@dogtrax. I so thoroughly enjoyed this piece. I especially how you called it an “Open Annotation Project” I got some serious push back when calling the event “an annotation mob.” Too many people on the web know the violent power of the mob. In fact folks shared links to the abuse people receive: https://indieweb.org/annotation#Annotation_Sites_Enable_Abuse it also reminded me of what happened to the female reporter who challenged Elon Musk: https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-its-like-when-elon-musks-twitter-mob-comes-after-you?ref=scroll

Yet this project demonstrates the power of open annotation. I think a key difference is the that we had the author and the publishers blessing and an existing community of shared friends who have known each other for a long time.