There is a very large presence over at Mastodon when it comes to people well versed in web standards. The public discussions are often very lively (in a good way).

yeah check out https://front-end.social - some popular front end dev accounts:

https://mastodon.social/@firefoxwebdevs

https://social.lol/@db

https://front-end.social/@piccalilli

https://mastodon.social/@davatron5000

https://indieweb.social/@addyosmani

https://front-end.social/@jensimmons

https://mastodon.social/@adactio

https://zachleat.com/@zachleat

https://front-end.social/@rem

https://front-end.social/@chriscoyier

https://front-end.social/@AmeliaBR

https://front-end.social/@rachelandrew

https://webtoo.ls/@astro

https://webtoo.ls/@antfu

https://front-end.social/@bramus

https://front-end.social/@5t3ph

Any tips on how to find those people or discussions?

Can you link to some lists or an example discussion to seed my list to follow? Mastodon seems stalled out but I think it’s just a discoverability issue.