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   malte (malte@radikal.social)'s status on Friday, 06-Dec-2024 22:15:47 JST malte

   I would like to read the history of how the fediverse was built by mostly a bunch of queer and neurodivergent nerds that wanted to escape the technofeudal logic that's emerging in the world. Is this just my fantasy? Perhaps it's already been written. If not, who knows the story well enough to write it? #fediverse #queer #neurodivergent #technofeudalism

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     Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Friday, 06-Dec-2024 22:15:33 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber

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     • Evan Prodromou
     • Robert W. Gehl

     @malte @evan I think @rwg is working on that history. Some of it is touched on here:

     https://fossacademic.tech/2023/10/15/APnonStandard.html
     https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/120/materials/slides-120-rasprg-robert-w-gehl-activitypub-a-non-standard-standard-presentation-slides-00.pdf

     ... but there is more to be said. And yeah, maybe I should do my own writeup, some time.

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     malte (malte@radikal.social)'s status on Friday, 06-Dec-2024 22:15:39 JST malte

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     • Evan Prodromou
     • Christine Lemmer-Webber

     Ping @cwebber @evan

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Friday, 06-Dec-2024 23:59:46 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Christine Lemmer-Webber

     @malte @cwebber That sounds like a fun story.

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     Robert W. Gehl (rwg@aoir.social)'s status on Saturday, 07-Dec-2024 00:29:37 JST Robert W. Gehl

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     • Evan Prodromou
     • Christine Lemmer-Webber

     @cwebber @malte @evan

     I would love to read your writing on this, Christine!

     Malte, my book about Mastodon and the fediverse will have a couple chapters that touch on what you're talking about.

     I'd also be happy to chat if you have specific questions.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Saturday, 07-Dec-2024 05:10:03 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Christine Lemmer-Webber

     @malte @cwebber Chapter 1 of my book "ActivityPub: Programming for the Social Web" covers the history of ActivityPub. I'm afraid it's going to be disappointing for you, but I hope you find some more information that fills in the gaps you're looking for.

     https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/activitypub/9781098162733/

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     malte (malte@radikal.social)'s status on Saturday, 07-Dec-2024 05:10:05 JST malte

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     • Evan Prodromou
     • Christine Lemmer-Webber

     @evan Even better if it's fun too! @cwebber