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@silverpill hey, thanks for sharing the link!

Interledger Foundation is also a W3C member, and can join the Working Group directly. They don't need to make this grant to participate in ActivityPub standards.

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The grant is for four subprojects:

1. Fediverse sustainability. What are the economic, psychological and emotional pressures on instance operators and other infrastructure providers? How can we support them?

2. Creator economy. What social, organizational, and technical infrastructure do content creators depend on? What are we missing on the Fediverse?

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3. Cooperatives. social.coop, cosocial.ca and data.coop are all great examples of coops on the fediverse. Does this democratic and participative corporate structure provide an advantage for the Fediverse?

4. Web Monetization. Many Fediverse projects have implemented this API. We'll be identifying two more multimedia projects and helping them use the protocol.

@silverpill this is a restricted grant; we're being paid for the work being done. There's no quid pro quo, except that ILF and SWF both want the Social Web to grow and succeed.

@silverpill feel free to tag me next time if you'd like to talk about our work at SWF.

@evan There's nothing to talk about. I know who these people are and what they are doing.