Reading up on ActivityPub
6 deep · digging since dec 10, 25
- ActivityPub Won by Being Boring - Owl Owl OÜ
ActivityPub’s success stems from its intentionally plain design using basic web primitives, and its next revision must remain boring to support wider federation.
- ActivityPub Won by Being Boring - Owl Owl OÜ
ActivityPub’s success stems from its intentionally simple, web‑standard design, and future updates must preserve that ordinariness while scaling to large networks.
- Threads, Meta’s ‘Twitter Killer,’ Finds Its People
Threads has grown to 500 million monthly users and shifted from a Twitter rival to more closely resemble Reddit.
- A Social Filesystem
Hacker News commenters debate the AT Protocol's social filesystem metaphor, praising its elegance but criticizing overengineering and centralization risks.
- How we lost communication to entertainment
Communication platforms have been co-opted by advertising and entertainment, as social media and ride-sharing alike prioritize profit over genuine human connection.
- PeerTube is recognized as a digital public good by Digital Public Goods Alliance
PeerTube, a decentralized video hosting platform developed by Framasoft, has been certified as a digital public good by the Digital Public Goods Alliance.