ActivityPub – The evolution of RSS

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        "text": "Dave Winer (@davew) stellt (sich) auf seinem Blog und auf Mastodon die Frage:\n\n\n\n\nWhat does ActivityPub does that RSS doesn\u2019t?\n\n\n\n\nund nimmt vorweg:\n\n\n\n\nOff the top of my head, it\u2019s not the ability to syndicate, RSS already does that. I can follow anyone on any server.\n\n\n\n\nEs macht nat\u00fcrlich Sinn, erstmal zu kl\u00e4ren was RSS ist und kann, um auf die Vorteile von ActivityPub einzugehen!\n\n\n\nAlso RSS steht f\u00fcr \u201eReally Simple Syndication\u201c und ist eine Art \u201eDigitale Einbahnstra\u00dfe\u201c, so zu sagen der Newsletter oder Podcast f\u00fcr Texte auf Webseiten. Und weil es dem Podcast so \u00e4hnlich ist (und eigentlich auch dessen technische Basis) nennt es Dave Winer auch neuerdings \u201eTextcasting\u201e, was ich gro\u00dfartig finde!\n\n\n\n\nApplying the philosophy of podcasting to text.\n\n\n\n\nUnd technisch gesehen ist das auch der gro\u00dfe Unterschied zu ActivityPub. W\u00e4hrend ich bei Textcasting, Texte nur abonnieren kann, habe ich durch ActivityPub auch einen R\u00fcckkanal, der mir erm\u00f6glicht, die Texte auch zu liken, mit meinen Freunden Followern zu teilen und zu kommentieren!\n\n\n\nIn den Kommentaren zu Daves Mastodon Post wird aber auch fast ausschlie\u00dflich \u00fcber Technik diskutiert. Es geht um Push vs. Pull und immer wieder darum, dass RSS ja eigentlich vollkommen ausreichend und viel simpler ist.\n\n\n\n@manton trifft es eigentlich ganz gut: \n\n\n\n\nI think RSS + Webmention (for sending replies) gets you 90% of the way there. ActivityPub does provide a comprehensive framework for the rest, though, and perhaps follows modern social network conventions more closely, e.g. liking posts, approving follows.\nhttps://micro.blog/manton/34864514\n\n\n\n\nAber ist die Technik das was hier wirklich den Unterschied macht?\n\n\n\nDie Diskussion erinnert mich sehr an den RSS vs. Atom \u201eWar\u201c, von dem @tantek.com in einem IndieWeb Vortrag spricht.\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tInhalt von YouTube anzeigen\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHier klicken, um den Inhalt von YouTube anzuzeigen.\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tErfahre mehr in der Datenschutzerkl\u00e4rung von YouTube.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tInhalt von YouTube immer anzeigen\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201eTantek \u00c7elik \u2013 The once and future IndieWeb\u201c direkt \u00f6ffnen\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\nI saw the best minds of my time waste our time arguing about syndication formats, arguing about plumbing, user don\u2019t care about plumbing but for some reason we thought that that mattered, we thought that actually really mattered which XML tags to use in RSS versus Atom. [\u2026] So we focused on the wrong things we argued about plumbing instead of user experience.\nTantek \u00c7elik \u2013 The once and future IndieWeb\n\n\n\n\nVielleicht kommt man mit RSS, WebSub und Webmentions auf ein relativ \u00e4hnliches Ergebnis und es ist technisch gesehen wahrscheinlich auch etwas einfacher umzusetzen\u2026 Aber sind RSS und ActivityPub wirklich so weit auseinander?\n\n\n\nF\u00fcr mich ist ActivityPub einfach nur die logische Weiterentwicklung, oder auch die n\u00e4chste Generation von RSS. Wer sich die erste Version von ActivityStreams (das Format, welches ActivityPub benutzt um Aktivit\u00e4ten auszuzeichnen) etwas genauer ansieht, erkennt vielleicht ein alt bekanntes Format.\n\n\n<entry xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom\"\n       xmlns:activity=\"http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/\">\n  <id>tag:photopanic.example.com,2009:photo/4352</id>\n  <title>My Cat</title>\n  <published>2010-11-02T15:29:00Z</published>\n  <link rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/html\" href=\"...\" />\n  <activity:object-type>photo</activity:object-type>\n  <activity:verb>post</activity:verb>\n</entry>Code-Sprache: HTML, XML (xml)\n\n\nActivityStreams wurden 2011 als Namespace f\u00fcr Atom definiert um RSS/Atom Feeds mit Informationen anzureichern, die man aus den sozialen Netzwerken kennt. Das ist haupts\u00e4chlich der object-type um neben Texten auch Bilder oder Videos auszuzeichnen, und verb um klar zu machen um was f\u00fcr eine Aktion es sich genau handelt.\n\n\n\nOStatus, der Vorg\u00e4nger von ActivityPub, benutzte \u00fcbrigens genau dieses Format um Aktivit\u00e4ten auszuzeichnen!