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The big difference, and why I've never personally aligned well with the fediverse, is that its a push model rather than a pull model. RSS works without authent
by _heimdall 2y ago
The big difference, and why I've never personally aligned well with the fediverse, is that its a push model rather than a pull model.
RSS works without authentication (though you can require it) because your server doesn't have to know who is following you or how to notify them. ActivityPub is an attempt to add pub/sub to RSS, they actually started with many of the same data models from RSS and its successors if I'm not mistaken.
- rambambram 2y agoPush vs pull is probably what requires all the signing up and why it feels more like a walled garden instead of the open web.
- _heimdall 2y ago100% that's it. With a pull model you just need to make your own content available for anyone who requests it. With a push model you have to have some record of who subscribed to it and how to get them your new content. Combine that with ActivityPub being federated rather than peer-to-peer and you end up with a lot of legal gray area to go along with the added complexity and loss of anonymity.
- rambambram 2y agoDo you have a blog somewhere? To add to my RSS reader. Can't find anything in your bio here on HN.