So excited about the Social Web Foundation (@swf)!
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So excited about the Social Web Foundation (@swf)!
@evanprodromou and team will make the #fediverse more interoperable, foster more developer collaboration, inspire more innovation and help more people see the benefit of the social web. Honored to be part of this.
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@mike @swf @evanprodromou thanks so much for the support!
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Not everyone is so enthusiastic about it https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/113194004277305120 -
Mike McCuereplied to Johannes Hentschel last edited by
@johentsch yes I’ve been following along with the conversation here. I understand why people would be skeptical and/or concerned about an organization like this. From my vantage point the fediverse deserves to grow and that is what this org is all about. Not everyone wants that to happen because of the risks involved (which are real) Plus there’s a genuineness to the fediverse now and people are afraid we’ll lose that as it grows. I’m concerned about this too.
iMO it would be tragic if, because of these legit concerns, we missed the opportunity for the fediverse to become the scaled open social alternative to the walled gardens. Further, the web desperately needs an open way for human connections to form if it is to survive in the era of AI. Establishing an open social layer for the web is both important and urgent right now. It’s not just about building an open Twitter. It’s about baking human connections into the web itself.
I think an org like @swf will help to protect, evangelize and instill the values of the fediverse as it grows so we can maintain what we love while bringing it to more people and rejuvenating the web.