For those wondering, Mastodon contains no “web3” or crypto technology, and significantly predates any of that. The technology deployed here is primarily ActivityPub, which has roots in tech like RSS and PubSubHubbub.
It is noteworthy that “web3” designs are absent from the Twitter emigration discussion; that’s because it’s a scam and not fit for purpose.
The minute people start talking about adding crypto to the fediverse, run. That’s not what this is about and violates its spirit and design.
@davetroy I brought up this exact point and we discussed this topic at the first Mastodon meeting in Finland last night.
https://attractive.space/@Setok/109364326291755986
Finnish startup Jaiku from 2006 was also mentioned as opening API for aggregated social media before PubSubHubbub, though bought by Google and discontinued shortly after. Hard to find exact details on this history because of link rot.
And I'm too young to remember these events clearly while being in high school back then.
Even more topical than we imagined with #riptwitter going on: today will be the first ever #mastodon #meetup in #finland. Courtesy of @[email protected] and myself. 17:00 at Bierhaus, Tripla, Helsinki. A short distance from #slush. Open to everyone. Let’s discuss the futures of social media over beer.
@davetroy Maybe Jyri Engeström and Petteri Koponen, the founders of Jaiku, can tell us the story in more detail when they join Mastodon?
I can't find them through name search here yet and no indications of Mastodon on their Twitter accounts' bio.
#MastodonMeetup #Slush2022 #Jaiku #PubSubHubbub #ActivityPub #RSS #API
Dave Troy 
Pekka Sipilä