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ActivityPub is a page 1 design flaw with no independent identity. It's just a bunch of separate social networks that let an admin connect to other sites is a re
by chabalatabala 2y ago
ActivityPub is a page 1 design flaw with no independent identity. It's just a bunch of separate social networks that let an admin connect to other sites is a really subpar way. You have to juggle a bunch of accounts to see and do what you want on activitypub. Nostr is just a much better protocol for this kind of thing (and in general), but bitcoin bro boners scare people away rightfully so. Nostr as a protocol needs an alternative "scene" with a different set of standard relays that this org could provide. If they had an app they would be pre-set-up with those and they would be separate from the relays the current bitcoin peeps use. sure the bitcoin folks could add those relays too, but 1) they like using their own stuff so they likely would want to keep growing their homegrown relay community, and 2) it would hopefully not matter since the celebrity backed marketing effort that isn't focusing on censorship resistance would have more draw even if a chunk of them posted to those relays. Many nostr devs are onboard for good user driven moderation tools in clients, and any relay admin can moderate whatever as it is. Honestly I'd be fine with a basically a copy of nostr that wasn't nostr. But IMHO, without 1) independent user owned identity that works across everything & 2)community infrastructure than can easily be held up by the non-rich community if need be, then it's not a solution for the future.
- marcus0x62 2y agoAs I said, Mastodon/ActivityPub has its issues. If the goal of "Free Our Feeds" was "let's build activity pub into a better mousetrap" or "let's design a protocol that fixes Activity Pub's flaws", I'd be all for it. As it stands, Free Our Feeds is engaged in a pointless exercise: they want to "free" Bluesky/AT-proto from control of Bluesky and build a "fire exit" for Bluesky users if Bluesky "turns evil". They are building something that can only work if Bluesky lets it work. They cannot force Bluesky to interoperate or allow data/social graph migration. They are building something in case Bluesky "turns evil" that will only work if Bluesky doesn't "turn evil." It makes no sense. https://marcusb.org/posts/2025/01/your-feeds-are-already-free/ https://marcusb.org/posts/2025/01/your-feeds-are-already-fre...