I think a big part of the conversation is how do we create something that builds on the years long efforts of all current actors, most of which have already sunk in thousands of hours of work into understanding tech related issues, social issues, money exchange issues, governance issues and so on and so forth.
I think what we need is more conversation about how to convert all that wealth of knowledge, tools, and expertise for it to not turn into a winner takes all race to the bottom, but rather something that can meaningfully reward all these efforts and turn them into a collaborative project that can actually materialize into something useful.
The more there’s one big space to handle that conversation, the more likely it is that we align eachother where it counts, and differentiate eachother in ways that are useful to all.
One last footnote however : This space needs to not become somewhere where the “community at large” (Fedi or otherwise) puts pressure on the tool builders to answer their questions, etc. I think one essential thing to keep in mind is how burnout prone this work can be, and that by its very nature as a place where we aim to build alternatives, it means money is scarce, fundings are close to inexistant, and business models relly a lot on goodwill and volunteer energy.