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811.
by riffic 4y ago
on the other hand I hope he has a good 1A lawyer because this seems like a huge encroachment on those rights.
812.
by riffic 4y ago
roam, obsidian, logseq, etc so many new or really interesting players in this space.
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Devs Are Excited by ActivityPub, Open Protocol for Mastodon(thenewstack.io)
8 points by riffic 4y ago|0 comments
814.
by riffic 4y ago
I prefer to place emphasis where content is produced rather than who consumes content.
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by riffic 4y ago
You can ask specifically what isn't clear and we could discuss that particular topic for clarification. I assume you aren't familiar with the Lindy effect though and I apologize for making an arcane reference: https:/&#x2F
816.
by riffic 4y ago
some identities are not directly yours to control, but are roles assigned to you by your membership in a group. Employment, for example. Luckily good orgs use directories to manage membership (LDAP, etc). What I'm thinking about here i
817.
by riffic 4y ago
more power to them.
818.
by riffic 4y ago
but I want everyone to perform the same landgrab for handles every time a new service comes along. Don't worry about where ambiguities exist, it'll be handled via first comes first serve, trademark law, or just by reselling names
819.
by riffic 4y ago
that's a feature, not a bug! one shared namespace is problematic for reasons . You can figure email though, right? DNS is a solved problem and we're never going to see anything better come along because DNS has survived the tes
820.
by riffic 4y ago
I've always said the site was in no way immune to be a future member of this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_defunct_social_network...
821.
by riffic 4y ago
unflag post please.
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Twitter’s potential collapse could wipe out vast records of recent human history(technologyreview.com)
6 points by riffic 4y ago|0 comments
823.
by riffic 4y ago
Brewster Kahle writes why archive.org decided to launch its own Mastodon server
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We (The Internet Archive) Have Added a Mastodon Server(blog.archive.org)
54 points by riffic 4y ago|4 comments
825.
by riffic 4y ago
the Fediverse has existed since 2008 in some form ( https://fediverse.party/en/post/fediverse-14-years-in-2022/ ). It embodies the spirit of longevity noted by the Lindy Effect: https://en.wikipedia.
826.
by riffic 4y ago
You may inadvertently publish unsavory things. It's a risk and for that a reason the author gave admins the option to turn it off.
827.
by riffic 4y ago
it's generally a good idea to disable /public, for reasons. This endpoint shows those who choose to be listed in the directory: https://mastodon.archive.org/explore
828.
by riffic 4y ago
didn't notice, oops! Speaking to purpose, this may be helpful: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33509613
829.
by riffic 4y ago
sorry (I'm the OP), I was enthusiastic about your instance and did not see you had open regs. I would have refrained from sharing if I had noticed until you had the opportunity to switch. You may also want to be on 3.5.3? https:/
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Internet Archive launches Mastodon server at archive.org(mastodon.archive.org)
178 points by riffic 4y ago|42 comments
831.
by riffic 4y ago
More alternatives: https://codeberg.org/fediverse/delightful-fediverse-apps I'm partial to WordPress with the ActivityPub plugin and would highly recommend pushing for inclusion of core AP functionality into your
832.
by riffic 4y ago
the company that makes Gore-Tex is structured in this way (lattice hierarchy): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._L._Gore_%26_Associates
833.
by riffic 4y ago
looks like it's not doing 500 status responses anymore
834.
by riffic 4y ago
it's a shorthand to say "Mastodon" since no one really knows about the stuff under the hood (ActivityPub and the federated social web) Yes everyone (especially those taking public money) should build AP into their existing we
835.
by riffic 4y ago
not asking for that though. The only thing I'd like to see is for content management systems to adopt the protocol for federation since it's a W3C recommendation. smart media and institutional players will do this
836.
by riffic 4y ago
I can reach millions of users, billions potentially, with WordPress. My WordPress is also compatible with Mastodon since I installed the ActivityPub plugin. I understand the federated social web has a technobabble aspect to it. I am sorry y
837.
by riffic 4y ago
find me at gmail.com
838.
by riffic 4y ago
cynicism at this point. anyone finding faults with Masto should take the AP protocol and write their own implementation. The monoculture of the Mastoverse is less than ideal and the space is much more interesting when you figure out the sec
839.
by riffic 4y ago
federation works just like email. I don't want just anyone to have a whitehouse.gov address (do you?)
840.
by riffic 4y ago
it's not intended to be a full replacement, cool we're in full agreement here.

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