I posted one of my stories here and got as reply that it was bio-punk, because it introduced the Fediverse as a fungi-network.
Now my question is: how should it be depicted in a solarpunk world, especially if it should be understandable to readers from centralized social networks without too much explanation (ideally none). If thought fungal networks would be the perfect metaphor here. Would love to hear some feedback on this.
(If you want a more detailed genre-definition, look here: https://rant.li/2hzlaqp5q4)
I have thought about this before.
To me Solarpunk also is about getting to be in a community with your neighbors, being anti big corp and pro nature/environment. Then again Fedipunk is about decentralization, so also anti corp but less environment and more data sovereignty.
So I can imagine local networks e.g. via wifi where the local community can share their media, have a bulletin board, chat, organize their in-person meetings etc. and those local nets with like a lemmy and mastodon server connected to more global networks, so either the “real” internet or again mesh networks connected to the next village/block/town or whatever.
So each community would have either their own admin(s) or a local electronics shop doing that for multiple small communities.
Right, this is well thought-through, but I will probably stick to my idea of the fungi-metaphor. I think it could be easier to understand for people.