Re: Introductions (was Re: First 2023 SWICG meeting call on Fri May 19)

Hey, Melvin! I can see where you’d be confused, especially if you’re unaware of the history of the project.

I created the software originally called Laconica, then later StatusNet, which is the codebase that GNU Social is based on. I was not the sole developer, but I was the first one.

Matt Lee started the GNU Social project, but used the code I had made. Free Software ftw!

Because GNU Social is the most prominent currently active project using the original Laconica codebase, I usually refer to it when talking about my work. The Laconica Wikipedia page was renamed to GNU Social several years ago!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_social

I hope that helps!

Evan

> On May 17, 2023, at 3:54 PM, Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com> wrote:
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> st 17. 5. 2023 v 20:56 odesílatel Evan Prodromou <evan@prodromou.name <mailto:evan@prodromou.name>> napsal:
>> I’ll take this moment to make a self-introduction ahead of the meeting.
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>> My name is Evan Prodromou; I am an entrepreneur and technologist who has been working on the social web since the mid-2000s.
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>> I’m primarily known in this community for my work as co-author of the Activity Streams 2.0 and ActivityPub specifications.  I co-chaired the Social Web Working Group with Arnaud and Tantek.
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>> I was also the founder of Identi.ca <http://identi.ca/>, creator of GNU Social and pump.io <http://pump.io/>, and co-author of the OStatus specification.
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> I appreciate your contributions to the social web, Evan. However, I believe there may be a minor inaccuracy in your statement. To the best of my recollection, it was Matt Lee who originally founded GNU Social, as a spinoff from GNU FM. Let's ensure we properly acknowledge the efforts of all contributors in our shared history of social media innovation.
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>> For the near future of ActivityPub, I’m very interested in developing an end-to-end encryption (E2EE) extension in-band, using the media type on `content` elements. I recently published some HCI research <https://evanp.me/2023/05/15/re-designing-the-mastodon-user-interface-for-better-personal-relationships/> on this topic and how important it is to supporting personal relationships on the social web.
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>> I have a social web account on https://cosocial.ca/evan . CoSocial is the Mastodon cooperative that I co-founded.
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>> Further information about me and my work here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Prodromou 
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>> Evan
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>>> On May 17, 2023, at 12:56 PM, Dmitri Zagidulin <dzagidulin@gmail.com <mailto:dzagidulin@gmail.com>> wrote:
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>>> Hi everyone,
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>>> Finding a regular meeting time slot that works with everyone continues to be an impossible task.
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>>> In the interest of getting momentum going, we'll be having our first SWICG call of the year this coming Friday, May 19, at 9 am EST / 6 am Pacific / 3 pm CET over at:
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>>> https://meet.jit.si/social-web-cg
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>>> Apologies in advance to those who can't make it, let's continue the discussion on what we can do to accommodate more people (perhaps alternate biweekly calls, one on Fri and one on Saturday, etc).
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>>> AGENDA:
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>>> 1) (NON-AGENDA item) Although the common first call agenda tradition is introductions, I'm wondering if we can shortcut the introduction process by doing it elsewhere, such as on the SWICG mailing list, or SocialHub forum. Otherwise there's a good chance that we'll take up the whole call with intros. :)
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>>> 2) Overview of the W3C Community Group process (code of conduct, governance, etc) to refresh our memories.
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>>> 3) Discussion and proposals for: 
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>>> * What are the goals and current focus of SWICG
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>>> * What is SWICG's relationship with the other centers of community and discussion, such as SocialHub https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/, Fediverse Enhancement Proposals (FEP) https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep, the Fedidevs Matrix chat rooms. (My view on this: We can all work together with those communities, without co-opting or interference.)
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>>> * Governance process for adopting Work Items. (For a good example of an existing effective Work Item Process, see the Credential Community Group's process doc: https://w3c-ccg.github.io/workitem-process/ )
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>>> 4) Other discussion as time allows.
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>>> Thank you, talk to you soon.
>>> 
>>> Dmitri
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