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With ActivityPub, you can have news media and public agencies prove their own legitimacy through their own domain names. Example, you'd expect an ActivityPub i

by riffic 6y ago

With ActivityPub, you can have news media and public agencies prove their own legitimacy through their own domain names. Example, you'd expect an ActivityPub instance on "cnn.com" to represent the CNN corporation, and you'd also expect one that exists on "nj.gov" to represent the state of New Jersey. What would you propose instead? I don't know what HNS is. edit: Oh, I'm assuming you're referring to the Handshake experimental root.

verdverm 6y ago
https://handshake.org https://handshake.org is one of the very few good use cases for a public permissionless blockchain. It essentially will supercede ICANN I'm all about that activity pub, my point is more that we should pass legislation to force social media companies to comply with the format, much like the US healthcare system and FIHR. This would enable competition in interface, data custody and monetization strategy while allowing better interoperability. Should this be successful, I'd expect the news orgs to shatter much like social media had. The idea is that in an AP based decentralized system, competition around trust and truth could happen, as well as the greater echo chamber effect. There's a lot more to say here, but we could start with an ActivityPub / FHIR like legislation against the social media system.
- riffic 6y ago
  > pass legislation to force social media companies to comply with the format I think it'll be easier if legislation is passed requiring public officials / agencies to use the format, on public infrastructure. Again, DNS exists, why re-invent the wheel? ICANN/IETF is not going anywhere.
  - verdverm 6y ago
    The DNS / ICANN is separate from the legislation. We have successfully passed legislation to force healthcare data and systems to be interoperable. We'll see how that goes, but I do believe our country would have the appetite for a similar set of laws. The equivalent of HIPAA & FIHR for our digital lives. The CCPA is a start, and perhaps a state level version of a national digital identity HIPAA like law. The second half, FIHR like standard, could easily have a convincing case made for it and I see little opportunity for a case to be made by these companies that would be able to sway their users the other way. Pretty sure everyone would absolutely love a world like that.

by riffic 6y ago

verdverm 6y ago

https://handshake.org https://handshake.org is one of the very few good use cases for a public permissionless blockchain. It essentially will supercede ICANN I'm all about that activity pub, my point is more that we should pass legislation to force social media companies to comply with the format, much like the US healthcare system and FIHR. This would enable competition in interface, data custody and monetization strategy while allowing better interoperability. Should this be successful, I'd expect the news orgs to shatter much like social media had. The idea is that in an AP based decentralized system, competition around trust and truth could happen, as well as the greater echo chamber effect. There's a lot more to say here, but we could start with an ActivityPub / FHIR like legislation against the social media system.

riffic 6y ago
> pass legislation to force social media companies to comply with the format I think it'll be easier if legislation is passed requiring public officials / agencies to use the format, on public infrastructure. Again, DNS exists, why re-invent the wheel? ICANN/IETF is not going anywhere.
- verdverm 6y ago
  The DNS / ICANN is separate from the legislation. We have successfully passed legislation to force healthcare data and systems to be interoperable. We'll see how that goes, but I do believe our country would have the appetite for a similar set of laws. The equivalent of HIPAA & FIHR for our digital lives. The CCPA is a start, and perhaps a state level version of a national digital identity HIPAA like law. The second half, FIHR like standard, could easily have a convincing case made for it and I see little opportunity for a case to be made by these companies that would be able to sway their users the other way. Pretty sure everyone would absolutely love a world like that.