\n\n\n\nErst 6 Jahre sp\u00e4ter wurde die Version 2.0 als reines JSON Format ver\u00f6ffentlicht, was aber auch Sinn macht, da JSON das Format ist, welches moderne APIs eben sprechen.\n\n\n\nDas hei\u00dft ActivityStreams ist im Prinzip eine moderne Form von RSS und ActivityPub ist einfach \u201enur\u201c ein PubSub System welches drumherum gebaut wurde.\n\n\n\nAber zur\u00fcck zur Usability!\n\n\n\nDie Frage ist f\u00fcr mich nicht RSS oder ActivityPub\u2026 Die wesentlich interessantere Frage ist: Feed-Reader oder Mastodon?\n\n\n\nDie RSS oder IndieWeb Community (und ich z\u00e4hle mich zu beiden, es geht hier nicht um Blaming) hat bisher leider kein massentaugliches Tool etabliert, welches mit der Usability und Reichweite von Mastodon (und Mastodon ist hier nur exemplarisch f\u00fcr eine Fediverse Platform\u2026 Pixelfed, Misskey und andere machen einen \u00e4hnlich guten Job) mithalten kann. Mastodon erm\u00f6glicht das dezentrale folgen, abonnieren, kommentieren, liken und sharen in einer simplen Oberfl\u00e4che. Kein RSS-Reader, den man zum Kommentieren verlassen muss und kein IndieWeb-Reader, der eine eigene Webseite mit diversen Login- und Ping-Mechanismen voraussetzt!\n\n\n\nMastodon zeigt au\u00dferdem sehr deutlich dass Technik austauschbar ist, immerhin ging die Plattform 2016 mit OStatus an den Start und schwenkte erst zwei Jahre sp\u00e4ter auf ActivityPub!\n\n\n\nIch besch\u00e4ftige mich jetzt seit ungef\u00e4hr +/-15 Jahren mit dem Thema, welches man heute als Fediverse oder IndieWeb zusammen fassen w\u00fcrde, und habe auch ein gutes Jahrzehnt an Arbeit in diverse IndieWeb Projekte gesteckt, aber Mastodon und ActivityPub sind in ihren Auswirkungen bisher konkurrenzlos!\n\n\n\nDank Mastodon und ActivityPub habe ich wieder bis zu 50 Kommentare auf einen einzigen Blog-Post (Likes und Boosts nicht mit gez\u00e4hlt) w\u00e4hrend \u00fcber RSS (gemessen an Kommentaren \u00fcber das WordPress Formular) und Webmentions vielleicht eine Reaktion im Monat kommt.",
        "html": "<p>Dave Winer (<a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@davew\">@<span>davew</span></a>) stellt (sich) auf <a href=\"http://scripting.com/2024/04/04/143706.html\">seinem Blog</a> und auf <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@davew/112213481032208332\">Mastodon</a> die Frage:</p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote>\n<p>What does ActivityPub does that RSS doesn\u2019t?</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>und nimmt vorweg:</p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote>\n<p>Off the top of my head, it\u2019s not the ability to syndicate, RSS already does that. I can follow anyone on any server.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Es macht nat\u00fcrlich Sinn, erstmal zu kl\u00e4ren was RSS ist und kann, um auf die Vorteile von ActivityPub einzugehen!</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also RSS steht f\u00fcr \u201eReally Simple Syndication\u201c und ist eine Art \u201eDigitale Einbahnstra\u00dfe\u201c, so zu sagen der Newsletter oder Podcast f\u00fcr Texte auf Webseiten. Und weil es dem Podcast so \u00e4hnlich ist (und eigentlich auch dessen technische Basis) nennt es Dave Winer auch neuerdings \u201e<a href=\"https://textcasting.org/\">Textcasting</a>\u201e, was ich gro\u00dfartig finde!</p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote>\n<p>Applying the philosophy of podcasting to text.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Und technisch gesehen ist das auch der gro\u00dfe Unterschied zu ActivityPub. W\u00e4hrend ich bei Textcasting, Texte nur abonnieren kann, habe ich durch ActivityPub auch einen R\u00fcckkanal, der mir erm\u00f6glicht, die Texte auch zu liken, mit meinen Freunden Followern zu teilen und zu kommentieren!</p>\n\n\n\n<p>In den Kommentaren zu Daves <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@davew/112213481032208332\">Mastodon Post</a> wird aber auch fast ausschlie\u00dflich \u00fcber Technik diskutiert. Es geht um Push vs. Pull und immer wieder darum, dass RSS ja eigentlich vollkommen ausreichend und viel simpler ist.</p>\n\n\n\n<p><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://manton.org/activitypub/manton\">@<span>manton</span></a> trifft es eigentlich ganz gut: </p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote>\n<p>I think RSS + Webmention (for sending replies) gets you 90% of the way there. ActivityPub does provide a comprehensive framework for the rest, though, and perhaps follows modern social network conventions more closely, e.g. liking posts, approving follows.