FinchHaven

@Deadman

Couple thoughts, because I read some common misunderstandings

1. The Fediverse is a broad, generic concept like “democracy”

No one is running “Fediverse” anywhere or is homed on a “Fediverse” instance

2. #ActivityPub is a protocol, a specification if you will

It must be *implemented* in a specific software distribution (to varying degrees of accuracy) to exist

Again, no one is running “ActivityPub” anywhere or is homed on an “ActivityPub” instance

3. “Viewing content from other #instances, one needs to follow a profile from that instance”

and

“Explicitly viewing instance content, user needs to sign up on their instance”

No

I can go to your instance in a web browser, to /public/local/ and read the public posts on your specific instance

Here: https://mstdn.social/public/local

But no, I cannot see anyone’s Home feed unless I follow that person, or follow hashtags which we use and Follow in common

Which is the only reason I saw your post in the first place, the hashtag #Fediverse

cc @technology

@sab

“Furthermore, what’s even the point of open standards if you don’t want them to be adopted”

JFC

Didn’t I reply to exactly this point somewhere else yesterday?

Here:

"Using “open protocols/standards” does not translate to “accept any content from anywhere”

It’s just like “Free Speech”

You can say any damn thing you want, but I am under no obligation whatsoever to read or listen to anything you say

Right?"

Nor does it require any sysadmin to accept any content from anywhere

cc @0x1C3B00DA @lemonflavoured

@ThatOneKirbyMain2568

“If #Threads were to somehow get an influence in #Mastodon, just switch to #lemmy switch to #pixelfed switch to #firefish So many choices”

This exposes how little (if anything) the writer understands about any of those #Fediverse distributions

Mastodon is not interchangeable with Lemmy

Mastodon is not interchangeable with Pixelfed

Mastodon is not interchangeable with Firefish

Period

cc @rob299