The company announced on Monday that it is beginning to switch its user accounts to ActivityPub, which means that everyone curating stuff on Flipboard is now doing so in a way that apps like Mastodon can see and interact with.

  • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
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    2 years ago

    Or maybe, activity pub is doing way better than anyone thought and they want to get in on the action. You sound like a positive person, what positive thing would Meta do for the fediverse other than bring lots of people to it?

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      Best case scenario it becomes a Linux Kernel situation where the big players invest heavily into the project, and it becomes corporate-y and boring because it’s become the standard and not the weirdo in the corner

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          … I just said. You said it too. It’s the thing that we both keep saying. They’re bringing people to the Fediverse.

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            2 years ago

            Again, that’s not a good thing. I also noticed you didn’t say they were bringing great people to the fediverse, just people. lol.

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              2 years ago

              Free and open discussion, but only for the people you like?

              Be picky about which communities you join. Use the block feature if you have to. That already applies to the Fediverse.

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              Most people are good. If the versions of people we see online are bad, it is because the systems we are using have failed to help us communicate properly.