Gregory's ServerThis is a useful and important critique of the #standards process, as applied to #ActivityPub and its precursors. A bit overly bleak, and a bit one-off, as if there are no similar stories like this within established standards. Personally, I take it as a beacon of light that there are successes that β’don'tβ’ require intervention from large corporate sponsors or celebrity consortium figureheads.
For professional standards moderators like me, this is good discussion and feedback. Expect more.
I'm going to read the whole paper, and think a bit more, before commenting further. HT @rwg @evan
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@jamiexml @evan
I totally agree that making the standard in the absence of corporate oversight was beneficial.
The problem was a lack of consensus on how to proceed, but because the group just decided to make a lot of standards, they ended up doing some great work.
But it took a toll on people, too.