The article discusses the challenges faced by individuals involved in open social web projects, highlighting a collective sense of disillusionment amid societal issues like propaganda and climate disasters. Despite this, the author emphasizes the necessity of collaboration among developers and users to inspire change and improve social media. Their personal experience reflects broader sentiments of hope and struggle, pointing out that no single vision will succeed; rather, a collective effort is required to create a stronger, more effective online social network.
The strength of the social web is the people behind it. It's not the vision of a single person. It's a collective of ideas and people who want to see change.
It's hard to stay inspired against that. It's hard to keep going when you're watching your friends become the target of propaganda and climate-induced disaster.
We must work together. It's wonderful to have so many projects in this space, but if we stay in our own circles the wider community won't benefit.
We're offering many different routes to an online social network that doesn't suck. Unfortunately, that's not enough for a lot of people.
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