Post by @smallcircles@social.coop

2026-04-19 21:11 UTC

@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu @nlnet@social.nlnet.nl Thx @bengo@mastodon.social for Matthew and Planck principles, new for me as named social phenomena. Our social dynamics are truly fascinating, but almost totally unaddressed in how we end up 'landscaping' our collective gardens when all tech gets plugged together, beyond apps, and "wild emergence" kicks in. > there’s a delicate balance of giving people something good and unique vs. something they’re familiar with and will use @benpate@mastodon.social totally. If you want to "rescue" people asap, the urge is to go for the familiar. But is that the best option, and sustainable long-term? This bears thinking on more, but as a collective, and how to achieve that, right? That's where #SX positions itself. Between hard tech and best societal outcome of its introduction. Grassroots nature of #fedi is a strength, but does not necessarily yield best outcomes. Most likely we get visited by #Conway. My next blog post (not yet published) ponders the #ParadoxOfEmergence https://discuss.coding.social/t/sx-sustainable-ecosystem-evolution-see/836

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@benpate@mastodon.social 2026-04-19 21:18

Long term, no. It's not the best outcome. But this is the difference between thinking like a "tech person" and thinking like a "sales person" (excuse by rough analogy) Relationships are a journey. They start with a loose commitment, then slowly build trust over time and ratchet up the customer's investment in the product. Super-secure apps may be the end goal, but you won't get there without the initial state: discovery via the open web. @smallcircles@social.coop @strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu @nlnet@social.nlnet.nl @bengo@mastodon.social

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@smallcircles@social.coop 2026-04-19 21:36

@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu @nlnet@social.nlnet.nl @bengo@mastodon.social > That’s a great case for each person controlling their own identity/experience/etc > I usually see apps as a kind of lock in @benpate@mastodon.social this! One's own experience is literally what "social experience" in SX stands for. And then projects upwards from Personal Needs, via motivated action based on them, to how they relate to other people, and ultimately at largest societal scale how they contribute to our hypercomplex 'construct of society'. See Pyramid of Perspective model at: https://coding.social/blog/reimagine-social/#pyramid-of-perspective Related notion in that article is Personal social networking. An approach that encourages making comparison and analogy with familiar social constructs offline, where we do social networking for ages. And then tell me e.g. where your local Moderation force operates, ready to slap you on the wrist for saying something nasty. Or ostracizes / silences you, 3-strikes you're out (if you are lucky). Countless things we build online are ultra-weird offline.

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