diff --git a/agora pkg chapter.md b/agora pkg chapter.md index 5e6eef3d4..ff43358bf 100644 --- a/agora pkg chapter.md +++ b/agora pkg chapter.md @@ -96,11 +96,15 @@ This section describes a [[protocol]] for publicly defining sets of [[convention An Agora is a public space that defines itself as such and follows an explicit variation of this Agora Protocol. +In text format, Agora Protocol is a series of typographical conventions + +## Federation + Individual Agora instances, initially provisioned and maintained by like-minded groups in a [[decentralized]] (Fediverse) model but later likely moving to a fully [[distributed]] model, are expected to organize into a greater federated [[Agora network]][^fediverse]. [^fediverse]: An Agora is part of the Fediverse. -The Agora network is built on a federated protocol with the aim of reducing friction to cross-tool cooperation and maximizing the constructiveness of forks. +The Agora network is built on a federated protocol the aim of reducing friction to cross-tool cooperation and maximizing the constructiveness of forks. Take the case in which two groups might temporarily diverge in their views to want to run separate Agoras. Ideally their instances should be able to continue to cooperate on problems and solutions for which there is enough values/ideological alignment. Persistent best effort cooperation as a default contract also maximizes the chance of re-convergence leading to a merge.