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A clear victory for the free fediverse: Meta now says integrating with ActivityPub is "a long way out" (privacy.thenexus.today)
submitted 3 years ago by nexusofprivacy@kbin.social to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
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When Meta launched their new Twitter competitor Threads on July 5, they said that it would be compatible with the ActivityPub protocol, Mastodon, and all the other decentralized social networks in the fediverse "soon".

But on July 14, @alexeheath of the Verge reported that Meta's saying ActivityPub integration's "a long way out". Hey wait a second. Make up your mind already!

From the perspective of the "free fediverse" that's not welcoming Meta, the new positioning that ActivityPub integration is "a long way out" is encouraging. OK, it's not as good as "when hell freezes over," but it's a heckuva lot better than "soon." In fact, I'd go so far as to say "a long way out" is a clear victory for the free fediverse's cause.

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[-] Ne10@mastodon.online 0 points 3 years ago

@nave @theneverfox believing is not knowing is speculation is not helping

[-] theneverfox@pawb.social 0 points 3 years ago

I mean, this is my area of expertise. Sure, it's speculation, but it's educated speculation. I'm intimately familiar with activity pub and the way large projects are brought into existence

Plus, following my recommendation if I'm wrong would at most be a slight amount of wasted effort, but ignoring it if I'm right could be a huge problem.

I'd call that helpful

this post was submitted on 17 Jul 2023
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