# Suggestions to have productive discussions about governance?

**URL:** <https://community.coops.tech/t/suggestions-to-have-productive-discussions-about-governance/2730>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** coops\
**Created:** [21 May 2021 09:22 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/suggestions-to-have-productive-discussions-about-governance/2730 "2021-05-21T09:22:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![chris](https://community.coops.tech/user_avatar/community.coops.tech/chris/32/2_2.png) [@chris](https://community.coops.tech/u/chris)\
**Post date:** [21 May 2021 10:52 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/suggestions-to-have-productive-discussions-about-governance/2730/4 "2021-05-21T10:52:52Z")

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What is wrong with the existing systems like [Requests for Comments](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Request_for_Comments)? Why does the fediverse need governance and not just standards in the manner that email has?

EDIT: When I wrote the above I didn’t realise that [ActivityPub is a W3C Recommendation](https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/), therefore agreed standards already exist, that aspect is already sorted out.

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