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ActivityPub is designed to be interoperable, and even today mastodon is far from the only implementation. So forking is not really so big deal here.

• anonporridge 4y ago
  The concern would be forking of the ActivityPub protocol itself, no?
  • sp332 4y ago
    As one of the comments points out: Posts authored from outside Mastodon can already include more formatting, and that has been the case for years
  • noirscape 4y ago
    Doubtful. AP is terrible but also generic enough that I don't think anyone will ever abandon it. It's in that sweet spot of being bad enough that anyone who has experience with it can sum up a whole myriad of issues with it, but at the same time, you're going to be hard-pressed to find a different solution that will meet everyones goals. It's terrible but it works "well enough".
    • djbusby 4y ago
      ActivityPub is a worse is better kind of thing.