Happy 7th anniversary of becoming an official W3C standard, ActivityPub!
https://www.w3.org/news/2018/activitypub-is-now-a-w3c-recommendation/
We're creating something truly special here with the fediverse, and I am so thankful for everyone who contributes to it, whether with your time, money, or just by sharing your thoughts, your creations, your silly little jokes. Keep it up!
[#]fediverse #activitypub #standards #OpenWeb #anniversary
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And I must also acknowledge the challenges we're dealing with here. I'm just begging everyone to be cool if you see someone using the fediverse a bit differently than what you're used to, or goes on a bit of a rant to vent a minor frustration, or asks a rhetorical question.
Not everything requires a response.
If you mostly agree with a post, give it a like/star/whatever, and move on with your life. If you disagree, but the person isn't hurting anyone, then the post is not for you.
I just want the fediverse to be a safe place we can share together, where people can come to be themselves, and where we can connect and help each other. We all need this.
[#]fediverse #activitypub #standards #OpenWeb #anniversary #BeCool #BeKind
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@stefan online platforms (aka social) were problematic (ironically prone to trigger asocial behavior) from day one, already so many decades ago (usenet).
The causes have been studied by experts, the lack of means to re-inforce human connection over the wire etc.
The fediverse is really no exception in this, goes much deeper than protocols and moderation and UI etc. But every generation somehow must relearn.
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@openrisk Yes, this is all true, but it seems we're doing something particularly wrong here if we're not able to keep folks from leaving for corporate social media.
I don't even mean people who consider the fediverse too much effort and don't bother even trying it out. I've seen too many people giving fediverse a fair try, and often being driven away by, as someone aptly put it recently, "friendly fire".
There is definitely something different about the culture here, and I just hope we can start doing better.
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@stefan I have been the target of "friendly fire" for "being myself" and hardly dare post anything at all these days bar some bland beige comment about the weather or my shopping expeditions. I find it very anti-female on here, so have gone elsewhere.
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@Judeet99 That's really disappointing, I'm sorry you have to deal with that.
I am very optimistic about some of the upcoming changes to Mastodon, namely quote boosts with proper privacy controls, and reply controls that should make it easy to disable unwanted replies.
Hopefully by the time these changes arrive, you and others will be willing to give the fediverse one last chance.
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