Something to ponder #Fediverse and #SocialHub #ActivityPub devs, and - perhaps to lesser extent - #Solid /#SolidProject community..

https://www.thediff.co/p/the-promise-and-paradox-of-decentralization

Quoting:

"Any decentralized [ecosystem] requires a centralized substrate, and the more decentralized the approach is the more important it is that you can count on the underlying system."

Is this substrate - based on #W3C #OpenStandards - evolving well and truly healthy? Seems at least very haphazardly among us grassroots 'herd of cats' 🤔