</p>\n<a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton/34864514\">https://micro.blog/manton/34864514</a>\n</blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Aber ist die Technik das was hier wirklich den Unterschied macht?</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die Diskussion erinnert mich sehr an den RSS vs. Atom \u201eWar\u201c, von dem <a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://tantek.com/\">@<span>tantek.com</span></a> in einem <a href=\"https://youtu.be/FNr0JNwsLy8?feature=shared&amp;t=1021\">IndieWeb Vortrag spricht</a>.</p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tInhalt von YouTube anzeigen\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\t\tHier klicken, um den Inhalt von YouTube anzuzeigen.\t\t\t\t\t\t<br />\t\t\t\t\t\tErfahre mehr in der <a href=\"https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de\">Datenschutzerkl\u00e4rung</a> von YouTube.\t\t</p>\t\t\t\t\t<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tInhalt von YouTube immer anzeigen\t\t\t\t\t\t\t</p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span><a href=\"https://youtu.be/FNr0JNwsLy8?t=1023\">\u201eTantek \u00c7elik \u2013 The once and future IndieWeb\u201c direkt \u00f6ffnen</a></span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<blockquote>\n<p>I saw the best minds of my time waste our time arguing about syndication formats, arguing about plumbing, user don\u2019t care about plumbing but for some reason we thought that that mattered, we thought that actually really mattered which XML tags to use in RSS versus Atom. [\u2026] So we focused on the wrong things we argued about plumbing instead of user experience.</p>\n<a href=\"https://youtu.be/FNr0JNwsLy8?feature=shared&amp;t=1021\">Tantek \u00c7elik \u2013 The once and future IndieWeb</a>\n</blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Vielleicht kommt man mit RSS, WebSub und Webmentions auf ein relativ \u00e4hnliches Ergebnis und es ist technisch gesehen wahrscheinlich auch etwas einfacher umzusetzen\u2026 Aber sind RSS und ActivityPub wirklich so weit auseinander?</p>\n\n\n\n<p>F\u00fcr mich ist ActivityPub einfach nur die logische Weiterentwicklung, oder auch die n\u00e4chste Generation von RSS. Wer sich die erste Version von <a href=\"https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-core/\">ActivityStreams</a> (das Format, welches ActivityPub benutzt um Aktivit\u00e4ten auszuzeichnen) etwas genauer ansieht, erkennt vielleicht ein alt bekanntes Format.</p>\n\n\n<pre><span><code><span>&lt;<span>entry</span> <span>xmlns</span>=<span>\"http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom\"</span>\n       <span>xmlns:activity</span>=<span>\"http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/\"</span>&gt;</span>\n  <span>&lt;<span>id</span>&gt;</span>tag:photopanic.example.com,2009:photo/4352<span>&lt;/<span>id</span>&gt;</span>\n  <span>&lt;<span>title</span>&gt;</span>My Cat<span>&lt;/<span>title</span>&gt;</span>\n  <span>&lt;<span>published</span>&gt;</span>2010-11-02T15:29:00Z<span>&lt;/<span>published</span>&gt;</span>\n  <span>&lt;<span>link</span> <span>rel</span>=<span>\"alternate\"</span> <span>type</span>=<span>\"text/html\"</span> <span>href</span>=<span>\"...\"</span> /&gt;</span>\n  <span>&lt;<span>activity:object-type</span>&gt;</span>photo<span>&lt;/<span>activity:object-type</span>&gt;</span>\n  <span>&lt;<span>activity:verb</span>&gt;</span>post<span>&lt;/<span>activity:verb</span>&gt;</span>\n<span>&lt;/<span>entry</span>&gt;</span></code></span><span>Code-Sprache:</span> <span>HTML, XML</span> <span>(</span><span>xml</span><span>)</span></pre>\n\n\n<p>ActivityStreams wurden 2011 als <a href=\"https://activitystrea.ms/specs/atom/1.0/\">Namespace f\u00fcr Atom</a> definiert um RSS/Atom Feeds mit Informationen anzureichern, die man aus den sozialen Netzwerken kennt. Das ist haupts\u00e4chlich der <code>object-type</code> um neben Texten auch Bilder oder Videos auszuzeichnen, und <code>verb</code> um klar zu machen um was f\u00fcr eine Aktion es sich genau handelt.</p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https://notiz.blog/tag/ostatus/\">OStatus</a>, der Vorg\u00e4nger von ActivityPub, <a href=\"https://notiz.blog/2010/03/05/ostatus-the-next-generation-of-openmicroblogging/\">benutzte \u00fcbrigens genau dieses Format um Aktivit\u00e4ten auszuzeichnen</a>!