Re: Statement

I've removed your signature from the copy I maintain on my website.

Feel free to comment on the pull request to remove it there (or someone can edit the PR to remove it)

— Emelia

> On 6 Sep 2025, at 22:03, Sean O'Brien <sean.obrien@yale.edu> wrote:
> 
> I initially added my signature but request to remove it for the time being.
> 
> I made the error of assuming that this was actually proposed and approved because it's in the SWICG repo on github.
> 
> If it's approved by SWICG I'll sign, and if it's hosted / published outside of SWICG I'll sign.
> 
> Thanks,
> Sean
> 
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> Sean O'Brien
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> 
> On 9/6/25 12:43, Evan Prodromou wrote:
>> That sounds great, but as a group we operate by consensus. That means if there
>> are objections, we work through them before acting.
>> 
>> We have not in over a decade of existence as a group published a position
>> statement like this. This statement was not discussed at our meeting yesterday,
>> nor was it put through a CFC process, which takes 14 days.
>> 
>> There is no urgency that requires fast-tracking this document and skipping this
>> consensus process.
>> 
>> I'm asking that the group operate with consensus and have a discussion,
>> including a vote and CFC, before publishing a statement.
>> 
>> Evan
>> 
>> On Sep 6, 2025 12:31, emelia <emelia@brandedcode.com> wrote:
>> 
>>     The statement is co-signed by the following people involved in the
>>     specification of ActivityPub and ActivityStreams:
>> 
>>       * Dmitri Zagidulin (Social CG co-chair) — @dmitri@social.coop <https://
>>         nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/? <http://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?>
>>         url=https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.coop%2F%40dmitri&data=05%7C02%7Csean.obrien%40yale.edu <http://40yale.edu/>%7C1654126f756b49c8497508dded6490a9%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638927739884172191%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=rPHUXRuqNyTChenWCAkm6%2FvmRh3OW4XqURPMHUOHUMY%3D&reserved=0>
>>       * Tantek Çelik (Former Social Web Working Group co-chair) — @tantek.com
>>         <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?
>>         url=https%3A%2F%2Ftantek.com <http://2ftantek.com/>%2F&data=05%7C02%7Csean.obrien%40yale.edu <http://40yale.edu/>%7C1654126f756b49c8497508dded6490a9%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638927739884202255%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=5bVbBbHthXm6%2BLjHBb7ID%2BRs9PtgUkog73jgX0AmSK4%3D&reserved=0>
>>       * James (Former SocialCG co-chair) — jamesg.blog <https://
>>         nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/? <http://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?>
>>         url=https%3A%2F%2Fjamesg.blog%2F&data=05%7C02%7Csean.obrien%40yale.edu <http://40yale.edu/>%7C1654126f756b49c8497508dded6490a9%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638927739884215024%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=4Uzd34PqaJA5w24saocBgJPCKV6YIsbw%2FGnLYl2YawE%3D&reserved=0> (@jamesg.blog@jamesg.blog <https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://jamesg.blog/>)
>>       * Chris Messina (Citizen Agency, creator of ActivityStreams) —
>>         @chrismessina.me <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?
>>         url=https%3A%2F%2Fchrismessina.me <http://2fchrismessina.me/>%2F&data=05%7C02%7Csean.obrien%40yale.edu <http://40yale.edu/>%7C1654126f756b49c8497508dded6490a9%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638927739884263350%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ZWeiA%2FUj2yLpck%2BOk6pi0BRdWrgrqByET79WY1RZpgQ%3D&reserved=0>
>>       * Christine Lemmer-Webber (Executive Director of Spritely, ActivityPub co-
>>         author/co-editor) — @cwebber <https://
>>         nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/? <http://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?>
>>         url=https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.coop%2F%40cwebber&data=05%7C02%7Csean.obrien%40yale.edu <http://40yale.edu/>%7C1654126f756b49c8497508dded6490a9%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638927739884278151%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Eun%2FHu6TZUenznHFdv%2FMJVFXdczS7eC4sQlrmp6G9oY%3D&reserved=0> / https://dustycloud.org/<https://dustycloud.org/>
>>       * Darius Kazemi (Social Web CG member) — @darius@friend.camp <https://
>>         nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/? <http://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?>
>>         url=https%3A%2F%2Ffriend.camp%2F%40darius&data=05%7C02%7Csean.obrien%40yale.edu <http://40yale.edu/>%7C1654126f756b49c8497508dded6490a9%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638927739884310719%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2Bjq52%2FfG%2BppHiUDgvCU7rNxSrjWQsF3s9W8LZMHFcLI%3D&reserved=0>
>>       *
>> 
>>         (full list here: https://github.com/swicg/general/blob/master/
>>         statements/2025-09-05-activitypub-and-atproto-discourse.md#co-signed-by-
>>         the-following-community-members <https://
>>         nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/? <http://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?>
>>         url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com <http://2fgithub.com/>%2Fswicg%2Fgeneral%2Fblob%2Fmaster%2Fstatements%2F2025-09-05-activitypub-and-atproto-discourse.md%23co-signed-by-the-following-community-members&data=05%7C02%7Csean.obrien%40yale.edu <http://40yale.edu/>%7C1654126f756b49c8497508dded6490a9%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638927739884325308%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=NOkZCIRMrj%2Fc8%2BekAp896KwfP5OXbnR6YangQaEn%2Fkw%3D&reserved=0> )
>> 
>>         All the statement says is that we can be respectful towards one another,
>>         stop spreading misinformation about each
>>         other, and instead work together and learn from one another. That _is_ a
>>         good thing for the AcitvityPub and the
>>         entire open social web, in mine, and from what I can tell, their opinions.
