- From: Chris Messina <chris.messina@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 18:20:19 +0000
- To: "Melvin Carvalho" <melvincarvalho@gmail.com>
- Cc: "Social Web Incubator Community Group" <public-swicg@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <m23mgepa.e4052ae8-bffb-44be-a260-06a95c3bc0c0@we.are.superhuman.com>
Super, appreciate that background and context! I find it's always useful to see how distributed/decentralized software is faring in the wild, and whether people are drawn towards it for technical reasons/values, or if it's just a matter of outbound sales. There's a lot we in this community still need to learn about growth and amplifying traction where it can be found. On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 1:04 AM, Melvin Carvalho < melvincarvalho@gmail.com > wrote: > > st 9. 10. 2024 v 19:31 odesílatel Chris Messina < chris. messina@ gmail. com > ( chris.messina@gmail.com ) > napsal: > > >> Hi Melvin, can you offer some insights about the current adoption and >> usage of Solid? Would love to understand more about the user base, their >> use cases, and where I can see more Solid-based apps/personal websites. >> >> >> >> Congrats on the launch! >> >> > > > > Hey Chris. > > > > > This launch was with the ActivityPods team, but I’m mostly focused on > SolidOS now, which aims to build a Web OS based on Solid. ActivityPub > integration is definitely on the roadmap. > > > > > As for adoption, I’m not the best person for exact numbers since a lot of > that isn’t public, and we don’t collect detailed user stats. That said, I > ran the first and largest public Solid pod for about a quarter of a > decade. We had 50k-100k signups, but retention was low—less than 100 daily > active users, mostly due to bugs, especially with the auth system. People > tried it, hit issues, and didn’t stick around. Still lots of room for > improvement, and we’re working on it. > > > > > Inrupt is doing a lot of enterprise work, though we don’t have insight > into their numbers. They seem to be doing well as a business. There’s also > been talk of Solid being used for 6.5 million citizens in Flanders. The > Press Release mentioned it would be the foundation for a government-hosted > data vault, but I’m not sure if it’s live yet. > > > > > Solid is part of a working group now and might become a standard by > 2026-2027, if all goes well. For now, we’ve got a few teams improving > different parts of Solid, about 10 loosely active devs on SolidOS, and > maybe 100+ in the broader ecosystem. > > > > > >> >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Photo of Chris Messina ( https://chrismessina.me ) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Chris Messina ( https://chrismessina.me ) >> >> >> >> >> Product Therapist • Citizen Agency >> >> >> >> >> Previously: Google, Uber, Republic, Y Combinator 🏆 #1 Product Hunter ( >> https://chrismessina.me/hunt-me ) >> >> >> >> >> Threads ( https://threads.net/@chris ) Product Hunt ( >> https://www.producthunt.com/@chrismessina ) Mastodon ( >> https://mastodon.xyz/@chrismessina ) Spotify ( >> https://open.spotify.com/user/factoryjoe ) LinkedIn ( >> https://linkedin.com/in/factoryjoe/ ) Instagram ( >> https://instagram.com/chris ) Medium ( https://medium.com/@chrismessina ) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 09, 2024 at 1:11 AM, Melvin Carvalho < melvincarvalho@ gmail. com >> ( melvincarvalho@gmail.com ) > wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Just wanted to share a link that might interest those of you who are into >>> both Solid (Social Linked Data) and ActivityPub, like me! ActivityPods 2.0 >>> is out, and it explores the intersection of these two standards. Solid is >>> now part of its own W3C Working Group, Linked Web Storage, and I think it >>> would be great for AP users to gain personal storage, and for Solid users >>> restart their microblogging efforts. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Here’s the link: https ://activitypods.org /activitypods -2 -0 -is -out ( >>> https://activitypods.org/activitypods-2-0-is-out ) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Best, Melvin >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > >
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