O'Reilly Radar gave the Fediverse a shout-out!
They note that the Fediverse is on pace to match Twitter's scale.
But they also question whether the industry pundits will ever take the Fediverse seriously since it lacks billionaire or VC funding.
Fine by me.
Let the pundits write their long thinkpieces on NFTs and AI and all the other bullshit that powers tech hype cycles.
As for me, I'm here for actual and tangible technological change.
In the 1990s, open source software faced the same sort of skepticism. Projects were staffed by volunteers, and there was little direct commercial funding (Red Hat's early revenue came from selling CDs and t-shirts). Industry analysts ignored OSS. Big companies actively tried to undermine it (VMware and Microsoft, for example).
Eventually, open source transformed how code gets developed and services get built across the entire industry.
O'Reilly saw that early, too.
Chris Trottier
Mike Olson