Seonglae ChoSNS API Protocol
constellation of small apps and personal servers
Meta joining the decentralized movement
Fear, loathing, and excitement as Threads adopts open standard used by Mastodon
Meta promised to make Threads compatible with W3C open standard for social media.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/fear-loathing-and-excitement-as-threads-adopts-open-standard-used-by-mastodon/
Patrick, the Linux guy (@raccoon@home.social)
🧵 [1 / 15] So, we jumped from #Twitter to #Mastodon, after a man with a sink showed us how fragile centralized platforms really are. And now there's #Bluesky wanting to convince us that their AT Protocol is even more robust than #ActivityPub. But is it really superior and would it have been better to build the #fediverse on top of this protocol, instead? Thread time!
https://home.social/@raccoon/110300577198748902
Can ActivityPub save the internet?
Imagine a world without platform lock-in, where no ban or billionaire could take down your social network. That’s what ActivityPub has planned.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/20/23689570/activitypub-protocol-standard-social-network
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Tumblr to add support for ActivityPub, the social protocol powering Mastodon and other apps
Tumblr will add support for ActivityPub, the open, decentralized social networking protocol that today is powering social networking software like Twitter alternative Mastodon, the Instagram-like Pixelfed, video streaming service PeerTube, and others.
https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/21/tumblr-to-add-support-for-activitypub-the-social-protocol-powering-mastodon-and-other-apps/
Threads Adopting ActivityPub Makes Sense, but Won't Be Easy
Threads will soon connect its 100 million users to the fediverse via ActivityPub. But Meta faces a number of technical and social challenges.
https://thenewstack.io/threads-adopting-activitypub-makes-sense-but-wont-be-easy/
