Danyl Strype
= alias Strypey
Independent journalist, citizen scientist, free culture advocate, digital permaculture designer, and UX obsessive, based in Aotearoa (NZ).
Bio
I've been involved in starting up and supporting local projects affiliated to the Indymedia activist news network, CreativeCommons, and various other international networks.I've been a member and supporter of a range of organisations in Aotearoa, including Permaculture in NZ, NZ Open Source Society/ iridescent.nz, and the Pirate Party of NZ, with whom I initiated experiments in using Loomio for collaborative policy development, a model that the Internet Party NZ quickly copied.
I was a test user of Free Code group decision-making on Loomio.org from when it began accepting sign-ups, and sent them unsolicited usability and open source stewardship advice, from time to time. For example, I successfully encouraged them to incorporate as a cooperative, making them one of the world's first Platform Cooperatives. I also successful advocated for GNU AGPLv3 as their software license, in place of the initial "MIT" license that would have allowed companies to use Loomio code in proprietary software, and without contributing their modifications back to the cooperative.
I've spent years mapping out the various software and protocols in the federated social networking space in support of the fediverse.party guide. I'm now the Lead Goose for maintaining keeping that party going, after the departure of the founder for personal reasons in late 2025.
My Disintermedia project started as a blog and wiki on a community platform called CoActivate. Since CoActivate folded, I've been working on incorporating the content from archived version of the CoActivate wiki into this one. I restarted the blog on SS, then moved it to a community-hosted Ghost instance, so that it can be followed and commented on in the fediverse.
I'm some way through writing a book about the experiences of taking of year long "net fast" about a decade ago. One day I might get around to finishing it ;)
Contact Info
| Service | User ID |
|---|---|
| Blog | https://disintermedia.net.nz/ |
| strypey@disintermedia.net.nz | |
| Jabber (XMPP) | strypey@jabber.org |
| Matrix | @strypey:matrix.iridescent.nz |
| Wire | strypey |
| Fediverse | @strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz |