This report by Laurens Hof (from the @fediversereport) about the purpose of protocols is really insightful. Good that @nlnet has provided support for this work.

About AT protocol and ActivityPub, and values (not) defined in the protocol.

His conclusions: "An open protocol that does not answer the governance question will still receive an answer, but it will be written by whichever actors make themselves indispensable first."

connectedplaces.online/the-pur

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