@dragosr So the dynamic of "standard" as "I have implemented this in my browser and now the rest of you must too or you'll be behind" started right at the beginning
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@reneestephen @aburka @dragosr Rough consensus and running code. “Rough consensus” loosely defined @reneestephen |
@aburka in the early days of consensus internet a working implementation went a lot further than a proposal that would get bikeshedded to death on Usenet, tho.
Proud as I am to have been blocked by MA on Twitter ages ago for politely calling bullshit on some fuckery or other, this isn't the worst way to go about presenting an idea for negotiating a change to a standard. "Let's try it, and if it works, share with others" isn't a bad approach.
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