silverpillFeb 12

One of the most annoying aspects of the ongoing corporate capture of our network is that protocol-related discussions increasingly happen on Github instead of Fediverse (or friendly platforms like SocialHub and Codeberg).

Today's example: https://github.com/swicg/groups

Why use Github to talk about federated groups when we have federated groups right here in Fediverse? That makes no sense. But some self-appointed "leads" decided to create a repo anyway.

Similar Github repos ("task forces") also exist for other protocol features. I don't see any reason to legitimize this by participating and hope that other developers will do the same.

GitHub - swicg/groups: Repository for the Groups Task Force of the SocialCG

Repository for the Groups Task Force of the SocialCG - swicg/groups

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Show threadJupiter Rowland
@silverpill Another case of people who don't know the Fediverse beyond Mastodon. Or, at most, Mastodon, Pixelfed, PeerTube and maybe Threads.

Since none of these have groups, these people firmly believe that the Fediverse itself doesn't have any.

I have a GitHub account for bug-reporting purposes. Shall I barge in and tell them?

#FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #FediGroups #FediverseGroups
Netzgemeinde/Hubzilla

Feb 12 at 1:53pmWeb
Show threadsilverpillFeb 12
@jupiter_rowland The people who created this repo are aware that federated groups exist. They just want to centralize and gatekeep everything.
Show threaddeutrinoFeb 12
@jupiter_rowland just popping in to tell you I recently became a fan of your relentless roasting of Mastodon's corrosive influence on the fediverse as a whole after reading a few hellthreads @silverpill
Show threadsilverpillFeb 12
@deutrino Yes @jupiter_rowland is our hero