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I'm proud of where DDS is going :) Two days ago, we held our first DDS plenary open call. youtu.be/udoK32qOc7Q

The call followed months of informal discussions with people across many different communities. Those conversations challenged the initial idea and helped reshape it.

The idea first started taking shape when @pujaohlhaver.bsky.social proposed to create a "decentralized deliberation standard" during a call with @yutingjiang.com. After that I took two weeks to launch dds.xyz. Almost immediately, it attracted a lot of attention from many communities.

Then, it kept evolving through every conversation that followed @daviddao.org, Eugene Leventhal, and @theobtl.eurosky.social helped shape my thinking through the Web3 gov/acc initiative and community, particularly during EthCC in Cannes this year.

@metagov.bsky.social internal DataMesh working group, facilitated by Lee, brought another community and perspective into the discussion, particularly focused on Ontology.

I initially met Stuart Lynn through Voxit. As CTOs of our respective companies, we share a pragmatic focus on "getting things done," which has helped move the idea forward.

At @zhgnv.com's CIBC, I met Simone Vagnoni, who helped push DDS toward becoming protocol-agnostic and forming a W3C Community Group.

Discussions with bengo.is and Adam Lake reinforced something important for the standardization effort in deliberation to potentially become ubiquitous: protocol agnosticism.

In @patcon.bsky.social's polislike group, he encouraged me to better understand how standards are developed collaboratively. That changed how I approached DDS.

A special thank you to @takerufukushima.bsky.social, one of DDS's earliest and most enthusiastic supporters, for turning that enthusiasm into action by contributing a PR :)

DDS is now a W3C Community Group, and I think it is taking shape nicely. With every discussion, it becomes clearer and more open to the many different dimensions of deliberation.

I'm realizing just how rich this field is and how much there is still to learn. Meaningful change might take a long time, but what we’re building already feels really cool. I'm genuinely happy and proud to be part of it :)

Our first DDS plenary open call: youtu.be/udoK32qOc7Q