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Ironically, these decentralized microblogging and social platforms are getting too diverse. We're all trapped in wall-less walled gardens.
by qwertyuiop924 10y ago
Ironically, these decentralized microblogging and social platforms are getting too diverse. We're all trapped in wall-less walled gardens.
- daveid 10y agoThat's fine as long as they're compatible with each other, isn't it? Different software, same social network.
- qwertyuiop924 10y ago...But they're not. Are you using diaspora, pump.io, gnusocial, or something else? Sure, there are bridges, but they're kind of awkward.
- daveid 10y agoI can't speak for Diaspora but Pump.io, GNU social and Mastodon don't need bridges, the users are actually equal.
- qwertyuiop924 10y agoIndeed. Which is why they weren't mentioned.
- clacke2 10y agopump.io and OStatus are not compatible.
- dublinben 10y agoThis is exactly why the W3 is developing a standard called ActivityPub, so that all of these platforms can communicate amongst each other. It shouldn't matter what platform or node you choose to host your social media profile. They should all be able to communicate with everyone else (like email!). https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/ https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/
- qwertyuiop924 10y agoNow that is good news. At the moment, we have a xkcd/927 situation on our hands.
- ftio 10y agoTangent: I just typed `xkcd/927` in Safari and it took me directly to the XKCD page. Is this some kind of Safari easter egg? It doesn't work in Chrome or Firefox. I want this to be true.
- tedmiston 10y agoConfirmed here too. I think you're on to something. It worked with xkcd/<anything> for me.
- kpcyrd 10y agosome browsers add .com automatically, try again with example/1234
- tedmiston 10y agoHmm, you may be correct. The pattern seems to work generally. example/123 --> http://www.example.com/123 http://www.example.com/123 facebook/someusername --> https://www.facebook.com/someusername https://www.facebook.com/someusername I tried on Mobile Safari too but it didn't seem to expand there.
- daveid 10y agoActivityPub is a successor to ActivityStreams/Salmon which Mastodon and GNU social are currently using. At least with these it's not really a xkcd/927 situation.
- qwertyuiop924 10y agoDiaspora? Pump.io? Patchwork (the SSB thing)?
- erikb 10y agoNot really. That is what open standards are for. If you make sure your tool communicates and stores data in open formats you are not locked in, since any other tool that can read these standards can work with your data as well, import it, represent it in its own flair etc.
- qwertyuiop924 10y agoBut we don't have one yet. Work is being done, but the standard isn't finished or supported by the majority.