</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Erst 6 Jahre sp\u00e4ter wurde die <a href=\"https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-core/\">Version 2.0</a> als reines JSON Format ver\u00f6ffentlicht, was aber auch Sinn macht, da JSON das Format ist, welches moderne APIs eben sprechen.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Das hei\u00dft ActivityStreams ist im Prinzip eine moderne Form von RSS und ActivityPub ist einfach \u201enur\u201c ein <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publish%E2%80%93subscribe_pattern\">PubSub System</a> welches drumherum gebaut wurde.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aber zur\u00fcck zur Usability!</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die Frage ist f\u00fcr mich nicht RSS oder ActivityPub\u2026 Die wesentlich interessantere Frage ist: Feed-Reader oder Mastodon?</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die RSS oder <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/\">IndieWeb Community</a> (und ich z\u00e4hle mich zu beiden, es geht hier nicht um Blaming) hat bisher leider kein massentaugliches Tool etabliert, welches mit der Usability und Reichweite von Mastodon (und Mastodon ist hier nur exemplarisch f\u00fcr eine Fediverse Platform\u2026 Pixelfed, Misskey und andere machen einen \u00e4hnlich guten Job) mithalten kann. Mastodon erm\u00f6glicht das dezentrale folgen, abonnieren, kommentieren, liken und sharen in einer simplen Oberfl\u00e4che. Kein RSS-Reader, den man zum Kommentieren verlassen muss und kein <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/reader\">IndieWeb-Reader</a>, der eine eigene Webseite mit diversen Login- und Ping-Mechanismen voraussetzt!</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mastodon zeigt au\u00dferdem sehr deutlich dass Technik austauschbar ist, immerhin ging die Plattform 2016 mit OStatus an den Start <a href=\"https://notiz.blog/2019/08/16/farewell-ostatus/\">und schwenkte erst zwei Jahre sp\u00e4ter auf ActivityPub</a>!</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ich besch\u00e4ftige mich jetzt seit ungef\u00e4hr +/-15 Jahren mit dem Thema, welches man heute als Fediverse oder IndieWeb zusammen fassen w\u00fcrde, und habe auch ein gutes Jahrzehnt an Arbeit in diverse <a href=\"https://github.com/search?q=topic%3Aindieweb+owner%3Apfefferle&amp;type=repositories\">IndieWeb Projekte</a> gesteckt, aber Mastodon und ActivityPub sind in ihren Auswirkungen bisher konkurrenzlos!</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dank Mastodon und ActivityPub habe ich wieder <a href=\"https://notiz.blog/2024/04/22/its-a-thing/#comments\">bis zu 50 Kommentare auf einen einzigen Blog-Post</a> (Likes und Boosts nicht mit gez\u00e4hlt) w\u00e4hrend \u00fcber RSS (gemessen an Kommentaren \u00fcber das WordPress Formular) und Webmentions vielleicht eine Reaktion im Monat kommt.</p>"
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        "url": "https://social.lol/@mihobu",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://social.lol/@mihobu/112333651568060896",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Not sure if I\u2019ve shared this here before or not, but either way here goes\u2026 If you find yourself on a lot of teleconferences (Teams, Zoom, etc) and you need a little diversion, try Conference Call Bingo. I made it and it's ugly but it pretty much works.</p><p><a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/OwnYourWeb\">#<span>OwnYourWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/WorkFromHome\">#<span>WorkFromHome</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/WFH\">#<span>WFH</span></a> </p><p><a href=\"https://mihobu.lol/bingo\"><span>https://</span><span>mihobu.lol/bingo</span><span></span></a></p>",
        "text": "Not sure if I\u2019ve shared this here before or not, but either way here goes\u2026 If you find yourself on a lot of teleconferences (Teams, Zoom, etc) and you need a little diversion, try Conference Call Bingo. I made it and it's ugly but it pretty much works.\n\n#OwnYourWeb #IndieWeb #WorkFromHome #WFH \n\nhttps://mihobu.lol/bingo"
    },
