realcaseyrollins ( @realcaseyrollins@kbin.projectsegfau.lt ) Banned to Fediverse@kbin.social · 3 years agoCan ActivityPub save the internet?www.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square31linkfedilinkarrow-up1195file-textcross-posted to: fediverse@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1195external-linkCan ActivityPub save the internet?www.theverge.com realcaseyrollins ( @realcaseyrollins@kbin.projectsegfau.lt ) Banned to Fediverse@kbin.social · 3 years agomessage-square31linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: fediverse@lemmy.ml
Imagine a world without platform lock-in, where no ban or billionaire could take down your social network. That’s what ActivityPub has planned.
minus-square TheDeadGuy ( @TheDeadGuy@kbin.social ) linkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 years ago “But at the very least, if a server goes down, it should not be catastrophic to you.” Your social world shouldn’t live inside an app, she says, or depend on a company staying solvent. It should, and could, be much bigger than that. Exactly
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