=============================== ### THE DEPLATE MANIFESTO ### =============================== [Version 0.1.0] [DRAFT] ------------------------------- # WHAT IS DEPLATING? Deplating (verb): 1. The act of dismantling platform monopolies 2. Returning the internet to its decentralized roots 3. def: de·plate /dēˈplāt/ (from de- "undo" + plate "foundation") # MANIFESTO ----------- 0. THE PROBLEM ------------- The internet has been captured. Platforms have become prisons. Users have become products. Innovation has become permission-based. The garden walls grow higher. 1. OUR POSITION -------------- We reject the platform paradigm. We reject centralized control. We reject surveillance capitalism. We reject digital feudalism. We reject the status quo. 2. CORE PRINCIPLES ---------------- * Information wants to be free * Code wants to be open * Networks want to be decentralized * Power wants to be distributed * Platforms want to be deplated 3. THE PATH FORWARD ----------------- > Build alternative infrastructure > Support open protocols > Develop self-hosted solutions > Create peer-to-peer systems > Educate and empower users 4. CALL TO ACTION --------------- - Fork this manifesto - Run your own servers - Host your own data - Build local networks - Share knowledge freely =============================== EOF ===============================