Chris TrottierNov 9, 2022

The biggest mistake web devs ever made was focusing on corporate-owned APIs instead of on new and innovative open protocols.

I don't care how all-encompassing Big Social becomes -- or whether Google or Apple can keep their market valuations ongoing.

Those "critical" APIs can be yoinked at any moment.

However, SMTP and HTTP have now been used for decades. So why not build on the next generation of open protocols?

Show threadAlex White
@atomicpoet what are the next generation of open protocols - the ones underlying the fediverse? Or do you have others in mind?
Nov 9, 2022 at 10:18pmWeb
Show threadChris TrottierNov 9, 2022
@PlaneSailingGames Here's a helpful chart.
Show threadAlex WhiteNov 9, 2022

@atomicpoet thanks! and ActivityPub is the protocol which glues it all together?

https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/

ActivityPub

The ActivityPub protocol is a decentralized social networking protocol based upon the [ActivityStreams] 2.0 data format. It provides a client to server API for creating, updating and deleting content, as well as a federated server to server API for delivering notifications and content.

Show threadernestNov 10, 2022

@atomicpoet New player (microbloging/news aggregation) - https://kbin.pub :)

The main, English-speaking instance will be built soon...

@PlaneSailingGames

Home | kbin.pub - Fediverse of content

Show thread✍🏻Лекс БердNov 10, 2022
@atomicpoet @PlaneSailingGames меня если честно напрягает то, что все пытаются выбрать именно activitypub: федивёрс вокруг одного протокола – весьма опасно как по мне

Но кредит доверия большой, жду и надеюсь
Show threadLena ⏥Nov 10, 2022
@PlaneSailingGames There is also matrix <https://matrix.org/>. Mostly used for instant messaging, but capable of much more.
@atomicpoet
Writing and publishing content

Matrix is an open standard for interoperable, decentralised, real-time communication

Matrix.org