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I won't feel comfortable recommending people to migrate away from #Twitter until #Bluesky and #Mastodon man up and figure out how to interoperate with each other.

#SocialWeb #Fediverse

in reply to nilesh

Thanks to W3C this problem is already solved. Wordpress, Flipboard an Co. decided use the W3C protocol. Bluesky decided to build their own island.
in reply to nilesh

If you're unhappy with Mastodon then use another ActivityPub software. If you're unhappy with ActivityPub, then improve the standard.
in reply to Jan

@jan I have contributed to Whalebird, Elk and other AP projects. But the reality is that Mastodon dominates the entire ActivityPub ecosystem and is holding everything back.
@Jan

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in reply to nilesh

> I have contributed to Whalebird, Elk and other AP projects. But the reality is that Mastodon dominates the entire ActivityPub ecosystem and is holding everything back.

Please join the folks who are working on pushing the AP standard forward. SocialHub, the FEP process/ Fediverse Ideas, W3C SocialCG, FediDevs etc.

socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/…

socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/…

codeberg.org/fediverse/fediver…

socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/…

fedidevs.org/

@jan

#fediverse #ActivityPub

in reply to Strypey

@strypey @jan Will this go anywhere without #Mastodon , i.e. Gargron being open to change? 🤔

Listed some of my pain points here: fosstodon.org/@nilesh/11355899…

If there's an alternate implementation that fixes these and persuades #Fosstodon and #mathstodon admins to switch, my hopes for #ActivityPub would go 10x up.

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@nilesh
> Bluesky and Mastodon man up and figure out how to interoperate with each other.

@snarfed.org already solved this as best as anyone could. With BridgyFed, which also serves as a bridge to the IndieWeb and Nostr. The only way to get native interoperation is for BlueSky to implement AP. Getting dozens of AP projects to add support for BlueSky's pseudo-decentralised boutique protocol is ... not going to happen.

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As @pluralistic points out, BlueSky will eventually enshittify, like all centralised, VC-funded platforms;

pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/uly…

Meanwhile, genuinely decentralised networks like the fediverse and Nostr will continue happily on our way.

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@gvs @jan BTW, how healthy are Pleroma/Akkoma these days? I would love to have and excuse to do more Elixir programming.
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Given that Musk is a White Supremacist, I am very comfortable.
But you make a very good point. We do need better interoperability between open protocols. 👍