Notices by Alex Howard (digiphile@mastodon.social), page 2

On the one hand, it’s a good thing that @potus joined the #fediverse https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/2/24119353/joe-biden-threads-mastodon-activitypub-fediverse so that everyone can subscribe to official statements posts without having to use Twitter, AKA X. On the other hand, that namespace should be @potus@whitehouse.gov & be announced with a blog post that shares a strategy for a federal open social web & online Q&A. The void of policy here is frustrating.

@kegill at present, they are not. The AT Protocol is different than ActivityPub, which is close to SMTP in ways; there are efforts to bridge them, but they are controversial in some quarters: https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/14/bluesky-and-mastodon-users-are-having-a-fight-that-could-shape-the-next-generation-of-social-media/

@mmasnick listed reasons why the AT Protocol may have advantages.

In 2023, you’ll post more often at:
A) @Twitter
B) @Facebook
C) @instagram
D) @Tiktok
E) @GetPostNews
F) @JoinMastodon
G) @Tumblr
H) @YouTube
I) @linkedin
J) @Reddit
K) @Snapchat
L) @WhatsApp
M) Parler
N) TruthSocial
O) Your blog
P) Nowhere! Deleting apps: https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2022/12/06/social-media-seen-as-mostly-good-for-democracy-across-many-nations-but-u-s-is-a-major-outlier/