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What advantage does bringing ActivityPub to this blogging platform have over just subscribing via an RSS reader?

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jtbayly 8y ago
I'd say it's that it takes care of the the complaint that RSS is not "social." I think it's a cool idea. If you really want to break the power of FB, you need a way to easily see what people are reading, recommending, talking about etc. and that includes following a whole website, whether written by an individual or a corporation.
- rainbowmverse 8y ago
  And then you can grab the RSS feed for people whose comments you want to follow. At least, I assume all Fediverse-supporting software generates user RSS like Mastodon.
  - fenwick67 8y ago
    Pleroma does for sure (it even follows the exact same url scheme and feed format) but not sure about others.
Boulth 8y ago
Interaction. Comments (toots) and likes (boosts) are built in the platform. And you don't need to log in anywhere to comment, you're using your one ActivityPub identity. While commenting you can add additional people to the thread, recommending the post to your friends.
- thebaer 8y ago
  Yep, you can see this type of commenting in action already on Plume [0], an AP-enabled blogging platform in development. [0] https://baptiste.gelez.xyz/~/PlumeDevelopment/this-month-in-plume-june-2018/ https://baptiste.gelez.xyz/~/PlumeDevelopment/this-month-in-...
- anchpop 8y ago
  I'm new to this landscape, how do I have one activitypub identity? I have a Mastodon account, but that's about it
  - Boulth 8y ago
    I mean you can use that account to comment on any ActivityPub enabled blog, no need to register there or for any comments system they support. One identity may refer also to running your own server, then you're safe from any extinction events :)
- dane-pgp 8y ago
  It would be nice if there were a federated way to accept "likes" from users (not just friends) across all compatible sites, but I don't think there's a good way to stop a site from Sybil-attacking posts with arbitrary numbers of illegitimate likes. My instinct is that there needs to be a second layer reputation system for recording which sites can be trusted not to inflate their like numbers. This becomes similar to the problem of which mail servers can be trusted not to send spam, but perhaps if posts and likes are public (unlike emails) then more useful reputation systems are possible.
- Torgo 8y ago
  OStatus (the original Fediverse protocol) literally already had this, it just didn't have the developer excitement to keep the ball rolling.
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I'd say it's that it takes care of the the complaint that RSS is not "social." I think it's a cool idea. If you really want to break the power of FB, you need a way to easily see what people are reading, recommending, talking about etc. and that includes following a whole website, whether written by an individual or a corporation.

rainbowmverse 8y ago
And then you can grab the RSS feed for people whose comments you want to follow. At least, I assume all Fediverse-supporting software generates user RSS like Mastodon.
- fenwick67 8y ago
  Pleroma does for sure (it even follows the exact same url scheme and feed format) but not sure about others.

Boulth 8y ago

Interaction. Comments (toots) and likes (boosts) are built in the platform. And you don't need to log in anywhere to comment, you're using your one ActivityPub identity. While commenting you can add additional people to the thread, recommending the post to your friends.

thebaer 8y ago
Yep, you can see this type of commenting in action already on Plume [0], an AP-enabled blogging platform in development. [0] https://baptiste.gelez.xyz/~/PlumeDevelopment/this-month-in-plume-june-2018/ https://baptiste.gelez.xyz/~/PlumeDevelopment/this-month-in-...
anchpop 8y ago
I'm new to this landscape, how do I have one activitypub identity? I have a Mastodon account, but that's about it
- Boulth 8y ago
  I mean you can use that account to comment on any ActivityPub enabled blog, no need to register there or for any comments system they support. One identity may refer also to running your own server, then you're safe from any extinction events :)
dane-pgp 8y ago
It would be nice if there were a federated way to accept "likes" from users (not just friends) across all compatible sites, but I don't think there's a good way to stop a site from Sybil-attacking posts with arbitrary numbers of illegitimate likes. My instinct is that there needs to be a second layer reputation system for recording which sites can be trusted not to inflate their like numbers. This becomes similar to the problem of which mail servers can be trusted not to send spam, but perhaps if posts and likes are public (unlike emails) then more useful reputation systems are possible.
Torgo 8y ago
OStatus (the original Fediverse protocol) literally already had this, it just didn't have the developer excitement to keep the ball rolling.

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