Recently joined the #Fediverse buying on the concept of #activitypub.
Although it is promising, quirks like:
-Viewing content from other #instances, one needs to follow a profile from that instance.
-Explicitly viewing instance content, user needs to sign up on their instance.
dilutes the unique Identity across the activity pub.
Considering all this, the potential it hold is immense if these promises have been worked out in near future.
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
glimse@lemmy.world 4 months ago
You forgot:
-tweet-like Mastodon posts showing up in Lemmy communities with butchered titles