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Added a basic introduction which needs to adjusted to the rest of the
document contents. Started with how we define the Fediverse, needs more
reading to define this properly for our purposes.
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>- Amount of system administration engineers actively working on Fediverse software products >- Amount of system administration engineers actively working on Fediverse software products
>- Amount of moderation and governance people >- Amount of moderation and governance people
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# An estimate of investments in the Fediverse # An estimate of investments in the Fediverse
## Introduction ## Introduction
* Define Fediverse / Social web To provide an estimate of the investments made into the Fediverse, is a very daunting task due to decentralised nature of the Fediverse, the amount of volunteers contributing freely and - in our experience - a lack of research on this topic thus far. Nonetheless, we have taken upon ourselves the task to provide a first glimpse on this subject.
* Goals of this document
[TODO: describe 'the why' better]
We hope our work will contribute and ignite more serious research into this topic.
In this document we describe our assessment of the investments made in the Fediverse. We start with how we define the Fediverse, describe our methodology for gathering data on the defined Fediverse and share information on the services, platforms and software applications we have deemed relevant to include.
[TODO: need to add more info here ]
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## Define the Fediverse
We need to define what the Fediverse is.
Wikipedia defines Fediverse as "a collection of social networking services that can communicate with each other (formally known as federation) using a common protocol. Users of different websites can send and receive status updates, multimedia files and other data across the network. The term Fediverse is a portmanteau of "federation" and "universe". (Wikipedia contributors, 2024)[^1]".
Erin Kissane & Darius Kazemi in 'Findings Report: Governance on Fediverse Microblogging Servers' define the Fediverse as "a decentralized interoperable network of social media sites, apps, and services built on the ActivityPub protocol.[^2]".
[ TODO: add the other definitions ]
It seems there has not yet formed consensus on what exactly are the attributes which could define a platform, service or software application part of the Fediverse.
## Methodology ## Methodology
* Numbers used & why these numbers and not other numbers * Numbers used & why these numbers and not other numbers
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* Conclusion * Conclusion
## Notes
[^1]: Wikipedia contributors. (2024, December 29). Fediverse. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse
[^2]: Kissane, E., & Kazemi, D. (2024, September 4). Findings Report: Governance on Fediverse Microblogging Servers. https://fediverse-governance.github.io/#brief-glossary
## References ## References
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse
* https://fedidb.org/ * https://fedidb.org/