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·
      2 months 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·
        2 months 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·
          2 months 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.

  • sturlabragason@lemmy.worldEnglish
    112·
    2 months ago

    I found it a bit strange that their “Follow us” section didn’t have a Fediverse link. I expected a Mastadon user or something.

    https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/c7a4b664-3d49-4f35-9d6f-ab6fe48a58af.png

      • Handles@leminal.spaceEnglish
        4·
        2 months ago

        I don’t know what they haven’t linked it

        They sort of have, but without a lot of explanation: it’s the self link directly under the “follow us” header. [Edit: in my browser, the link just directs to the main SWF page, because Wordpress’ ActivityPub plugin is still imperfect.] You have to navigate to their contact page to have it formated as a proper ActivityPub address.

    • Draconic NEO@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      I think that WordPress integration has been added to Lemmy, so you should be able to also follow WordPress blogs right here, they show up as communities.

      I mean I’m not sure how well it works, last I checked it was very glitchy.