>> 
>>         You are free to dissent though. So far you're the only voice within the
>>         people who work on the specifications that I have heard dissenting, though.
>> 
>>         Yours,
>>         Emelia
>> 
>>             On 6 Sep 2025, at 18:22, Evan Prodromou <evan@prodromou.name> wrote:
>> 
>>             There's a statement published on the SWICG GitHub repo that had
>>             neither a proposal nor a CFC period.
>> 
>>             I strongly disagree with it. Can we take it down until consensus is
>>             reached?
>> 
>>             Evan
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Sep 6, 2025 12:31, emelia <emelia@brandedcode.com <mailto:emelia@brandedcode.com>> wrote:
>> 
>>     The statement is co-signed by the following people involved in the
>>     specification of ActivityPub and ActivityStreams:
>> 
>>       * Dmitri Zagidulin (Social CG co-chair) — @dmitri@social.coop <https://
>>         nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/? <http://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?>
>>         url=https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.coop%2F%40dmitri&data=05%7C02%7Csean.obrien%40yale.edu <http://40yale.edu/>%7C1654126f756b49c8497508dded6490a9%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638927739884338265%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Os4T8Jl8WYlSMKv%2FVDrc9GCz2wjJEo51HxyCqPrQ4LY%3D&reserved=0>
>>       * Tantek Çelik (Former Social Web Working Group co-chair) — @tantek.com
>>         <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?
>>         url=https%3A%2F%2Ftantek.com <http://2ftantek.com/>%2F&data=05%7C02%7Csean.obrien%40yale.edu <http://40yale.edu/>%7C1654126f756b49c8497508dded6490a9%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638927739884354976%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=BwoZEzkWEOPz9rNPirpCW237uCRyCFwRL0nrGGZ4RG4%3D&reserved=0>
>>       * James (Former SocialCG co-chair) — jamesg.blog <https://
>>         nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/? <http://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?>
>>         url=https%3A%2F%2Fjamesg.blog%2F&data=05%7C02%7Csean.obrien%40yale.edu <http://40yale.edu/>%7C1654126f756b49c8497508dded6490a9%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638927739884369359%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=hnCjutCWxyflDR%2BMaB2pTqC2KIyzL7VdFgFmVbkD%2Bic%3D&reserved=0> (@jamesg.blog@jamesg.blog <https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://jamesg.blog/>)
>>       * Chris Messina (Citizen Agency, creator of ActivityStreams) —
>>         @chrismessina.me <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?
