International Trans★Feminist Digital Depletion Strike - Revision history

Alnik: /* _reflections */

2023-03-21T23:00:19Z

_reflections

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	10 years ago I was on fire on social media. It was my job to be there and I loved it, it was still an exciting thing for me. 10 years later (now), I hate it, haha! Yes, I feel absolutely exhausted from it and cannot find any energy left to maintain an active presence on any of the popular networks. That also makes it quite hard for me to feel "relevant" and to share my work. But I am still a passive observer. I still have my instagram routine for scrolling there before falling asleep and I enjoy it.		10 years ago I was on fire on social media. It was my job to be there and I loved it, it was still an exciting thing for me. 10 years later (now), I hate it, haha! Yes, I feel absolutely exhausted from it and cannot find any energy left to maintain an active presence on any of the popular networks. That also makes it quite hard for me to feel "relevant" and to share my work. But I am still a passive observer. I still have my instagram routine for scrolling there before falling asleep and I enjoy it.

	A day without being ~~a day~~ would mean that if something important happens (like the strike, for instance), I cannot really share it. In order not to feed Big Tech with content and take care for their platform, I also need to stay invisible. Or if not completely invisible, quite disconnected. Doesn't also your online presence and feed represent your history, legacy and identification? For many, many people it does. Is there a way to be independent of this whole crazy mess and still be able to reach out to people?		A day without being online there would mean that if something important happens (like the strike, for instance), I cannot really share it. In order not to feed Big Tech with content and take care for their platform, I also need to stay invisible. Or if not completely invisible, quite disconnected. Doesn't also your online presence and feed represent your history, legacy and identification? For many, many people it does. Is there a way to be independent of this whole crazy mess and still be able to reach out to people?

	'''_on the Big Tech Cloud''' <br>		'''_on the Big Tech Cloud''' <br>

Alnik: /* _reflections */

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	'''_on chats''' <br>		'''_on chats''' <br>
	It's rather frustrating not to be able to be in touch with your friends like you're used to. Thinking of how much space do chats take from my day, even when I am really trying not to be there all the time, made me realise it is still a lot. I am also one of those people who get frustrated and anxious by phone calls. Not sure how and when it happened, but at some point people calling me on the phone started making me super uncomfortable. I see part of that reason is the urgency to be available at that particular moment and the expectation (you imagine) of having to return the call asap as well. I somehow transported that anxiety to chats as well. Thus, I am now trying to fight ~~with~~ the urgency of seeing the message immediately and responding as soon as possible. I now try to take my time and read/listen & respond in my own time. This is what I actually like about chats - being able to choose when to engage.		It's rather frustrating not to be able to be in touch with your friends like you're used to. Thinking of how much space do chats take from my day, even when I am really trying not to be there all the time, made me realise it is still a lot. I am also one of those people who get frustrated and anxious by phone calls. Not sure how and when it happened, but at some point, people calling me on the phone started making me super uncomfortable. I see part of that reason is the urgency to be available at that particular moment and the expectation (you imagine) of having to return the call asap as well. I somehow transported that anxiety to chats as well. Thus, I am now trying to fight the urgency of seeing the message immediately and responding as soon as possible. I now try to take my time and read/listen & respond in my own time. This is what I actually like about chats - being able to choose when to engage.

	Anyways, I was also thinking about how can I optimise my usage of chats, so I can still be there but not have an ignorant behaviour. For me, it means that whenever I am sending content over the chat, I should delete it (~~for~~ its cloud) as soon as I don't need it there anymore. I went through my telegram, where I am most active, and deleted tons of photos, videos and files I was sending or receiving there.		Anyways, I was also thinking about how can I optimise my usage of chats, so I can still be there but not have ignorant behaviour. For me, it means that whenever I am sending content over the chat, I should delete it (from its cloud) as soon as I don't need it there anymore. I went through my telegram, where I am most active, and deleted tons of photos, videos and files I was sending or receiving there.

	'''_on social media''' <br>		'''_on social media''' <br>
	10 years ago I was on fire on social media. It was my job to be there and I loved it, it was still an exciting thing for me. 10 years later (now), I hate it, haha! Yes, I feel absolutely exhausted from it and cannot find any energy left to maintain an active presence on any of the popular networks. That also makes it quite hard for me to feel "relevant" and to share my work. But I am still a passive observer. I still have my instagram routine for scrolling there before falling asleep and I enjoy it.		10 years ago I was on fire on social media. It was my job to be there and I loved it, it was still an exciting thing for me. 10 years later (now), I hate it, haha! Yes, I feel absolutely exhausted from it and cannot find any energy left to maintain an active presence on any of the popular networks. That also makes it quite hard for me to feel "relevant" and to share my work. But I am still a passive observer. I still have my instagram routine for scrolling there before falling asleep and I enjoy it.

