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.comrealcaseyrollins ( 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-squareWander ( Wander@yiffit.net ) linkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 years agoThey’re not because you should assume that everything you say is public and can’t be deleted as a remote server may have a copy of what you said. The key here is to not use identifiable information. Use a pseudonym.
minus-squareTGRush ( TGRush@forum.fail ) linkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 years agoman am I glad that my real name is so generic that you don’t find me unless you specifically search for keywords associated with what I do (e.g “Codeberg” or “Mastodon”) it’s truly great to have the same name as somebody famous’ brother.
They’re not because you should assume that everything you say is public and can’t be deleted as a remote server may have a copy of what you said.
The key here is to not use identifiable information. Use a pseudonym.
man am I glad that my real name is so generic that you don’t find me unless you specifically search for keywords associated with what I do (e.g “Codeberg” or “Mastodon”)
it’s truly great to have the same name as somebody famous’ brother.
For context