>>         url=https%3A%2F%2Fchrismessina.me <http://2fchrismessina.me/>%2F&data=05%7C02%7Csean.obrien%40yale.edu <http://40yale.edu/>%7C1654126f756b49c8497508dded6490a9%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638927739884427580%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=wUykjO0%2FzEE4rROAV5tHH0OL6brDQ6lfE34B7NT%2F3mQ%3D&reserved=0>
>>       * Christine Lemmer-Webber (Executive Director of Spritely, ActivityPub co-
>>         author/co-editor) — @cwebber <https://
>>         nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/? <http://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?>
>>         url=https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.coop%2F%40cwebber&data=05%7C02%7Csean.obrien%40yale.edu <http://40yale.edu/>%7C1654126f756b49c8497508dded6490a9%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638927739884457951%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=AIHX73lVyWcDyFshpQOtXEK6gA7cQugCyxqUHNax7t8%3D&reserved=0> / https://dustycloud.org/<https://dustycloud.org/>
>>       * Darius Kazemi (Social Web CG member) — @darius@friend.camp <https://
>>         nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/? <http://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?>
>>         url=https%3A%2F%2Ffriend.camp%2F%40darius&data=05%7C02%7Csean.obrien%40yale.edu <http://40yale.edu/>%7C1654126f756b49c8497508dded6490a9%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638927739884489939%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=xr4gN%2BiorRCTwFB9ABaitr2f1FH0Ne96J0ILvFiEKGo%3D&reserved=0>
>>       *
>> 
>>         (full list here: https://github.com/swicg/general/blob/master/
>>         statements/2025-09-05-activitypub-and-atproto-discourse.md#co-signed-by-
>>         the-following-community-members <https://
>>         nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/? <http://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?>
>>         url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com <http://2fgithub.com/>%2Fswicg%2Fgeneral%2Fblob%2Fmaster%2Fstatements%2F2025-09-05-activitypub-and-atproto-discourse.md%23co-signed-by-the-following-community-members&data=05%7C02%7Csean.obrien%40yale.edu <http://40yale.edu/>%7C1654126f756b49c8497508dded6490a9%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638927739884505099%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=O%2BWLDDGPnNE0ttMIXpCln2iktYGyq1v%2BHvjwH4q0ExI%3D&reserved=0> )
>> 
>>         All the statement says is that we can be respectful towards one another,
>>         stop spreading misinformation about each
>>         other, and instead work together and learn from one another. That _is_ a
>>         good thing for the AcitvityPub and the
>>         entire open social web, in mine, and from what I can tell, their opinions.
>> 
>>         You are free to dissent though. So far you're the only voice within the
>>         people who work on the specifications that I have heard dissenting, though.
>> 
>>         Yours,
>>         Emelia
>> 
>>             On 6 Sep 2025, at 18:22, Evan Prodromou <evan@prodromou.name <mailto:evan@prodromou.name>> wrote:
>> 
>>             There's a statement published on the SWICG GitHub repo that had
>>             neither a proposal nor a CFC period.
>> 
>>             I strongly disagree with it. Can we take it down until consensus is
>>             reached?
>> 
>>             Evan
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Sep 6, 2025 12:31, emelia <emelia@brandedcode.com <mailto:emelia@brandedcode.com>> wrote:
>> 
>>     The statement is co-signed by the following people involved in the
>>     specification of ActivityPub and ActivityStreams:
>> 
>>       * Dmitri Zagidulin (Social CG co-chair) — @dmitri@social.coop <https://
>>         nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/? <http://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?>
>>         url=https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.coop%2F%40dmitri&data=05%7C02%7Csean.obrien%40yale.edu <http://40yale.edu/>%7C1654126f756b49c8497508dded6490a9%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638927739884519959%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=YonBFD5hud1%2BgHe59ZLRgOEv8ce82yCCKXeP6oWdRCw%3D&reserved=0>
>>       * Tantek Çelik (Former Social Web Working Group co-chair) — @tantek.com
>>         <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?
>>         url=https%3A%2F%2Ftantek.com <http://2ftantek.com/>%2F&data=05%7C02%7Csean.obrien%40yale.edu <http://40yale.edu/>%7C1654126f756b49c8497508dded6490a9%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638927739884540529%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=q1YPH8KrUtgjMw%2FN4OOGWjd9szkYjl7RM0T0uVTYFL0%3D&reserved=0>
>>       * James (Former SocialCG co-chair) — jamesg.blog <https://
>>         nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/? <http://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?>
>>         url=https%3A%2F%2Fjamesg.blog%2F&data=05%7C02%7Csean.obrien%40yale.edu <http://40yale.edu/>%7C1654126f756b49c8497508dded6490a9%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638927739884566058%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=49FZwX%2F2gUbLFLWnm9wZ8fPjv9r%2FhxtbSyNqT9p5SVU%3D&reserved=0> (@jamesg.blog@jamesg.blog <https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://jamesg.blog/>)
>>       * Chris Messina (Citizen Agency, creator of ActivityStreams) —
>>         @chrismessina.me <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?