	A day without being day would mean that if something important happens (like the strike, for instance), I cannot really share it. In order not to feed ~~the~~ Big Tech with content and take care for their platform, I also need to stay invisible. Or if not completely invisible, quite disconnected. Doesn't also your online presence and feed ~~represents~~ your history, legacy and identification? For many, many people it does. Is there a way to be independent of this whole crazy mess and still ~~being~~ able to reach out to people?		A day without being a day would mean that if something important happens (like the strike, for instance), I cannot really share it. In order not to feed Big Tech with content and take care for their platform, I also need to stay invisible. Or if not completely invisible, quite disconnected. Doesn't also your online presence and feed represent your history, legacy and identification? For many, many people it does. Is there a way to be independent of this whole crazy mess and still be able to reach out to people?

	'''_on the Big Tech Cloud''' <br>		'''_on the Big Tech Cloud''' <br>
	When you go through a day like that, you inevitably think of how can I actually make myself independent from the Big Tech Cloud. The realisation that is quite difficult if you do not have all the technical skills, nor the privilege of being able to afford to create your own infrastructure, can be discouraging. But actually, there are many things that can be done so we can still use it, just in a healthier way.		When you go through a day like that, you inevitably think of how can I actually make myself independent from the Big Tech Cloud. The realisation that is quite difficult if you do not have all the technical skills, nor the privilege of being able to afford to create your own infrastructure, can be discouraging. But actually, there are many things that can be done so we can still use it, just in a healthier way.

	Many of the applications in the Big Cloud are created to increase productivity and make your (work) life easier. At some point, because of that, they become loved and used by people and the interest of the investors is increasing. What the system wants is for them to make more money, to have more users, to make them spend more time online - in the cloud. This is where the trouble comes from, because this toxic stimulation of usage is what makes all the platforms unhealthy - for you and your time (from productive time, it becomes toxic time), for environment (because it's true they live on exploitation of resources and cheap labour)... How can we (as individuals without any "real power" to change things on ~~the~~ big scale) fight that? How can we help ourselves to not feel completely powerless and hopeless?		Many of the applications in the Big Cloud are created to increase productivity and make your (work) life easier. At some point, because of that, they become loved and used by people and the interest of the investors is increasing. What the system wants is for them to make more money, to have more users, and to make them spend more time online - in the cloud. This is where the trouble comes from, because this toxic stimulation of usage is what makes all the platforms unhealthy - for you and your time (from productive time, it becomes toxic time), for the environment (because it's true they live on exploitation of resources and cheap labour)... How can we (as individuals without any "real power" to change things on a big scale) fight that? How can we help ourselves to not feel completely powerless and hopeless?

	It starts with being aware. Acknowledging the impact of the way we use whatever we are using. Starting small means that at least we can feed the cloud with less content - just as much as we need for as long as we need it. We can try to find alternatives where possible. To be conscious about how much we upload there and clean after ourselves. Maybe it is a completely new thing to consider for many of us? We can now talk to others about all of this and find solutions together.		It starts with being aware. Acknowledging the impact of the way we use whatever we are using. Starting small means that at least we can feed the cloud with less content - just as much as we need for as long as we need it. We can try to find alternatives where possible. To be conscious about how much we upload there and clean up after ourselves. Maybe it is a completely new thing to consider for many of us? We can now talk to others about all of this and find solutions together.

