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   Ernie Smith (ernie@writing.exchange)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 02:10:49 JST Ernie Smith

   The fediverse rules and I plan to stay here as long as I can.

   But seeing Bluesky carry a similar mission into the mainstream is ABSOLUTELY worth respecting.

   https://mas.to/@swelljoe/113467896206066079

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     Raphael Lullis (raphael@mastodon.communick.com)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 02:10:45 JST Raphael Lullis

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     • Scott Sweeny
     • shellsharks

     @ssweeny @shellsharks @ernie

     Help me make that a reality:
     https://raphael.lullis.net/a-plan-for-social-media-less-fedi-more-webby/

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     Scott Sweeny (ssweeny@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 02:10:46 JST Scott Sweeny

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     • BookWyrm
     • shellsharks

     @shellsharks @ernie @bookwyrm I also have a dream of a "generic" ActivityPub server that holds all my AP data, and Mastodon, Bookwyrm, etc are just clients or views of that data. Ideally it would be small enough to self-host or easily move between providers.

     Evan Prodromou repeated this.
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     shellsharks (shellsharks@shellsharks.social)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 02:10:47 JST shellsharks

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     • BookWyrm
     • Scott Sweeny

     @ssweeny @ernie @bookwyrm Agreed. Starter packs and domains as identity are perfecto. Two things that would be game changing for the Fediverse. Two biggest detractors of Mastodon/Fedi have always been what server to join and then how to discover people and be discovered by others. Having your identity tied to a domain instead of a server could partially help with what server to join, as then server choice only becomes an issue of moderation. Starter packs help with discoverability.

     Raphael Lullis repeated this.
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     Scott Sweeny (ssweeny@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 15-Nov-2024 02:10:48 JST Scott Sweeny

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     • BookWyrm

     @ernie I do think Bluesky pretty much nailed a lot of UX things that were lacking here. The starter lists and custom feeds are really cool.

     (I also like how they handle identity but I doubt that's making a dent)

     If we're going to be the weirdos over here I'd love to see folks doing more weird shit with AP. Folks like @bookwyrm are using the protocol in interesting ways but they still have to bend over backward to accommodate Mastodon and I think that's a shame.