new from me: What is the purpose of protocols?

https://connectedplaces.online/the-purpose-of-protocols/

The Purpose of Protocols

Every open social protocol generates shared resources, but none has produced a governance framework adequate to those resources. So who fills that vacuum?

connectedplaces.online

@fediversereport

"Exclusion, in other words, is the fediverse’s core governance mechanism, which is close to the inverse of what the phrase “open protocol” usually implies."

Insightful and informative as ever, I'm so glad you're sitting and thinking about this stuff, and then writing it down. Thank you for this.