Note: This post is a copy from the earliest days of the Social (Fractal) Future Forum.
I am the founder of the Social Future Forum. The admin account “Wu Wei” is me having the “admin hat” on. As you can see, this “Radivis” account is not an admin, because I want to separate the two different roles of me as regular user and me as admin.
Anyway, the reason why I created the SFF was that I was unhappy with the current means of communication between “social futurists” / “technoprogressives” themselves, and between them and all the other people on this planet. Often, futurists only communicate via mailing lists and proprietary social networks like Facebook. Mailing lists have the problem of being less open than forums, being less structured, and having less features. In part, this can be said about Facebook, too. Facebook also has the problem of belonging to a commercial enterprise not having the best interests of its users in mind. Its administrative practices can and do include removing legitimate, innocent, and active users without prior warning. This is a serious problem. Another problem is that Facebook is a really bad archive for the content posted to it, because there’s so much of it, and only the most recent and popular content is displayed by default.
While web forums are far from ideal, they do have significant advantages as discussion platforms over other alternatives. One of the main advantages is that the content is structured well, and older content can be found relatively easily.
The administration of any web forum is of critical importance to its success. I have several years of experience with web forum administration (at least with small to medium sized forums), so I think I have a pretty good grasp of what is important about that, and especially what to do and what not to do – hence the name “Wu Wei” of my admin account.
An important recent trigger for the creation of this forum is the release of the Technoprogressive Declaration, which I approve very much. Social aspects are of critical importance to creating a better future for any and all people on this planet. Technology alone can’t solve the problems that we are facing. Some degree of societal and political activism is needed to enable a positive future. But when it comes to discussion about such social aspects of future issues, they are often missing on the communication platforms currently in use by various sorts of futurists. This forum should change that by placing its focus clearly on social topics.
So, let’s make the world a better place, together! Now – with a clearly structured forum serving your communication needs and supporting you with an abundance of relevant information and ideas. 