Alnik: /* _preparation */

2023-03-11T12:29:01Z

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	After I decided to join the strike and make this experiment, I asked myself how would I be able to handle a day without touching anything connected to the Big Tech Cloud. Therefore, I made a little preparation for this day, so I can really see which are the apps and platforms I am using on a daily basis that I should withhold from. So, here is what I did to get ready for the day:		After I decided to join the strike and make this experiment, I asked myself how would I be able to handle a day without touching anything connected to the Big Tech Cloud. Therefore, I made a little preparation for this day, so I can really see which are the apps and platforms I am using on a daily basis that I should withhold from. So, here is what I did to get ready for the day:
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	[[File:Cloudy-shit.jpg\|thumb]]		[[File:Cloudy-shit.jpg\|thumb\|my tiny anti-cloud notebook, all paper and full analog]]
	_got a small and cute notebook ready to take notes during the day in a very analog paper environment;		_got a small and cute notebook ready to take notes during the day in a very analog paper environment;
	_made a list with the "cloudy shit i'm using [almost] every day" so i can be aware of what to avoid;		_made a list with the "cloudy shit i'm using [almost] every day" so i can be aware of what to avoid;

Alnik: /* _about */

2023-03-11T12:28:19Z

_about

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	[[File:Anti-cloud.jpg\|thumb]]		[[File:Anti-cloud.jpg\|thumb\|Cristina drawing "anti-cloud" on a soup, cooked by chefs Chae and Erica at Varia, Rotterdam]]
	The International Trans★Feminist Digital Depletion Strike took place on March 8th, 2023 and it was convened by the following networks and collectives: Anarchaserver (Calafou), Bidston Observatory Artistic Research Centre (Liverpool), Ren Loren Britton (Berlin), Constant (Brussels), Critical Data Studies Program (Aarhus University), Dept. of Autonomous Design, KASK (Ghent), esc mkl (Graz), Hangar (Barcelona), In-grid (London), The Institute for Technology in The Public Interest (Basel, Brussels, London), NEoN (Dundee), time of tribes (Edinburgh), Varia (Rotterdam), A Video Store After the End of the World (Copenhagen), Systerserver, servus.at (Linz), Hackers and Designers (Amsterdam), la_bekka - espacio hackfeminista (Canary Island & Argentina), Red Autodefensa Feminista Online (Spain), DonesTech y Alia (Associació de Dones per la Recerca i Acció) (Spain), Minadoraserver (Tbilisi), Heart of Code (Berlin), APO-33 (Nantes), data.coop (Denmark), Institute of Diagram Studies, Pingping Press (Rotterdam).		The International Trans★Feminist Digital Depletion Strike took place on March 8th, 2023 and it was convened by the following networks and collectives: Anarchaserver (Calafou), Bidston Observatory Artistic Research Centre (Liverpool), Ren Loren Britton (Berlin), Constant (Brussels), Critical Data Studies Program (Aarhus University), Dept. of Autonomous Design, KASK (Ghent), esc mkl (Graz), Hangar (Barcelona), In-grid (London), The Institute for Technology in The Public Interest (Basel, Brussels, London), NEoN (Dundee), time of tribes (Edinburgh), Varia (Rotterdam), A Video Store After the End of the World (Copenhagen), Systerserver, servus.at (Linz), Hackers and Designers (Amsterdam), la_bekka - espacio hackfeminista (Canary Island & Argentina), Red Autodefensa Feminista Online (Spain), DonesTech y Alia (Associació de Dones per la Recerca i Acció) (Spain), Minadoraserver (Tbilisi), Heart of Code (Berlin), APO-33 (Nantes), data.coop (Denmark), Institute of Diagram Studies, Pingping Press (Rotterdam).

Alnik at 12:27, 11 March 2023

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			[[File:Anti-cloud.jpg\|thumb]]
	The International Trans★Feminist Digital Depletion Strike took place on March 8th, 2023 and it was convened by the following networks and collectives: Anarchaserver (Calafou), Bidston Observatory Artistic Research Centre (Liverpool), Ren Loren Britton (Berlin), Constant (Brussels), Critical Data Studies Program (Aarhus University), Dept. of Autonomous Design, KASK (Ghent), esc mkl (Graz), Hangar (Barcelona), In-grid (London), The Institute for Technology in The Public Interest (Basel, Brussels, London), NEoN (Dundee), time of tribes (Edinburgh), Varia (Rotterdam), A Video Store After the End of the World (Copenhagen), Systerserver, servus.at (Linz), Hackers and Designers (Amsterdam), la_bekka - espacio hackfeminista (Canary Island & Argentina), Red Autodefensa Feminista Online (Spain), DonesTech y Alia (Associació de Dones per la Recerca i Acció) (Spain), Minadoraserver (Tbilisi), Heart of Code (Berlin), APO-33 (Nantes), data.coop (Denmark), Institute of Diagram Studies, Pingping Press (Rotterdam).		The International Trans★Feminist Digital Depletion Strike took place on March 8th, 2023 and it was convened by the following networks and collectives: Anarchaserver (Calafou), Bidston Observatory Artistic Research Centre (Liverpool), Ren Loren Britton (Berlin), Constant (Brussels), Critical Data Studies Program (Aarhus University), Dept. of Autonomous Design, KASK (Ghent), esc mkl (Graz), Hangar (Barcelona), In-grid (London), The Institute for Technology in The Public Interest (Basel, Brussels, London), NEoN (Dundee), time of tribes (Edinburgh), Varia (Rotterdam), A Video Store After the End of the World (Copenhagen), Systerserver, servus.at (Linz), Hackers and Designers (Amsterdam), la_bekka - espacio hackfeminista (Canary Island & Argentina), Red Autodefensa Feminista Online (Spain), DonesTech y Alia (Associació de Dones per la Recerca i Acció) (Spain), Minadoraserver (Tbilisi), Heart of Code (Berlin), APO-33 (Nantes), data.coop (Denmark), Institute of Diagram Studies, Pingping Press (Rotterdam).

Alnik: /* _reflections */

2023-03-11T12:14:19Z

_reflections

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	'''[some thoughts]'''<br>		'''[some thoughts]'''<br>
			Here are some "free-writing" thoughts I had, while reflecting on the Counter Cloud Action Day:<br>

	'''_on chats''' <br>		'''_on chats''' <br>
	It's rather frustrating not to be able to be in touch with your friends like you're used to. Thinking of how much space do chats take from my day, even when I am really trying not to be there all the time, made me realise it is still a lot. I am also one of those people who get frustrated and anxious by phone calls. Not sure how and when it happened, but at some point people calling me on the phone started making me super uncomfortable. I see part of that reason is the urgency to be available at that particular moment and the expectation (you imagine) of having to return the call asap as well. I somehow transported that anxiety to chats as well. Thus, I am now trying to fight with the urgency of seeing the message immediately and responding as soon as possible. I now try to take my time and read/listen & respond in my own time. This is what I actually like about chats - being able to choose when to engage.		It's rather frustrating not to be able to be in touch with your friends like you're used to. Thinking of how much space do chats take from my day, even when I am really trying not to be there all the time, made me realise it is still a lot. I am also one of those people who get frustrated and anxious by phone calls. Not sure how and when it happened, but at some point people calling me on the phone started making me super uncomfortable. I see part of that reason is the urgency to be available at that particular moment and the expectation (you imagine) of having to return the call asap as well. I somehow transported that anxiety to chats as well. Thus, I am now trying to fight with the urgency of seeing the message immediately and responding as soon as possible. I now try to take my time and read/listen & respond in my own time. This is what I actually like about chats - being able to choose when to engage.

Alnik at 21:53, 10 March 2023

2023-03-10T21:53:33Z

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Alnik at 21:53, 10 March 2023

2023-03-10T21:53:23Z

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Alnik at 21:52, 10 March 2023

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	The International Trans★Feminist Digital Depletion Strike took place on March 8th, 2023 and it was convened by the following networks and collectives: Anarchaserver (Calafou), Bidston Observatory Artistic Research Centre (Liverpool), Ren Loren Britton (Berlin), Constant (Brussels), Critical Data Studies Program (Aarhus University), Dept. of Autonomous Design, KASK (Ghent), esc mkl (Graz), Hangar (Barcelona), In-grid (London), The Institute for Technology in The Public Interest (Basel, Brussels, London), NEoN (Dundee), time of tribes (Edinburgh), Varia (Rotterdam), A Video Store After the End of the World (Copenhagen), Systerserver, servus.at (Linz), Hackers and Designers (Amsterdam), la_bekka - espacio hackfeminista (Canary Island & Argentina), Red Autodefensa Feminista Online (Spain), DonesTech y Alia (Associació de Dones per la Recerca i Acció) (Spain), Minadoraserver (Tbilisi), Heart of Code (Berlin), APO-33 (Nantes), data.coop (Denmark), Institute of Diagram Studies, Pingping Press (Rotterdam).		The International Trans★Feminist Digital Depletion Strike took place on March 8th, 2023 and it was convened by the following networks and collectives: Anarchaserver (Calafou), Bidston Observatory Artistic Research Centre (Liverpool), Ren Loren Britton (Berlin), Constant (Brussels), Critical Data Studies Program (Aarhus University), Dept. of Autonomous Design, KASK (Ghent), esc mkl (Graz), Hangar (Barcelona), In-grid (London), The Institute for Technology in The Public Interest (Basel, Brussels, London), NEoN (Dundee), time of tribes (Edinburgh), Varia (Rotterdam), A Video Store After the End of the World (Copenhagen), Systerserver, servus.at (Linz), Hackers and Designers (Amsterdam), la_bekka - espacio hackfeminista (Canary Island & Argentina), Red Autodefensa Feminista Online (Spain), DonesTech y Alia (Associació de Dones per la Recerca i Acció) (Spain), Minadoraserver (Tbilisi), Heart of Code (Berlin), APO-33 (Nantes), data.coop (Denmark), Institute of Diagram Studies, Pingping Press (Rotterdam).
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	▶ Visit their [https://varia.zone/8m/ webpage] for more detailed information.		▶ Visit their [https://varia.zone/8m/ webpage] for more detailed information.