>>         url=https%3A%2F%2Fchrismessina.me <http://2fchrismessina.me/>%2F&data=05%7C02%7Csean.obrien%40yale.edu <http://40yale.edu/>%7C1654126f756b49c8497508dded6490a9%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638927739884603349%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=bqapiP5tcb3t%2BkQWuDgC2WVGjIXIwuuKMlfaBH67ilY%3D&reserved=0>
>>       * Christine Lemmer-Webber (Executive Director of Spritely, ActivityPub co-
>>         author/co-editor) — @cwebber <https://
>>         nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/? <http://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?>
>>         url=https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.coop%2F%40cwebber&data=05%7C02%7Csean.obrien%40yale.edu <http://40yale.edu/>%7C1654126f756b49c8497508dded6490a9%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638927739884621947%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=krdDV8k7ajtP%2FI%2BgPC%2BVMm4XuoY8TKzBG2dJG5QFVmQ%3D&reserved=0> / https://dustycloud.org/ <https://dustycloud.org/>
>>       * Darius Kazemi (Social Web CG member) — @darius@friend.camp <https://
>>         nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/? <http://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?>
>>         url=https%3A%2F%2Ffriend.camp%2F%40darius&data=05%7C02%7Csean.obrien%40yale.edu <http://40yale.edu/>%7C1654126f756b49c8497508dded6490a9%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638927739884659565%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=8DBaawoG%2BjS%2FiCyz92HC7Wo7Y3PESzAp8A4eK4ytCdg%3D&reserved=0>
>>       *
>> 
>>         (full list here: https://github.com/swicg/general/blob/master/
>>         statements/2025-09-05-activitypub-and-atproto-discourse.md#co-signed-by-
>>         the-following-community-members <https://
>>         nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/? <http://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?>
>>         url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com <http://2fgithub.com/>%2Fswicg%2Fgeneral%2Fblob%2Fmaster%2Fstatements%2F2025-09-05-activitypub-and-atproto-discourse.md%23co-signed-by-the-following-community-members&data=05%7C02%7Csean.obrien%40yale.edu <http://40yale.edu/>%7C1654126f756b49c8497508dded6490a9%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638927739884676097%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=lBT7aEcjWRFJNf8jtYS9euu6s11V2i7o%2BLsvUnEpa4M%3D&reserved=0> )
>> 
>>         All the statement says is that we can be respectful towards one another,
>>         stop spreading misinformation about each
>>         other, and instead work together and learn from one another. That _is_ a
>>         good thing for the AcitvityPub and the
>>         entire open social web, in mine, and from what I can tell, their opinions.
>> 
>>         You are free to dissent though. So far you're the only voice within the
>>         people who work on the specifications that I have heard dissenting, though.
>> 
>>         Yours,
>>         Emelia
>> 
>>             On 6 Sep 2025, at 18:22, Evan Prodromou <evan@prodromou.name <mailto:evan@prodromou.name>> wrote:
>> 
>>             There's a statement published on the SWICG GitHub repo that had
>>             neither a proposal nor a CFC period.
>> 
>>             I strongly disagree with it. Can we take it down until consensus is
>>             reached?
>> 
>>             Evan
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Sep 6, 2025 12:31, emelia <emelia@brandedcode.com <mailto:emelia@brandedcode.com>> wrote:
>> 
>>     The statement is co-signed by the following people involved in the
>>     specification of ActivityPub and ActivityStreams:
>> 
>>       * Dmitri Zagidulin (Social CG co-chair) — @dmitri@social.coop <https://
>>         nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/? <http://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?>
>>         url=https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.coop%2F%40dmitri&data=05%7C02%7Csean.obrien%40yale.edu <http://40yale.edu/>%7C1654126f756b49c8497508dded6490a9%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638927739884693632%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=PvkSWttC72FikQBWoLTZgiITyZPG5F4vQCOYmUtzFiA%3D&reserved=0>
>>       * Tantek Çelik (Former Social Web Working Group co-chair) — @tantek.com
>>         <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?
