Python is the only language I've seen where the stdlib docs contain smilies: https://docs.python.org/3.6/library/heapq.html#theory
It makes the docs more approachable, but also shows the diversity of writing styles used!
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Trends in mastodon decentralisation: https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/analysis-of-fediverse-diversity-in-terms-of-decentralization/3252
The fediverse is becoming more diverse.
Shower thought: in the 80s it was more common to have a protocol rather than a single canonical implementation (e.g. SMTP).
Presumably this was partly due to the diversity of computing platforms then? These days it's often sufficient to have a website and a mobile app.
Ideological diversity producing better articles for Wikipedia articles about both politics and science:
https://m.nautil.us/issue/70/variables/wikipedia-and-the-wisdom-of-polarized-crowds