    "published": "2024-04-25T20:04:54+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "40942118",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@vladcampos",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/@vladcampos",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@vladcampos/112332040448601846",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://flipboard.social/@mike\">@<span>mike</span></a></span> I'd like to suggest <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://manton.org/activitypub/manton\">@<span>manton</span></a></span> as a future <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/DotSocial\">#<span>DotSocial</span></a> guest. Watching my recent chat with him (link below) will give you an idea of how much he's contributing to the <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> and <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediverse\">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> communities. cc: <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://flipboard.social/@miaq\">@<span>miaq</span></a></span> </p><p><a href=\"https://youtu.be/tqMVt1pm3cg\"><span>https://</span><span>youtu.be/tqMVt1pm3cg</span><span></span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://flipboard.social/@miaq\"></a>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://flipboard.social/@mike\"></a>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://manton.org/activitypub/manton\"></a>",
        "text": "@mike I'd like to suggest @manton as a future #DotSocial guest. Watching my recent chat with him (link below) will give you an idea of how much he's contributing to the #IndieWeb and #Fediverse communities. cc: @miaq \n\nhttps://youtu.be/tqMVt1pm3cg"
    },
    "published": "2024-04-25T13:15:10+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "40937942",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@grantpotter",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/@grantpotter",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@grantpotter/112331988666547622",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>.. if we want a true <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> we must be prepared to fight for it. Hope is not enough. H/T <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@twoodwar\">@<span>twoodwar</span></a></span> &amp; <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@Downes\">@<span>Downes</span></a></span> <a href=\"https://www.fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/any-technology-indistinguishable-from-magic-is-hiding-something/\"><span>https://www.</span><span>fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/any-t</span><span>echnology-indistinguishable-from-magic-is-hiding-something/</span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@Downes\"></a>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@twoodwar\"></a>",
        "text": ".. if we want a true #indieweb we must be prepared to fight for it. Hope is not enough. H/T @twoodwar & @Downes https://www.fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/any-technology-indistinguishable-from-magic-is-hiding-something/"
    },
    "published": "2024-04-25T13:02:00+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "40937943",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@ayo",
        "url": "https://social.ayco.io/@ayo",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://social.ayco.io/@ayo/112330797960541753",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Thinking of tiny self-hostable apps that can also be composed together.</p><p>My first one is `/threads`: <a href=\"https://ayco.io/threads\"><span>https://</span><span>ayco.io/threads</span><span></span></a> -- a way to select social posts and (in the future) offer fine-grained topical subscriptions.</p><p>Depending on your requirements &amp; resources, you can also have your own threads deployed on your site, either of the two options<br />- personal.site/threads<br />- threads.personal.site</p><p>Though I still have to write down instructions and make that easy</p><p><a href=\"https://social.ayco.io/tags/webdev\">#<span>webdev</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.ayco.io/tags/frontend\">#<span>frontend</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.ayco.io/tags/threads\">#<span>threads</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.ayco.io/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Thinking of tiny self-hostable apps that can also be composed together.\n\nMy first one is `/threads`: https://ayco.io/threads -- a way to select social posts and (in the future) offer fine-grained topical subscriptions.\n\nDepending on your requirements & resources, you can also have your own threads deployed on your site, either of the two options\n- personal.site/threads\n- threads.personal.site\n\nThough I still have to write down instructions and make that easy\n\n#webdev #frontend #threads #indieweb"
    },
