[HacktionLab] Idea for a short talk

[Raphael Kabo]

Hi HacktionLab!

I've been introduced to your work through someone on Mastodon when I was looking for UK tech events with a DIY/sustainability/activism ethos.

I've not been to a festival like this before and would love to attend either way, but I'd also be really interested to present a talk on how a few years ago I tried to build a utopian social network and how and why it didn't work out. A sort of postmortem of an attempt to create kinder, DIY spaces online. Some of the problems I encountered were social, some were technical, some were personal - and I also made a number of wonderful friends through the attempt. I could also talk about some other people working on creating better social worlds online, and what they're doing right.

My background is a PhD in English literature (I wrote on contemporary utopian literature, Occupy, and the like), and now I work as a software engineer for the Guardian.

Thank you for adding me to the list!

All best,

Raphael
https://raphael.computer
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