Did you know? 4 times a year, many members of #XMPP community (not all though) are applying to be member of the XMPP Software Foundation (#XSF), and for this they write a small presentation on who they are, what they are working on, and who they work for.
Every year, some of them apply to be member of board for administrative direction, or council, for technical decisions.
If you are interested in running for Board or Council, please add a wiki page about your candidacy to one or both of the following sections until November 5th, 2023, 00:00 UTC. (Board application does not require XSF membership.)
To reduce the risk of such attacks in the future an early stage service called CertWatch has been published by our Community: https://certwatch.xmpp.net/
It's a pity that #XMPP extensions (#XEP) are so badly understood and there is so much misinformation on them.
Because the principle is really great: you have an idea, you explain it, and how to implement it, it's discussed, and evolves with feedback. Anybody can do it, you don't even need to be #XSF member.
Maybe later, an other idea, or a better version replace it, and it works thanks to the neat discovery mechanism of XMPP.
One of the main reasons why I've stuck with this #protocol.