    "published": "2024-04-25T07:59:11+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "40935703",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@ovidem",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/@ovidem",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@ovidem/112330485985507306",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>This post by <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@Daojoan\">@<span>Daojoan</span></a></span> is spot on, and the reason I decide to (re)launch <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@indieaisle\">@<span>indieaisle</span></a></span>. I would add that you should use tools, resources, and other people to help develop your site. Work with a designer, a developer, a template, a system. BUT understand how it all works together and how you can make changes if you need to.</p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/SmallWeb\">#<span>SmallWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/diy\">#<span>diy</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/web\">#<span>web</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://joanwestenberg.com/blog/the-creator-economy-trap-why-building-on-someone-elses-platform-is-a-dead-end\"><span>https://</span><span>joanwestenberg.com/blog/the-cr</span><span>eator-economy-trap-why-building-on-someone-elses-platform-is-a-dead-end</span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@Daojoan\"></a>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@indieaisle\"></a>",
        "text": "This post by @Daojoan is spot on, and the reason I decide to (re)launch @indieaisle. I would add that you should use tools, resources, and other people to help develop your site. Work with a designer, a developer, a template, a system. BUT understand how it all works together and how you can make changes if you need to.\n\n#indieweb #SmallWeb #diy #web\n\nhttps://joanwestenberg.com/blog/the-creator-economy-trap-why-building-on-someone-elses-platform-is-a-dead-end"
    },
    "published": "2024-04-25T06:39:50+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "40935238",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://pleroma.envs.net/objects/fa6e12d0-b8af-4496-93d3-09471307d5e7",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>New bookmark: <a href=\"https://elvery.net/drzax/activitypub-on-a-mostly-static-website/\">ActivityPub on a (mostly) static website</a>.</p><p>There have been other attempts to document the process of bringing ActivityPub to a (mostly) static site, but this is my favorite so far. I wonder if I should give it a go, if POSSE ever stops serving my needs.</p> <p>Originally posted on <code>seirdy.one</code>: <a href=\"https://seirdy.one/bookmarks/#activitypub-on-a-mostly-static-website\">See Original</a> (<a href=\"https://indieweb.org/POSSE\">POSSE</a>). <a href=\"https://pleroma.envs.net/tag/indieweb\">#IndieWeb</a> <a href=\"https://pleroma.envs.net/tag/security\">#Security</a> <a href=\"https://pleroma.envs.net/tag/web\">#Web</a></p>",
        "text": "New bookmark: ActivityPub on a (mostly) static website.\n\nThere have been other attempts to document the process of bringing ActivityPub to a (mostly) static site, but this is my favorite so far. I wonder if I should give it a go, if POSSE ever stops serving my needs. Originally posted on seirdy.one: See Original (POSSE). #IndieWeb #Security #Web"
    },
    "published": "2024-04-25T03:36:39+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "40934485",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@artlung",
        "url": "https://xoxo.zone/@artlung",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://xoxo.zone/@artlung/112328835499828154",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>The next <a href=\"https://xoxo.zone/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a> Front End Study Hall will be on May 7, 2024</p><p><a href=\"https://artlung.com/blog/2024/04/24/front-end-study-hall-002/\"><span>https://</span><span>artlung.com/blog/2024/04/24/fr</span><span>ont-end-study-hall-002/</span></a></p>",
        "text": "The next #IndieWeb Front End Study Hall will be on May 7, 2024\n\nhttps://artlung.com/blog/2024/04/24/front-end-study-hall-002/"
    },
    "published": "2024-04-24T23:40:06+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "40933277",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "#indieweb",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/tags/indieweb",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://links.maique.eu/post/2024-04-24-1",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>\"I see EchoFeed as (to merge my own words with Kev's)<strong> a<br />\nno-hassle cross-poster for the IndieWeb</strong>. For independent<br />\nwriters to syndicate their posts to social networks. EchoFeed is the<br />\n(second) <code>S</code> in POSSE.\"<br /><br />#EchoFeed #indieWeb #posse<br /><br />\ud83c\udf5c EchoFeed and POSSE https://news.echofeed.app/echofeed-and-posse/</p>",
