“Mastodon may not be the future of social, but we might not get to the future without it.”

https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/20/23689570/activitypub-protocol-standard-social-network

#ActivityPub #SocialMedia #Internet #OpenWeb

Can ActivityPub save the internet?

Mozilla, Meta, Medium, Flipboard, Tumblr, and so many other companies are betting that the future of social networks looks more like email than it does Elon Musk’s Twitter. And they’re betting on a little-known protocol to make it happen.

The Verge
@cherilucas @mattsheffield This is a long but generally thoughtful article on the insides of the #fediverse . My only disagreement is with the line “Musk thought he could save Twitter” because he’s not trying to save it, he’s destroying it — running people and companies away from it — in order to remake it in his own image and serve as a mouthpiece for the fascisphere. Look at who he’s supporting and who he’s driving away. He’s betting on and trying to engineer the triumph of fascism.