the-blocking-of-openweb-funding (@the-blocking-of-openweb-funding@hamishcampbell.com)
For meaningful #openweb funding we need projects that are native and align with critical needs for the evolution of the internet, balancing openness/trust based tech with funding for outreach and feedback mechanisms.
- Shifting Funding From “Fear/Control” to “Open/Trust” The Problem, current funding paths for internet projects focus on security, control, and compliance, perpetuating systems of centralized authority. This approach stifles trust-based collaboration, which are essential for the #openweb path.
Action: help to advocate for dedicated funding streams for projects explicitly focused on decentralization, trust-building, and open governance structures like the Open Media Network (#OMN) and #OGB. Incorporate trust-based metrics into funding criteria, rewarding projects that demonstrate sustainable, human-centered governance. - Bridging hard tech and soft use. The Problem: Hard tech (protocols, platforms) develop in isolation from people, leading to tools that fail to meet real-world social needs. Action: Allocate funds for programs to bridge developers and people, ensuring reciprocal feedback between tech builders and real life communities. Establish mechanisms to incorporate insights from “soft use” (how people interact with tools) into the iterative development of “hard tech.” Support user-led design initiatives for communities to directly shape the platforms they use.
- Governance: The Problem: Existing tech networks prioritize technical over social design, exacerbating the #geekproblem of over-complexity and alienating the change we need from contributors. Action:
Fund projects like the OMN that flip this dynamic, prioritizing human networks as the foundation for technical systems. This creates tools that reflect and support the needs of grassroots communities. Promote protocols like #ActivityPub to enhance interoperability and people autonomy across networks. - The OMN is a lightweight framework with five core functionalities aimed at building a trust-based semantic web:
* Publish: Share content as objects.
* Subscribe: Follow streams of interest (people, organizations, topics).
* Moderate: Manage trust by endorsing or rejecting content flows
* Rollback: Remove historical flows content from the point trust is broken.
* Edit Metadata: Improve the discoverability and context of content.
These tools enable people to control their digital spaces and data flows while fostering collaboration and accountability
This native #openweb path requires systemic support with funding to promote tools and frameworks that prioritize human agency and trust. By doing this, we create an internet more resilient and equitable, moving away from the limitations of the #open and #closed web mess we repeat.
https://hamishcampbell.com/the-blocking-of-openweb-funding/
#activitypub #CLOSED #geekproblem #OGB #OMN #open #openweb
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lued (@lued@troet.cafe)
Kennt ihr ein Tool, das Text in einzelne Abschnitte mit vorgebbarer Zeichenlänge zerteilt? Evtl. mit vordefinierbarem Pre- und Postfix?
Für Beiträge hier auf Instanzen mit limitierter Zeichenlänge pro Tröt.
#fediverse
#mastodon
#activitypub
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r (@r@fed.brid.gy)
Poll: 8% still undecided about switching to Bluesky and/or using atproto apps - 1 day left to submit on Mastodon mastodon.social/@okpierre/11... Are you surprised? Fediverse bias? #atproto #bluesky #fediverse #activitypub #mastodon #poll
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simon_brooke (@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot)
@ntnsndr @douginamug I don't think it scales at all. It's a poor architecture that requires such very large computing resources – storage, network bandwidth, processor bandwidth – to do what #ActivityPub does at a very small fraction of the cost.
Some technology is just poor.
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evangelos (@evangelos@libretooth.gr)
is anyone building a sports tracking app for the social web?
(I'm pretty sure Ive asked this before but I cant find the thread)
#socialweb #activitypub #fediverse #SportsTracker
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akkerman (@akkerman@social.kyiv.dcomm.net.ua)
Погрався трохи з #activitypub і #rustlang. А саме ось з цим: https://crates.io/crates/activitypub_federation - crate, який використовує #lemmy.
Все, що поки що зробив - бота який приймає підписки. Але головне трохи розібрався з протоколом і знайшов зручний інструмент для тестування: https://activitypub.academy. Це модифікований інстанс mastodon, який показує activities які отримує і відправляє.
Кінцева ціль цього всього зробити Telegram -> ActivityPub брідж, щоб не потрібно було тримати цілий mastodon для такого.
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david_megginson (@david_megginson@mstdn.ca)
@tokyo_0 Hmm. For content publishing, pull models put less strain on small/medium nodes (and their maintainers) than push models, but they have issues:
They introduce more latency than social-media users are willing to tolerate.
In a case like #Bluesky, with a dominant player, they enable centralisation and gatekeeping (and eventually, financial exploitation of users).
Besides, we don't need a new pull model: #RSS and #Atom already handle that fine. #ActivityPub complements them.
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objects (@objects@mitra.social)
"FEP-171b: Conversation Containers" finally has been published:
https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep/src/branch/main/fep/171b/fep-171b.md
Conversation Containers are conceptually very similar to FEP-1b12: activities are sent to a conversation owner, who manages the conversation and synchronizes it between participants. Differences are mostly superficial and may disappear in the future.
#FEP #ConversationContainers #ActivityPub
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markstos (@markstos@urbanists.social)
Ghost's ActivityPub support will include support for directly posting both short-form content like Mastodon and long-form content like blog posts. It's reader will include an "Inbox" view for long-form content and a "feed" for short form content.
Here's their update about the progress, with screenshots:
https://urbanists.social/@index@activitypub.ghost.org/113532493504396880
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mobileatom (@mobileatom@flipboard.com)
#Leaf, #ATProto and #ActivityPub.
https://blog.muni.town/leaf-atproto-activitypub/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into THE FEDIVERSE VS. CORPORATE SOCIAL MEDIA @the-fediverse-vs-corporate-social-media-mobileatom
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benjamin (@benjamin@mastodon.lyng.space)
Efter tog dages workshops om #activitypub er jeg næsten mere forvirret end jeg var før. Vi brugte lang tid på at forstå forskellen mellen activitypub og fx. Mastodon og Pixelfeds egne API'er. Tilsyneladende er activitypub bare lidt svært, men API'erne er til gengæld nemme og sjove at arbejde med.
Men det var i hvert fald spændende at dykke ned i. Og jeg er glad for at min arbejdsplads giver plads til de her workshops. Vi kalder dem udviklerdage og det er altid en fornøjelse at være med til.
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lianna (@lianna@mastodon.gamedev.place)
As soon as I am done with my name change, I want to set up a federated social network (Facebook- or MySpace-like, not Twitter-like) on my servers for me and my friends.
I am just not aware of all #ActivityPub software that exists and need recommendations.
I'm aware of #Diaspora and #Friendica, and am partial to going with one of the two, but I am wondering if there are more, perhaps more obscure variants out there.
Perhaps something playful and personal.
#fedi #askfedi #feditips #socialmedia
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