        "text": "\"I see EchoFeed as (to merge my own words with Kev's) a\n\nno-hassle cross-poster for the IndieWeb. For independent\n\nwriters to syndicate their posts to social networks. EchoFeed is the\n\n(second) S in POSSE.\"\n\n#EchoFeed #indieWeb #posse\n\n\ud83c\udf5c EchoFeed and POSSE https://news.echofeed.app/echofeed-and-posse/"
    },
    "published": "2024-04-24T21:16:22+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "40932553",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@mrbatsu",
        "url": "https://social.lol/@mrbatsu",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://social.lol/@mrbatsu/112328270621538932",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>\"I see EchoFeed as (to merge my own words with Kev's) a no-hassle cross-poster for the IndieWeb. For independent writers to syndicate their posts to social networks. EchoFeed is the (second) S in POSSE.\"</p><p><a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/EchoFeed\">#<span>EchoFeed</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/indieWeb\">#<span>indieWeb</span></a> <a href=\"https://social.lol/tags/posse\">#<span>posse</span></a></p><p>\ud83c\udf5c EchoFeed and POSSE <a href=\"https://news.echofeed.app/echofeed-and-posse/\"><span>https://</span><span>news.echofeed.app/echofeed-and</span><span>-posse/</span></a></p>",
        "text": "\"I see EchoFeed as (to merge my own words with Kev's) a no-hassle cross-poster for the IndieWeb. For independent writers to syndicate their posts to social networks. EchoFeed is the (second) S in POSSE.\"\n\n#EchoFeed #indieWeb #posse\n\n\ud83c\udf5c EchoFeed and POSSE https://news.echofeed.app/echofeed-and-posse/"
    },
    "published": "2024-04-24T21:16:27+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "40932382",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@rjomara",
        "url": "https://mastodon.social/@rjomara",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://mastodon.social/@rjomara/112328211408537257",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Ended up being overwhelmed by awesomeness on my hunt for digital garden examples today. </p><p>I'm honestly impressed that my laptop fan isn't screaming at me over the number of open tabs I have right now!</p><p>Planning to do a full write up on my favorites tomorrow. </p><p><a href=\"https://microblog.rjomara.com/2024/04/24/so-many-gardens.html\"><span>https://</span><span>microblog.rjomara.com/2024/04/</span><span>24/so-many-gardens.html</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalGarden\">#<span>DigitalGarden</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Indieweb\">#<span>Indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/blog\">#<span>blog</span></a></p>",
        "text": "Ended up being overwhelmed by awesomeness on my hunt for digital garden examples today. \n\nI'm honestly impressed that my laptop fan isn't screaming at me over the number of open tabs I have right now!\n\nPlanning to do a full write up on my favorites tomorrow. \n\nhttps://microblog.rjomara.com/2024/04/24/so-many-gardens.html\n\n#DigitalGarden #Indieweb #blog"
    },
    "published": "2024-04-24T21:01:23+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "40932222",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@mms",
        "url": "https://emacs.ch/@mms",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://emacs.ch/@mms/112328091494503103",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>New Brain Rot!</p><p>\"For me Severance is a perfect example of current TV drama state. You can clearly see that it was made with passion, it could have been great. But screw that, let\u2019s have it for four years. Fill her up, please.\"</p><p><a href=\"https://michal.sapka.me/brain-rot/tv/severance-season1/\"><span>https://</span><span>michal.sapka.me/brain-rot/tv/s</span><span>everance-season1/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://emacs.ch/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> <a href=\"https://emacs.ch/tags/severance\">#<span>severance</span></a> <a href=\"https://emacs.ch/tags/100daystooffload\">#<span>100daystooffload</span></a></p>",