>>         url=https%3A%2F%2Ftantek.com <http://2ftantek.com/>%2F&data=05%7C02%7Csean.obrien%40yale.edu <http://40yale.edu/>%7C1654126f756b49c8497508dded6490a9%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638927739884711068%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=YohHiYdVJZ6KgSDBzHZdgsthcSygkpgu6q6d1psdryQ%3D&reserved=0>
>>       * James (Former SocialCG co-chair) — jamesg.blog <https://
>>         nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/? <http://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?>
>>         url=https%3A%2F%2Fjamesg.blog%2F&data=05%7C02%7Csean.obrien%40yale.edu <http://40yale.edu/>%7C1654126f756b49c8497508dded6490a9%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638927739884728669%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=gwSBEWvjCn3ZeV8%2Fs2ObMitw4OlIwZhxieaaTcmwb%2FE%3D&reserved=0> (@jamesg.blog@jamesg.blog <https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://jamesg.blog/>)
>>       * Chris Messina (Citizen Agency, creator of ActivityStreams) —
>>         @chrismessina.me <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?
>>         url=https%3A%2F%2Fchrismessina.me <http://2fchrismessina.me/>%2F&data=05%7C02%7Csean.obrien%40yale.edu <http://40yale.edu/>%7C1654126f756b49c8497508dded6490a9%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638927739884764931%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=EKjDnrV9f%2FWyfpeMiq0xYGzWcIpvh0h0fwyR22dC4rI%3D&reserved=0>
>>       * Christine Lemmer-Webber (Executive Director of Spritely, ActivityPub co-
>>         author/co-editor) — @cwebber <https://
>>         nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/? <http://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?>
>>         url=https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.coop%2F%40cwebber&data=05%7C02%7Csean.obrien%40yale.edu <http://40yale.edu/>%7C1654126f756b49c8497508dded6490a9%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638927739884781645%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=zYh0vxav8hq%2FqTzthLRaaXn6UG8QroEG5QEWtj%2BmF6s%3D&reserved=0> / https://dustycloud.org/<https://dustycloud.org/>
>>       * Darius Kazemi (Social Web CG member) — @darius@friend.camp <https://
>>         nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/? <http://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?>
>>         url=https%3A%2F%2Ffriend.camp%2F%40darius&data=05%7C02%7Csean.obrien%40yale.edu <http://40yale.edu/>%7C1654126f756b49c8497508dded6490a9%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638927739884816454%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=eFM9utkuu%2FsnzTujCSSLlyIxUliBzmJjmHvyM%2BoX%2B4E%3D&reserved=0>
>>       *
>> 
>>         (full list here: https://github.com/swicg/general/blob/master/
>>         statements/2025-09-05-activitypub-and-atproto-discourse.md#co-signed-by-
>>         the-following-community-members <https://
>>         nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/? <http://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?>
>>         url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com <http://2fgithub.com/>%2Fswicg%2Fgeneral%2Fblob%2Fmaster%2Fstatements%2F2025-09-05-activitypub-and-atproto-discourse.md%23co-signed-by-the-following-community-members&data=05%7C02%7Csean.obrien%40yale.edu <http://40yale.edu/>%7C1654126f756b49c8497508dded6490a9%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638927739884834733%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ODK%2BFrxyjJm1DFTNytlj7O7iPPc4M3iWwXfW9nxea84%3D&reserved=0> )
>> 
>>         All the statement says is that we can be respectful towards one another,
>>         stop spreading misinformation about each
>>         other, and instead work together and learn from one another. That _is_ a
>>         good thing for the AcitvityPub and the
>>         entire open social web, in mine, and from what I can tell, their opinions.
>> 
>>         You are free to dissent though. So far you're the only voice within the
>>         people who work on the specifications that I have heard dissenting, though.
>> 
>>         Yours,
>>         Emelia
>> 
>>             On 6 Sep 2025, at 18:22, Evan Prodromou <evan@prodromou.name <mailto:evan@prodromou.name>> wrote:
>> 
>>             There's a statement published on the SWICG GitHub repo that had
>>             neither a proposal nor a CFC period.
>> 
>>             I strongly disagree with it. Can we take it down until consensus is
>>             reached?
>> 
>>             Evan
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Sep 6, 2025 12:31, emelia <emelia@brandedcode.com <mailto:emelia@brandedcode.com>> wrote:
>> 
>>     The statement is co-signed by the following people involved in the
>>     specification of ActivityPub and ActivityStreams:
>> 
>>       * Dmitri Zagidulin (Social CG co-chair) — @dmitri@social.coop <https://
>>         nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/? <http://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?>
>>         url=https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.coop%2F%40dmitri&data=05%7C02%7Csean.obrien%40yale.edu <http://40yale.edu/>%7C1654126f756b49c8497508dded6490a9%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638927739884851587%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2BB5968YjeRatfEb1NniiP5gUDJb6eDlLcHUmsEKVHkY%3D&reserved=0>
>>       * Tantek Çelik (Former Social Web Working Group co-chair) — @tantek.com
>>         <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?
