Notices by Gavin Chait; (gavinchait@wandering.shop)

@dalias @marshray @cwebber pseudo-science?

Hi #ActivityPub developers, @helge, @smallcircles, @dansup, @patak, @cheeaun

I'd appreciate help with understanding oauth2 for developing a custom server that might work with Mastodon apps like @elk & @phanpy.

I've read how Mastodon implements getting user tokens (https://docs-p.joinmastodon.org/client/authorized/) but don't understand its security, lifespan or refresh requirement.

Is it what it looks like? A perpetual token not stored as JWT? The app provides the same token indefinitely as bearer auth in requests?

@jonny my 2 cents based on my experience with my https://openlocal.uk data research project... Only a small number of research specialisms permit grant funding for longitudinal data research. The costs aren't just hosting, but mostly curation. So the work isn't done or is precarious, or is forced to be semicommercial to keep the lights on.

@jonny I get the principle, & it may work for relatively mainstream data (sort of like OpenStreetMap labelling) but a _lot_ more challenging for specialist / niche data where the learning curve is steep & the result interesting only to a handful of specialists.

I'm not sure what good potentials would be, other than the obvious Wikipedia & OpenStreetMap, & they still need paid staff to build software & maintain data integrity, even if you took away hosting costs.

What is your ideal example?

@paulisci Wait, I thought "consultants consult" was the other finalist?