KelsonV Old Account ( @KelsonV@lemmy.ml ) to Fediverse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years agoCan ActivityPub save the internet?www.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up151cross-posted to: fediverse@kbin.social
arrow-up151external-linkCan ActivityPub save the internet?www.theverge.com KelsonV Old Account ( @KelsonV@lemmy.ml ) to Fediverse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square9linkfedilinkcross-posted to: fediverse@kbin.social
minus-square ttmrichter ( @ttmrichter@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkarrow-up10·3 years agoNo. ActivityPub is a protocol. It has no agency. People can save the Internet. Perhaps with ActivityPub, perhaps with something else.
minus-square Aaron ( @atomic@universeodon.com ) linkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 years ago@ttmrichter @KelsonV Something with no agency can save something just by existing. Saving is not an act exclusive to things with agency. For example, if I fell out of a building, a trampoline on the ground could possibly save me.
No.
ActivityPub is a protocol. It has no agency.
People can save the Internet. Perhaps with ActivityPub, perhaps with something else.
@ttmrichter @KelsonV Something with no agency can save something just by existing. Saving is not an act exclusive to things with agency. For example, if I fell out of a building, a trampoline on the ground could possibly save me.