Tobi Okanlawon / is on Nostr

Nigerian programmer living in Nigeria. Has ADHD (PI). Likes interesting people (bonus points if you know what's wrong with that sentence). Moonlights as an unemployable philosopher.

Is currently dealing with existential dread...

Pronouns: He/him, they/them

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2024-07-27 12:36:11

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It might not be clear, but I clearly got the message. We think along the same lines.
I agree with everything you said. The fediverse as a whole will always be a political project, but we ignore that to our peril.
I really just wish there was a way we could organise to figure this out. Honestly, I don't mind devoting years of my life to this, I think it'll be fun.
And if there isn't, well then we've got to do something about it.

2024-07-26 10:00:44

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There will always be a specter looming over mastodon in the form of an unanswered question: What is social media for? Or put better, What do we want social media to be?
If it's just a place to scream into the nether, then it really doesn't matter who's listening to you.
If it's more than that, if it's a place for communities to collaborate and communicate; and I vibe with this more, then we will need to build it to be that sort of place.
#mastodon

2024-07-26 09:57:45

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I hope that we'll be able to discuss and investigate this problem (if we can even term it as that) and I'll love to be part of the discussion and the solution if there ever is one.

2024-07-26 09:57:35

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I don't know what the cause of this is, and I'm intentionally avoiding blaming anyone (for those that think it's a white problem) or anything (for those that think it's because of a lack of certain features) yet.
I really like the fediverse, even though mastodon is all I use. I like the spirit of the fedi, and I'll like to see it work.

2024-07-26 09:56:30

Okay, this is part of my contribution to the idea of a monoculture on mastodon.
I'm Nigerian. Nigeria is about to go on a huge public strike, and I haven't heard anything about it here. Now, I don't blame anyone for that, obviously, but I think it shows the fact that perhaps there aren't as many Africans as I'd like.