Friday, June 27, 2025

On Mastodon’s blog Andy Piper writes:

This week is UN Open Source Week, and we’re happy to share that today, Mastodon was added to the Digital Public Goods Alliance’s DPG Registry. A goal of the DPGA is to promote digital public goods in order to create a more equitable world. Being recognised as a DPG increases the visibility, support for, and prominence of open projects that have the potential to tackle global challenges. To become a digital public good, all projects are required to meet the DPG Standard to ensure that they truly encapsulate open-source principles and what it means to be a digital public good.

I used to think that Bluesky could promote these types of standards more effectively. However, for some time now, I have seen that Mastodon does it better. Even though it is much smaller and less recognizable. It chose a different path than Bluesky. This is very good news.