Evan Prodromou Launches The Social Web Foundation - eviltoast
A new organization emerges to help tackle some of the challenges the Fediverse faces, from advocacy and policy to training and tooling.

Evan Prodromou, the creator of StatusNet, the OStatus protocol, and co-author of ActivityPub, is launching a dedicated nonprofit for the purpose of advocating for and supporting the Fediverse.

    • Sean Tilley@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      201·
      1 month ago

      The list of shout-outs in the main announcement pertains to projects who have partnered with the SWF, and intend to support it and collaborate.

      It’s also worth keeping in mind that there are more than 80 different platforms in varying states of development. Yeah, Lemmy is one of the bigger ones, and OG Threadiverse, but the list of platforms to name is absurdly long at this point. I think it makes sense for them to focus on the protocol, and immediate partners.

      • sabreW4K3@lazysoci.alEnglish
        132·
        1 month ago

        I hear you, but it features Mastodon very prominently and Mastodon aren’t exactly reputable for supporting anything. Going as far as to implement things in a manner that breaks compatibility with other Fediverse services.

        • Sean Tilley@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          13·
          1 month ago

          I don’t disagree, but again, the listed platforms are launch partners who have opted to publicly support the organization on Day 1. It very well could be that they reached out to Lemmy and other projects, and didn’t hear anything back.