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The Social Web Foundation launched today. This non-profit is dedicated to making connections between social platforms with ActivityPub, and was co-founded by @evan @mallory and @tomcoates.
  • @AngelicAura@pol.social @Flipboard@flipboard.social @mallory@techpolicy.social @tomcoates@me.dm yes, we think that moderators and admins shouldn't have to go broke and quit and shut down their servers.

    We'd like to help figure out ways to keep them going -- I prefer the coop model, like the CoSocial server I use, but that's not for everyone.

  • The Social Web Foundation launched today. This non-profit is dedicated to making connections between social platforms with ActivityPub, and was co-founded by @evan @mallory and @tomcoates.
  • @Neblib@mastodo.neoliber.al @Flipboard@flipboard.social @mallory@techpolicy.social @tomcoates@me.dm thanks. That's a fair critique. I'll see what I can do to get the full status of the project onto those pages.

  • The Social Web Foundation launched today. This non-profit is dedicated to making connections between social platforms with ActivityPub, and was co-founded by @evan @mallory and @tomcoates.
  • @Neblib@mastodo.neoliber.al @Flipboard@flipboard.social @mallory@techpolicy.social @tomcoates@me.dm It took me a while to figure out what you meant here.

    The projects are just starting because the organisation just launched. We'll show the deliverables on those pages when they're done.

  • Told y'all mastodon being the majority here is not a good thing....
  • @BeAware@social.beaware.live Thanks for the thoughtful reply. It's really helpful.

  • The Social Web Foundation launched today. This non-profit is dedicated to making connections between social platforms with ActivityPub, and was co-founded by @evan @mallory and @tomcoates.
  • @AngelicAura@pol.social @Flipboard@flipboard.social @mallory@techpolicy.social @tomcoates@me.dm why? That's not what we're working on at all. What made you think the point is advertising and trackers?

  • Told y'all mastodon being the majority here is not a good thing....
  • @tom@tomkahe.com @BeAware@social.beaware.live @DrakkenZero@retro.pizza @swf@socialwebfoundation.org that's right. We're using the AP plugin. Great to use!

  • Told y'all mastodon being the majority here is not a good thing....
  • @BeAware@social.beaware.live I don't think our goal is just to make money. I do think that having a financially viable Fediverse is important; it's one of our goals. But that can mean a lot of different things: coops, non-profits, grants, or companies.

    But the money is a means to an end: having positive, independent social networking software and services.

  • BBC is starting its own Mastodon instance. The CBC should do the same.
  • @wisdomchicken it's funny that it seems like magic, since we're all on the same Internet. We've been conditioned to have such low expectations!

  • evan Evan Prodromou @cosocial.ca

    He/him. Board member at CoSocial.ca.

    Research Director, Social Web Foundation.

    Director of Open Technology at Open Earth Foundation (OEF).

    Founder of Wikitravel, StatusNet, identi.ca, Fuzzy.ai.

    Creator of pump.io. Co-creator of GNU social.

    Co-chair of the Social Web Working Group at W3C. Co-author of ActivityStreams 2.0. Co-author of ActivityPub. Co-author of OStatus.

    Grad student in CS at Georgia Tech.

    This network has been my life's work. Thanks for making it.

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