https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-148-on-protocol-governance/

On the complexities of protocol governance.

>There are only two organisations that are active in the fediverse that are a paid member of the W3C: Meta and the Social Web Foundation.

>With the Social Web Foundation also receiving funding from Meta, the company that built Threads now has more institutional standing in ActivityPub governance than any of the organisations actually building open fediverse software.

>Mastodon gGmbH, Framasoft, and others are not W3C members and cannot participate in the Working Group unless they are invited.

#CHATONS #fediverse #fedivers #ActivityPub #w3c #Mastodon #Peertube #Lemmy #mBin #Piefed #NodeBB #Iceshrimp #Pixelfed #Loops

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-148-on-protocol-governance/

On the complexities of protocol governance.

>There are only two organisations that are active in the fediverse that are a paid member of the W3C: Meta and the Social Web Foundation.

>With the Social Web Foundation also receiving funding from Meta, the company that built Threads now has more institutional standing in ActivityPub governance than any of the organisations actually building open fediverse software.

>Mastodon gGmbH, Framasoft, and others are not W3C members and cannot participate in the Working Group unless they are invited.

#CHATONS #fediverse #fedivers #ActivityPub #w3c #Mastodon #Peertube #Lemmy #mBin #Piefed #NodeBB #Iceshrimp #Pixelfed #Loops

ActivityPub standardization is back! The #W3C just announced a new Working Group to evolve #ActivityPub and #ActivityStream and related standards! This is extremely good news. It's not like all the world's federated social media protocol problems were already solved! https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-socialweb/2026Jan/0000.html

#w3c #ActivityPub Esteemed Fediverse, a personal remark

it currently matters again to have a chair who knows what is going on, is striving for facts, understanding fascism and having a will to resist imperialism. And the capacity to save net neutrality.
#stabil

Hey @darius
thank you for this:
https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-socialweb/2026Jan/0000.html
💖

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Currently we move our projects to codeberg and so i just published a first document there about our fedi projects.
https://codeberg.org/Menschys/fedi-codebase
We would really like to have building blocks for a healthy and fair ActivityPub, supporting Client-To-Server.

Current Issues are linked. If you want, I can give you an overview of the Social CG dev meetings since 2016 and the European Events like fedicamp, fediday, Public Spaces, 3C etc.

#w3c #ActivityPub Esteemed Fediverse, a personal remark

it currently matters again to have a chair who knows what is going on, is striving for facts, understanding fascism and having a will to resist imperialism. And the capacity to save net neutrality.
#stabil

Hey @darius
thank you for this:
https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-socialweb/2026Jan/0000.html
💖

---
Currently we move our projects to codeberg and so i just published a first document there about our fedi projects.
https://codeberg.org/Menschys/fedi-codebase
We would really like to have building blocks for a healthy and fair ActivityPub, supporting Client-To-Server.

Current Issues are linked. If you want, I can give you an overview of the Social CG dev meetings since 2016 and the European Events like fedicamp, fediday, Public Spaces, 3C etc.

My mum is elderly and on her bad days, easily confused. Yesterday her PC booted into a 'Buy A M365 subscription now' screen which totally obliterated the #Windows UI and used dark patterns that made it hard - even for me! - to understand how to get access Windows.

I have remote access to Mum's PC. It couldn't cut through the #Microsoft ad.

Clearly this was not Microsoft's best moment.

I'm currently researching how big tech vendors serve elderly users. They mostly answer 'Use accessibilty mode, which follows #W3C standards'.

Accessibility modes are mostly amazing. Getting to them not so much. And they're not tuned to the needs of elderly users with declining cognitive capabilities. If you know more, I welcome pointers and comment

My mum is elderly and on her bad days, easily confused. Yesterday her PC booted into a 'Buy A M365 subscription now' screen which totally obliterated the #Windows UI and used dark patterns that made it hard - even for me! - to understand how to get access Windows.

I have remote access to Mum's PC. It couldn't cut through the #Microsoft ad.

Clearly this was not Microsoft's best moment.

I'm currently researching how big tech vendors serve elderly users. They mostly answer 'Use accessibilty mode, which follows #W3C standards'.

Accessibility modes are mostly amazing. Getting to them not so much. And they're not tuned to the needs of elderly users with declining cognitive capabilities. If you know more, I welcome pointers and comment