I hadn't a spoon myself so cheers to We Distribute for the reflection. @hello
https://wedistribute.org/2025/02/radio-free-fedi-shuts-down/
Celebrate community, agency, independence and artists' direct voices and choices, not clout cannons, gatekeepers, curators and skimmers.
Be wary of where you put your art and patronage. We need platforms that work for artist needs, not making artists work for platforms.
Stay weird, stay wild. Demand better of platforms or kick them to the kerb. Lift each other up and punch upwards friends.
We should as always continue to do our best to as directly as possible support our creative siblings as amiably as we can wherever we as artists can manage to be.
Seek change to build voices, don't shout them down.
We don't have to and shouldn't agree with every single platform and tool out there. Minimise harm where you can and do demand and celebrate good attribution and support paths.
Together we've proven it makes a huge difference being as direct and durable as possible.
Community building is hard.
Being positive in this timeline and tech climate is brutally hard.
Although the hamster is retiring from positive instigator, please continue where you can in your circles to support and uplift one another.
Same goes for advocacy, research, quietly testing of all the things out there competing for oxygen. We can be vigilant for each other and offer assists to those who ask AND warn when things smell off.
Be safe. Protect our voices.
#radioFreeFedi