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   Ben Werdmuller (ben@werd.social)'s status on Thursday, 18-Apr-2024 07:39:53 JST Ben Werdmuller

   What’s the best, most straightforward explanation of how ActivityPub actually works? I’m looking for how the data flows, what an inbox is, what happens when you post, etc, rather than how to implement the exact feed specs, which libraries to pick, or what Mastodon is.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Thursday, 18-Apr-2024 07:41:08 JST Evan Prodromou

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     @ben we have a standard for representing social events called Activity Streams. Whenever you do something social, like posting a picture, liking a video, following a funny bot, or commenting on a friend's engagement announcement, that activity is sent to your followers or anyone else who you choose. Activities are sent across the Web using an HTTP POST request to a special URL called an inbox.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Thursday, 18-Apr-2024 07:42:48 JST Evan Prodromou

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     @ben people can also look at your profile, read your posts, and see your followers and who you follow -- all with special HTTP GET requests. They can also see the likes, replies and shares of everything you posted.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Thursday, 18-Apr-2024 07:43:28 JST Evan Prodromou

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     @ben HTH!