The Social Web Foundation (SWF) is a new non-profit with a mission of "a growing, healthy, financially viable and multi-polar Fediverse”. In TechCrunch, Sarah Perez reported that SWF has “some backing” from Meta as well as Flipboard, Ghost, Mastodon, and others as well as a “large grant” from the Ford Foundation. “In total, SWF is closing in on $1 million in financial support.”

One of the hot buttons in the discussion is SWF’s relationship with Meta. So I set up a series of polls on Mastodon. Here are the options for this one – I’m not sure how to do polls on Lemmy, so please leave your thoughts in the comments

• SWF shouldn’t engage with Meta at all
• SWF should work with Meta occasionally, when it’s necessary
• SWF should work with Meta together often, but no formal relationship
• SWF should have Meta as a partner, advisor, or some other formal relatoinship, but no funding
• SWF should take funding from Meta, but no formal relationship
• SWF should take funding from Meta and a formal relatiionship