There just was a mail by @Johann150 to the SWICG mailing list thread Updated wish list by @j12t with:
A branding program for products that have passed the test suite
To me “branding” does not really sound like something nice, if I think about the literal sense. And thinking of the metaphorical sense also doesn’t sound much better either, since it evokes images of “corporatism” that I am honestly happy at least the part of the Fediverse I call home has managed to avoid this far.
As an implementor, you get to put the sticker on your product.
In particular, in the places in the product where users “connect” to other servers in the Fediverse, like “Visa” is displayed at the POS terminal
I believe this will become critical if/when larger orgs with potentially different value systems connect to the FediverseThere already is a logo for ActivityPub and/or the Fediverse which people could use for this purpose and I think projects do use them. But since they are just pixel graphics nothing would stop me from adding them without getting authoritatively certified by someone.
Wrt compliance to an official AP test suite, there’s another use case for federated open badges, maybe.
A fediverse-ideas idea? → Created: #18 Federated open badges.