Background These are just some notes related to my observation that: On Fediverse Ad-hoc Interoperability dominates and hampers innovation. Need to clarify some terminology that I frequently use relating to Social Coding #Foundations … “Any decentralized [ecosystem] requires a centralized substrate, and the more decentralized the approach is the more important it is that you can count on the underlying system.” — Byrne Hobart. The Promise and Paradox of Decentralization Glossary ter...

On the new Discuss Social Coding (that has not officially launched yet) I posted some notes on a particular challenge the fedi imho faces, that hampers adoption and poses growing risks in the future if not dealt with appropriately.

The notes leave a lot of things I’ve been looking deeper into unmentioned, but you may find them interesting nonetheless.

    • smallcirclesOPM
      1•2 years ago

      I posted a follow-up to it, as I got some very nice responses from various fedizens. Quoting below:

      Thanks to all of ya who responded to my question thus far on:

      “What is the #Vision of the #Fediverse?”

      Some interesting takes, and also the observation that its personal and there are many visions.

      Imho we need ask such questions more.

      • What do we like, want and need on the fedi?
      • Are we going there?
      • Do we have shared vision, common cause?

      And things like…

      • Where might fedi be in 2 years time?
      • In 5 years?
      • Is that likely to happen?
      • What is needed to get there?
      • What’s missing?
      • How can I help?

      The observation “there is no singular vision” by @skipfordj is a valid one.

      • But isn’t there shared vision besides that?
      • Should there be?
      • Maybe shared technology vision, such as in the #SocialHub slogan #SocialNetworkingReimagined?
      • Or a shared cultural vision, such as expressed in #UnitedInDiversity
      • What technology vision inspires the most progress towards getting the fedi we want?
      • And what shared vision allows us to have, retain and strengthen our culture and values, respect our diversity?

      So why did I write this toot in the first place?

      My observation is one where the #Fediverse technology adoption lifecycle is broken due to the lack of healthy substrate - people and processes to evolve the ecosystem as a whole, maintain open standards, ensure broad #interoperability.

      That’s technical vision related. It hampers innovation and the imagination of what fedi can be.

      It leads to risks for fedi as a whole. That fedi stalls, or will be exploited.