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   thisisaaronland (thisisaaronland@orthis.social)'s status on Sunday, 01-Dec-2024 00:41:21 JST thisisaaronland

   • Eugen Rochko
   • Richard MacManus
   • Stefan Bohacek
   • Evan Prodromou
   • Tim Bray

   @evan @timbray @stefan @Gargron @ricmac I am not sure I follow the thread behind the comment about sfo museum accounts switching services but in as much as we may eventually move all the AP work to another subdomain I guess maybe we might in that we will have to notify all the existing subscribers of the change? data portability across instances risks getting me started about “artisanal integers” so I will hold off on that until someone actually asks me about it 4/4

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Sunday, 01-Dec-2024 00:41:13 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Eugen Rochko
     • Richard MacManus
     • Stefan Bohacek
     • Tim Bray

     @thisisaaronland @timbray @stefan @Gargron @ricmac sorry, Aaron, I dragged you into a conversation without a lot of context.

     The question was, what does it mean for an actor or service to be "on the Fediverse" or "Fediverse enabled"?

     Eugen suggested that being able to follow and be followed was a base requirement.

     Tim said that one must be able to move from one service to another and keep your followers.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Sunday, 01-Dec-2024 00:44:21 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Eugen Rochko
     • Richard MacManus
     • Stefan Bohacek
     • Tim Bray

     @thisisaaronland @timbray @stefan @Gargron @ricmac

     I said that neither of these definitions accommodate automated actors, like the objects at the SFO museum.

     I don't think it's meaningful for a postcard or a toy robot to follow other actors on the Fediverse.

     And I don't think one of your maps is going to move its account to Hachyderm.io any time soon.

     I think we may need to have more nuanced definitions of what "on the Fediverse" or "Fediverse-enabled" means.