        "text": "New Brain Rot!\n\n\"For me Severance is a perfect example of current TV drama state. You can clearly see that it was made with passion, it could have been great. But screw that, let\u2019s have it for four years. Fill her up, please.\"\n\nhttps://michal.sapka.me/brain-rot/tv/severance-season1/\n\n#indieweb #severance #100daystooffload"
    },
    "published": "2024-04-24T20:30:53+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "40932223",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

As TikTok ban threatens stability in social media ecosystem, some brands settle into the fediverse

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    "type": "entry",
    "published": "2024-04-24T15:44:09+00:00",
    "url": "https://werd.io/2024/as-tiktok-ban-threatens-stability-in-social-media-ecosystem-some",
    "category": [
        "Media"
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    "bookmark-of": [
        "https://digiday.com/marketing/as-tiktok-ban-threatens-stability-in-social-media-ecosystem-some-brands-settle-into-the-fediverse/"
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    "name": "As TikTok ban threatens stability in social media ecosystem, some brands settle into the fediverse",
    "content": {
        "text": "Buried here: \"Vox Media\u2019s technology news publication The Verge says it also has plans to federate its own site to have more ownership over its content and audience, according to The Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel.\"\nThe fediverse is both the future of social media and the future of the web. It's something that every organization that regularly publishes to the web should be at least investigating. #Media",
        "html": "<p>Buried here: \"Vox Media\u2019s technology news publication The Verge says it also has plans to federate its own site to have more ownership over its content and audience, according to The Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel.\"</p>\n<p>The fediverse is both the future of social media and the future of the web. It's something that every organization that regularly publishes to the web should be at least investigating. <a href=\"https://werd.io/tag/Media\" class=\"p-category\">#Media</a></p>"
    },
    "author": {
        "type": "card",
        "name": "Ben Werdmuller",
        "url": "https://werd.io/profile/benwerd",
        "photo": "https://werd.io/file/5d388c5fb16ea14aac640912/thumb.jpg"
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    "post-type": "bookmark",
    "_id": "40931191",
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    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@alabut",
        "url": "https://techhub.social/@alabut",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://techhub.social/@alabut/112327495945910304",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>Hey, what're you all up to in an hour? Want to nerd out about HTML/CSS? Come join <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url\" href=\"https://xoxo.zone/@artlung\">@<span>artlung</span></a></span> as he hosts a pop up <a href=\"https://techhub.social/tags/indieweb\">#<span>indieweb</span></a> event for all things frontend:</p><p><a href=\"https://events.indieweb.org/2024/04/front-end-study-hall-FHS5M2AofkU4\"><span>https://</span><span>events.indieweb.org/2024/04/fr</span><span>ont-end-study-hall-FHS5M2AofkU4</span></a></p>\n<a class=\"u-mention\" href=\"https://xoxo.zone/@artlung\"></a>",
        "text": "Hey, what're you all up to in an hour? Want to nerd out about HTML/CSS? Come join @artlung as he hosts a pop up #indieweb event for all things frontend:\n\nhttps://events.indieweb.org/2024/04/front-end-study-hall-FHS5M2AofkU4"
    },
    "published": "2024-04-24T17:59:26+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "40931047",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
}

{
    "type": "entry",
    "author": {
        "name": "@stevendbrady",
        "url": "https://dmv.community/@stevendbrady",
        "photo": null
    },
    "url": "https://dmv.community/@stevendbrady/112327311415149638",
    "content": {
        "html": "<p>I added a 'Tech I Use' page to my website.</p><p><a href=\"https://stevenbrady.com/tech\"><span>https://</span><span>stevenbrady.com/tech</span><span></span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://dmv.community/tags/IndieWeb\">#<span>IndieWeb</span></a></p>",
        "text": "I added a 'Tech I Use' page to my website.\n\nhttps://stevenbrady.com/tech\n\n#IndieWeb"
    },
    "published": "2024-04-24T17:12:30+00:00",
    "post-type": "note",
    "_id": "40930420",
    "_source": "8007",
    "_is_read": false
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