Notices by bengo (bengo@mastodon.social), page 2

No one should 'win' #ActivityPub. The whole point of federation is to not have a winner, and to get away from this corporate mentality.

By doing so, we can all win, not just a few execs, companies, worldviews.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/20/23689570/activitypub-protocol-standard-social-network

#mozilla #smh #dweb

@aral @serapath @evan Love your stuff @aral . Thanks for working on it!

@aral @evan It's interesting. The W3C submitted an application for 501c3 status in Dec 2022, ostensibly volunteering to be regulated to ensure it serves the *public interest*.

https://www.w3.org/press-releases/2022/w3c-le/

@evan @aral (just to connect the threads) I think Evan refers to my comment here https://mastodon.social/@bengo/111070356827784617

@aral @w3c The CG is open to all of us and generally should seek consensus for all decisions. You can disagree on list and in the open meeting (as long as it’s a CG and not a WG).
This is one proposal by one person, not a @w3c action, and it will fail to reach consensus as long as at least one person expresses concern/objection, eg a concern that a WG could de facto capture the fediverse. Trust the process (or not!)

In a few weeks @w3c social web community group meeting may receive a proposal to explore chartering new social web working group that would only be open to people who work at W3C member companies. (The CG is open to all). Today there was an in person discussion at TPAC, the yearly W3C-wide f2f. It was a day-of addition to the agenda.
Now is a good time to join the CG, subscribe to mailing list, and start participating in the discussions.
https://www.w3.org/community/SocialCG/
#vote #activitypub

@empiricism you can totally do it! that’s the way the activitypub protocol is best used. The focus on ‘instances’ outside of your control is something mastodon added on top that (IMHO) is worse for end-users.

@freedomboxfndn tooling/devices can help you self-host on a little home server that you can plug into wall. Then you can point any domain name to your home server.

@J12t I wish I still used https://gitlab.com/dustyweb/activitypub.rocks/-/blob/master/reports/tags.pub.json

:P @evan

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https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-darpa-will-test-nuclear-engine-for-future-mars-missions

socially anxious nerds will literally make a protocol for friendship to avoid anxiety of hanging out with friends

@Gargron one can’t reasonably pitch a VC firm with a plan to create a monopoly on #ActivityPub ? it’s a feature. Thanks in big part to your work! ??

RT @lizhenry
Best scene at DWeb Camp so far, @dustyweb pulling out a little satchel and inside were all these amazing cs paper printouts ? and excitedly hyping them to @badgendervibes . Adorbs

RT @jaimeenk
I needed a long run alongside the gorgeous redwoods to absorb all the insightful conversations at #DWebCamp. This incredible community is working on fixing the social media, relevancy of institutions, water management and secure voting to enable a brighter future for all humanity