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IMHO ActivityPub the protocol is a a perfectly suitable alternative to other platforms. Not perfect, but good enough that I have no major objections. And the fa
by Apreche 4y ago
IMHO ActivityPub the protocol is a a perfectly suitable alternative to other platforms. Not perfect, but good enough that I have no major objections. And the fact that it is currently in the lead makes it an easy choice.
Mastodon is currently the most popular software that implements that protocol. However, I think Mastodon is very flawed. There are many design decisions that are just awful both in the realms of UX and also software architecture.
Thankfully ActivityPub is an open protocol. Anyone can come up and make a competitor. And that's what I hope happens. Some other social platform(s) implement ActivityPub and replace Mastodon.
It's similar to how back in the day Apache was absolutely the dominant web server, but nowadays nginx is on top. Anyone out there reading this, please make the nginx of ActivityPub.
- AJ007 4y agoI finally signed up for Mastodon after years of reading it just wasn't good enough, when Twitter had their "ban all Mastodon addresses" phase. I follow people I follow on Twitter and there is substantially less noise. Overall way above what my expectations were.