Notices by Bix 🫥 (bix@social.lol)

A long conversation today between @fraying and @pfefferle had me wondering if #ActivityPub is to the #IndieWeb as A.I. is to Silicon Valley.

I'm not sure I answer that question, but the conversation was interesting and so I did some #Blogging on one particular point.

https://bix.blog/2024/01/11/activitypub-is-to-the-indieweb-as-a-i-is-to-silicon-valley/

@pfefferle @fraying Is there a screenshot of this in action somewhere?

@fraying @danieldekay @pfefferle If I have it right, only blog *author* comments will be federated, because commenters, even if registered, are considered Viewers not Authors. I think.

@pfefferle @fraying But that’s expected. Who outside of indiewebheads is going to understand that their Mastodon reply to something they saw on Mastodon is going to be republished on a blog?

@fraying @pfefferle Oh I only just now understood something you’ve been saying. Not that blog comments would appear on fedi without them knowing but that comments *from* fedi appear on the blog without them knowing. I don’t know why my brain wasn’t picking this up, or even noticing this is a problem. But, oh, yeah.

@fraying @pfefferle My sense of that was the idea that blog comments have basically died since social media happened, so without bringing these things in you have no discussion on your blog at all. I agree this has happened, but (obviously) disagree on the answer.