Intro, Part 5: Who is “we?”
To this point, I have mostly written in the collective as opposed to the personal; “we” instead of “I.” However, right now “we” is officially “me.” Several others have signing on to indicate they believe in our mission, and I’ve discussed concepts directly with at least one other person, but at the moment no one has “officially” joined me in this initiative.
However, I hope to revise the situation in the near future so that “we” is officially many people. I’d love to have some company here; I didn’t start this project to be “all about me.” Instead I hope to leverage the research and experience of the many smart people who have contributed to the web in one form or another over the more than a decade of its existence. If all goes well, there will be more than just me blogging here about URL design before long.
So I write in the collective because I expect that like-minded people will join me in this initiative, and by self-selection they will identify with what I’ve published thus far. Since I expect this introduction to live on for a long time, ultimately “we” will refer in a retroactive sense to all of those involved, not just me. That’s my hope, at least. :)