Post #2494387

2023-12-07 10:40 UTC

@LiberalArtist@mastodon.social @eloquence@social.coop I got really upset observing some blockchain startup hipsters with the necessary money hijack the W3C standardization procedure to give their terrible stupid ideas the legitimacy of a "web standard". And there is nothing you, as an individual, can do. As an individual you can neither read the WG's mailinglist nor can you participate in any discussions … or you pay the money and become a member^w lobbyist. That sucks and is undemocratic!

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@fluepke@chaos.social 2023-12-07 10:44

@LiberalArtist@mastodon.social @eloquence@social.coop The W3C is just the capitalist internet's henchman. And they're very open about this. It's right there in the first sentence of their mission statement: > W3C is leading the Web to its full potential by developing protocols and guidelines that ensure the long-term growth of the Web.

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@f09fa681@digitalcourage.social 2023-12-07 13:43

@fluepke@chaos.social @LiberalArtist@mastodon.social @eloquence@social.coop We can totally criticise the W3C in many, many areas but let's clarify a few important things: - A ton of WG/CG mailing lists are open: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/ It is also possible to participate there. - Many WG/CGs use public GH repos and one can make "substantial contributions" by becoming an Invited Expert. This system is far from perfect, obviously, but it does exist. - Many of the W3C CGs are open and everyone can join. With that out of the way, can you reference the WG or CG you're talking about which denied public access to the mailing list and severely restricted individual contributions? Edit: You're probably referring to https://www.w3.org/2019/did-wg Their mailing list is publicly available here: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-did-wg/ Spec repo is here: https://github.com/w3c/did-core and creating issues is allowed (this is how I got invited to another group btw).

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