@antichrist_hater @tost @amd64sucks there's no need for authority, it's about communicating with other projects

if you want a standard, you can implement Mastodon's or Honk's, and Honk's developer has a nice compilation of all things Mastodon-and-a-few-others-federation-related at https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/ActivityPub-as-it-has-been-understood if you really want a standard

people complaining about the lack of "standard" doesn't mean they work with it or understand it, most of the time, the issues are mostly technical and, well, sources for all projects are available, and that's infinitely better than any standard in my opinion (because it exists and it's the real thing, that's how things actually communicate and work, and it's how some developers have interpreted the network, etc)

we don't need an authority to "report back to" and in fact, most people would absolutely despise that (and for good reason)
we all like to do things on our own and to mind our own business, and most people here write things for their own small circles

there's a reason FEP proposals are mostly ignored, and it's not because they're bad or anything of the sort