>>         url=https%3A%2F%2Ftantek.com <http://2ftantek.com/>%2F&data=05%7C02%7Csean.obrien%40yale.edu <http://40yale.edu/>%7C1654126f756b49c8497508dded6490a9%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638927739884868482%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=J6M%2FHgDeymLxsJdC3pVZg8bROCPotcGvWnAJK80qkJI%3D&reserved=0>
>>       * James (Former SocialCG co-chair) — jamesg.blog <https://
>>         nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/? <http://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?>
>>         url=https%3A%2F%2Fjamesg.blog%2F&data=05%7C02%7Csean.obrien%40yale.edu <http://40yale.edu/>%7C1654126f756b49c8497508dded6490a9%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638927739884886753%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=kXiACRFldDDqAylc1qe%2Bf1LGqhW3pIFSxvnmNlf12wk%3D&reserved=0> (@jamesg.blog@jamesg.blog <https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://jamesg.blog/>)
>>       * Chris Messina (Citizen Agency, creator of ActivityStreams) —
>>         @chrismessina.me <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?
>>         url=https%3A%2F%2Fchrismessina.me <http://2fchrismessina.me/>%2F&data=05%7C02%7Csean.obrien%40yale.edu <http://40yale.edu/>%7C1654126f756b49c8497508dded6490a9%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638927739884919874%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=6mvlJPrlx28YveUyoX0Ys3ER6vSB3uh5Mu266OwgE2U%3D&reserved=0>
>>       * Christine Lemmer-Webber (Executive Director of Spritely, ActivityPub co-
>>         author/co-editor) — @cwebber <https://
>>         nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/? <http://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?>
>>         url=https%3A%2F%2Fsocial.coop%2F%40cwebber&data=05%7C02%7Csean.obrien%40yale.edu <http://40yale.edu/>%7C1654126f756b49c8497508dded6490a9%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638927739884936384%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=laj8LgngC7Bl7os2ypuwMcoEHcpdyPxqNwLs5s34dIk%3D&reserved=0> / https://dustycloud.org/<https://dustycloud.org/>
>>       * Darius Kazemi (Social Web CG member) — @darius@friend.camp <https://
>>         nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/? <http://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?>
>>         url=https%3A%2F%2Ffriend.camp%2F%40darius&data=05%7C02%7Csean.obrien%40yale.edu <http://40yale.edu/>%7C1654126f756b49c8497508dded6490a9%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638927739884970075%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Iv1bfvjjE%2BrLxbITxy65psXfQc4uLRCGSIdKRKpgs1k%3D&reserved=0>
>>       *
>> 
>>         (full list here: https://github.com/swicg/general/blob/master/
>>         statements/2025-09-05-activitypub-and-atproto-discourse.md#co-signed-by-
>>         the-following-community-members <https://
>>         nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/? <http://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?>
>>         url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com <http://2fgithub.com/>%2Fswicg%2Fgeneral%2Fblob%2Fmaster%2Fstatements%2F2025-09-05-activitypub-and-atproto-discourse.md%23co-signed-by-the-following-community-members&data=05%7C02%7Csean.obrien%40yale.edu <http://40yale.edu/>%7C1654126f756b49c8497508dded6490a9%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638927739884987962%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=GJQyy90fYL66w336fkTNwicJwv9V%2FyqWzRzoh5FNFnM%3D&reserved=0> )
>> 
>>         All the statement says is that we can be respectful towards one another,
>>         stop spreading misinformation about each
>>         other, and instead work together and learn from one another. That _is_ a
>>         good thing for the AcitvityPub and the
>>         entire open social web, in mine, and from what I can tell, their opinions.
>> 
>>         You are free to dissent though. So far you're the only voice within the
>>         people who work on the specifications that I have heard dissenting, though.
>> 
>>         Yours,
>>         Emelia
>> 
>>             On 6 Sep 2025, at 18:22, Evan Prodromou <evan@prodromou.name <mailto:evan@prodromou.name>> wrote:
>> 
>>             There's a statement published on the SWICG GitHub repo that had
>>             neither a proposal nor a CFC period.
>> 
>>             I strongly disagree with it. Can we take it down until consensus is
>>             reached?
>> 
>>             Evan

Received on Saturday, 6 September 2025 20:07:51 UTC