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Couldn't ActivityPub be used to as the protocol for this without any modifications? I don't see a logical difference between the structure of Pleroma/Mastodon
by mikece 3y ago
Couldn't ActivityPub be used to as the protocol for this without any modifications? I don't see a logical difference between the structure of Pleroma/Mastodon conversations and a message forum aside from how the UI is presented. If someone took the UI of phpBB but used ActivityPub as the data source it should Just Work(tm).
- viksit 3y agogreat point. IMO, there are a few things that are needed at the technical level for a system like this to work. - identity - a common id system across the whole system that supports all existing means (think oauth based) - a mechanism to sign your messages to prove that you truly were the poster (since there is no longer a central authority to validate that) - a mechanism to store these messages and get them in real time (this is where activitypub can be super handy) - a way to search / index these messages for retrieval - a way to create a feed of activity that uses some algorithm for ranking - a way to discover other forums / communities so while activity pub serves well for one aspect, the other ones aren't quite there yet to be used in a decentralized fashion.