FinchHaven@sfba.social 10 months ago
Couple thoughts, because I read some common misunderstandings
1) The Fediverse is a broad, generic concept like "democracy"
No one is running "Fediverse" anywhere or is homed on a "Fediverse" instance
2) #ActivityPub is a protocol, a specification if you will
It must be *implemented* in a specific software distribution to varying degrees of accuracy to exist
Again, no one is running "ActivityPub" anywhere or is homed on an "ActivityPub" instance
3) "Viewing content from other #instances, one needs to follow a profile from that instance"
and
"Explicitly viewing instance content, user needs to sign up on their instance"
No
I can go to your instance in a web browser, to /public/local/ and read the public posts on your specific instance
Here: https://mstdn.social/public/local
But no, I cannot see anyone's Home feed unless I follow that person, or follow hashtags which we use and Follow in common
Which is the only reason I saw your post in the first place, the hashtag #Fediverse
cc @technology