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Implement a digital forest #51

Open OmeGak opened 2 years ago

OmeGak commented 2 years ago

This idea was triggered by @Sakrecoer comments on https://github.com/bonfirelink/websites/pull/50#issuecomment-988645061, inspired by conversations with @WilhelminaWelsch about digital gardens and motivated by my desire to give more visibility to subjective perspectives on the website.

Quoting my reply on https://github.com/bonfirelink/websites/pull/50#issuecomment-990377383:

Your idea of inviting to self-reflection in more explicit ways is something that I resonate a lot with. I imagine these questions and many others (e.g. What is a Tuesday for you?) being seeds for people to write their subjective perspective publicly. I believe that, these short essays would come to reflect more faithfully what the collective (un)conscious may be over time.

A format that I imagine for this is the digital garden or, even better, the digital forest. The landing page and main sections of the website, in practice, is representing the most institutional aspects of the collective, where content and aesthetics are curated and polished. The digital forest, on the other hand, would give a space for more extitutional expression, where a labyrinth of unindexed content and diverse aesthetics grow by multiple authors.

OmeGak commented 2 years ago

Reposting @Sakrecoer ideas from https://github.com/bonfirelink/websites/pull/50#issuecomment-988645061:

I would maybe list a few useful questions to ask oneself, and questions that might arise, to give a little ground for the less poetically inclined users without leaving the metaphysical realm. Maybe in two flavours:

  • Ask yourself
  • You may wonder

A little list:

  • How would you like to be treated by your peers?
  • What would it feel like to be at the receiving end of harassment, discrimination or bullying?
  • What would you think of a place where you get scammed, spammed or bombarded with irrelevant information?
  • What do you think of people scamming, spamming and bombarding irrelevant or nonfactual information?
  • What do you feel when someone is impatient or impolite to you?
  • Is it a good idea to post private information to a group with people that are potentially total strangers?
  • What do you think when a product is being thrown at your face?
  • How does it feel to be deceived by someone pretending to be something or someone they are not?
  • What is your reaction to unsolicited DMs from unknown members?
  • How do you navigate off-topic conversation?
  • What is it that you would expect from interacting with your peers?