a network. Think mycelium, not megastructure.</p><p>The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OMN</span></a> isn’t about numbers. It’s about resilience and agency. If it sprouts in some cracks, the monoculture breaks. And yes, nettles welcome</p><p>The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Kolektivas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kolektivas</span></a>, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fashernista" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fashernista</span></a> paradoxes, the semi-anarchic infighting, it all goes in the pile. Break it down, stir it up, give it time…</p><p>And what do you get? Fluffy, fertile humus — ready for new growth. That’s the cycle. That’s the plan.</p>