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   Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@octodon.social)'s status on Friday, 25-Nov-2022 06:36:26 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber

   Hey I've been hearing a lot about ActivityPub could someone please tell me how it works?!?!?!?! THANKS!

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     on-lain ✔ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ (lain@lain.com)'s status on Friday, 25-Nov-2022 07:01:45 JST on-lain ✔ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ

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     @cwebber you mean the mastodon network?
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     mcc (mcc@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 25-Nov-2022 13:55:07 JST mcc

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     @cwebber ActivityPub is the protocol invented by Twitter's "Blue Sky" foundation. It works by appending posts to "the blockchain"— the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.

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     Linebyline (linebyline@bytetower.social)'s status on Sunday, 27-Nov-2022 06:34:49 JST Linebyline

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     @cwebber Can't call it Webmail. Disney acquired the trademark for "Web" as part of the rights to Spider-Man.

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     Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@octodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 27-Nov-2022 06:34:50 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber

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     okay I'm trying to piece this together

     it's like email, but for the web (why didn't they just call it webmail?? lol!)

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     Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@octodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 27-Nov-2022 06:34:51 JST Christine Lemmer-Webber

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     please boost this message across the network as far as you can I think it's really about time someone explained activitypub to me