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	After I decided to join the strike and make this experiment, I asked myself how would I be able to handle a day without touching anything connected to the Big Tech Cloud. Therefore, I made a little preparation for this day, so I can really see which are the apps and platforms I am using on a daily basis that I should withhold from. So, here is what I did to get ready for the day:		After I decided to join the strike and make this experiment, I asked myself how would I be able to handle a day without touching anything connected to the Big Tech Cloud. Therefore, I made a little preparation for this day, so I can really see which are the apps and platforms I am using on a daily basis that I should withhold from. So, here is what I did to get ready for the day:
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	There were also some useful tips published on [https://post.lurk.org/@digitaldepletion@systerserver.town the strike's mastodon].		There were also some useful tips published on [https://post.lurk.org/@digitaldepletion@systerserver.town the strike's mastodon].

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	'''[what happened]'''<br>		'''[what happened]'''<br>

Alnik: /* _reflections */

2023-03-10T21:51:26Z

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	When you go through a day like that, you inevitably think of how can I actually make myself independent from the Big Tech Cloud. The realisation that is quite difficult if you do not have all the technical skills, nor the privilege of being able to afford to create your own infrastructure, can be discouraging. But actually, there are many things that can be done so we can still use it, just in a healthier way.		When you go through a day like that, you inevitably think of how can I actually make myself independent from the Big Tech Cloud. The realisation that is quite difficult if you do not have all the technical skills, nor the privilege of being able to afford to create your own infrastructure, can be discouraging. But actually, there are many things that can be done so we can still use it, just in a healthier way.

	Many of the applications in the Big Cloud are created to increase productivity and make your (work) life easier. At some point, because of that, they become loved and used by people and the interest of the investors is increasing. What the system wants is for them to make more money, to have more users, to make them spend more time online - in the cloud. This is where the trouble comes from, because this toxic stimulation of usage is what makes all the platforms unhealthy - for you and your time (from productive time, it becomes toxic time), for environment (because it's true they live on exploitation of resources and cheap labour)... How can we (as individuals without any real power) fight that? How can we help ourselves to not feel completely powerless and hopeless?		Many of the applications in the Big Cloud are created to increase productivity and make your (work) life easier. At some point, because of that, they become loved and used by people and the interest of the investors is increasing. What the system wants is for them to make more money, to have more users, to make them spend more time online - in the cloud. This is where the trouble comes from, because this toxic stimulation of usage is what makes all the platforms unhealthy - for you and your time (from productive time, it becomes toxic time), for environment (because it's true they live on exploitation of resources and cheap labour)... How can we (as individuals without any "real power" to change things on the big scale) fight that? How can we help ourselves to not feel completely powerless and hopeless?

	It starts with being aware. Acknowledging the impact of the way we use whatever we are using. Starting small means that at least we can feed the cloud with less content - just as much as we need for as long as we need it. We can try to find alternatives where possible. To be conscious about how much we upload there and clean after ourselves. Maybe it is a completely new thing to consider for many of us? We can now talk to others about all of this and find solutions together.		It starts with being aware. Acknowledging the impact of the way we use whatever we are using. Starting small means that at least we can feed the cloud with less content - just as much as we need for as long as we need it. We can try to find alternatives where possible. To be conscious about how much we upload there and clean after ourselves. Maybe it is a completely new thing to consider for many of us? We can now talk to others about all of this and find solutions together.