Federating identi.ca?
Thursday, July 03, 2008 by Dave Winer.
I note that a number of programmers I respect are trying to launch instances of the software behind identi.ca. 
If they're successful, and if there is a decent way to connect them into a federation (meaning we can communicate even if we're using different hosts), then we're getting somewhere.
Is there some place where someone is monitoring the status? A wiki? A discussion thread?
I'm not planning on running one until the trail has been well blazed, maybe not even then, but I don't mind helping track the progress.
Update #1: Les Orchard has two instances running.
Update #2: laconica.kamleitner.com.
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