Regulating Big Tech is not enough. We need platform socialism
opendemocracy.net
opendemocracy.net
A quick reminder that the public sector doesn't need Mastodon to adopt this space, they can simply shoehorn the necessary publication protocols into their content management systems like WordPress or Drupal to be direct participants in this ecosystem from publicly run infrastructure.
> Platform socialism is about reclaiming collective self-determination through new forms of participatory and decentralised governance that ensure we no longer put profits over human needs. It focuses on how we can foster citizens’ active participation in the design and governance of digital platforms rather than relying on top-down regulations by a technocratic elite.
Not sure that I could come up with a worse name for this (at least for this side of the pond)
There are many new forms of collaborative and cooperative governance that we should be experimenting with that have nothing to do with communism or “socialism” in the political sense. It should be obvious how absurd it is to keep using this word unless you are genuinely using it I’m the Marxist sense.
> ... unless you are genuinely using it in the Marxist sense.
The seems to be the case, it mentions the fediverse, but as an incomplete tool to achieve what the author is proposing. The main idea I got from the article is "social ownership" of the internet.
It seems that the author allows communities not backed/run by the state though. Maybe a throwaway line to appease critics.