@RandomCanuck that's cool, what is the main thing that unites the community? Is it the idea of federated social media itself?

@daemonicusprince I like that idea, it's refreshing! Cool, I'm also a piano and jazz person among other things

@MrAndrewD well it is disconcerting to see people riding on the other side but it seems pretty relevant to here, and ideas transferrable to other advocacy contexts too.

@gardencat ohno, that's not good about Herman's! It's been about a decade now but I used to go there, special place.

@mwt excuse my ignorance, but I joined the Fediverse through the Forkiverse, which was a social experiment made on the Hard Fork podcast. They created it with vibe coding as a small project so I don't even know how it's still working now it's so big. Is that what you call the server, and there's another one for NZ?

@MrAndrewD also are you able to share that video? I probably need to see it to keep my cycling rage in check

@desertsquare fair enough. Yes I shall try to get better at alt text. Not sure if I've worked it out thus far but will. Totally on board with that norm. Your question made me think about all the how to videos about using social media to promote music which stresses me out as a musician, but asking who's norms they are is important I think, especially when alt text isn't always a consideration. I think you're right that we need to challenge the norm, double empathy problem and all that.

@MrAndrewD I'm also fairly involved in cycling advocacy haha! I write letters and share them in the communities I am a part of for input and ideas. It's the extent of the energy I have to contribute to collective action at times but yes, 'you vs the world' is problematic due to the powers that be thriving of us working in silos. I'm also involved in union work as of recently to try and become more collectively strategic in my complaint letter hobby

@MrAndrewD I was writing letters to the government to stop ignoring Long Covid but then I ran out of energy (ironically). In reality all I can do as little chips away at things rather than achieve concrete results on my own, but I did manage to get my building to put a bench in the foyer for people to sit on rather than the floor. A small win but a tangeable one!

@Pollinators that is very cool! I've just been discussing the way the CC movements get fragmented as people boycott various platforms as they get messed up by billionaires, while others are to sick and tired to be bothered to move again. It's got a way to go but the Fediverse seems to offer a solution.

@gardencat Canada by the way, I volunteered at Victoria BC Jazz festival a while back. I've added those to my listen list, the Oscar Peterson tribute sounds pretty amazing! My stuff is at linktr.ee/torithom but I'm releasing a parody of Paper Doll/ It's only a Paper Moon in a couple of weeks... A bit controversial in NZ with our copyright law but yeah it's jazzy

@NicelyManifest yes, I've seen a few books about that lately which I've been trying to get hold of! Especially where I am right now, as an arts educator advocacy for the arts existing at all is so prevalent. And yes, not evidence based grr.

@pinky I will! I've seen some of those posts and NZ isn't actually this cute quaint utopia (especially as someone who has never lived in a small town). But I appreciate the musings.

@gardencat cool:) ... You might like my stuff since it kind of crosses over those. What's some good local jazz where you are? I don't do live much because of health but keen to see Waypeople -Jack Baxendale (alternative/ experimental jazz)

@elbosso Kia ora

@desertsquare good question. There seem to be shared norms of behaviour that people pick up over time, but maybe the Fediverse is still developing little pockets of norms?

@gardencat I call it freak folk chamber pop but someone else called it space opera in the straightforward musical sense.

Am I supposed to introduce myself and #introduction ?..I confess I have never known how to use the social internet properly and the Fediverse confuses me a bit, but I feel strongly in the need to carve out alternative social spaces on the Internet. So excuse any social faux pas on my part. I am an educator and musician in New Zealand with a passion for writing complaint letters, bringing the social sciences into everything and dreaming of a world where we radically take care of each other.