If we want wider adoption and tout interoperability than we need to allow some other platforms to integrate in some ways. I do agree though it makes me a bit anxious, but I also think it would be silly for email clients to bar gmail accounts from interacting with them.
Why the hell would they bother trying? Meta has literal billions of users. They can, and if we let them, will swallow tge fediverse whole, and barely notice.
The whole fediverse has less than 1% of their users.
It’s a core selling point of activitypub/the fediverse. It’s the reason why we’re on Kbin and able to interact with people across countless other instances. It’s also how email - the #1 thing all of this is compared to - functions. If we aren’t going to seek sone level of interoperability with the “larger Internet“ then why are we doing all of this? There are far easier ways to run forums and interact with people. This is incredibly convoluted when you get down to it and it’s because we are trying to foster a decentralized, relatively diverse ecosystem.
Please do not patronize/dismiss me like that. Presumably we are both adults and can handle respectful disagreement.
Take your time. Take forever.
If we want wider adoption and tout interoperability than we need to allow some other platforms to integrate in some ways. I do agree though it makes me a bit anxious, but I also think it would be silly for email clients to bar gmail accounts from interacting with them.
That’s all nice an idealistic and shit, buut…
Why the hell would they bother trying? Meta has literal billions of users. They can, and if we let them, will swallow tge fediverse whole, and barely notice.
The whole fediverse has less than 1% of their users.
They aren’t here altruistically.
They’re here like columbus.
It’s a core selling point of activitypub/the fediverse. It’s the reason why we’re on Kbin and able to interact with people across countless other instances. It’s also how email - the #1 thing all of this is compared to - functions. If we aren’t going to seek sone level of interoperability with the “larger Internet“ then why are we doing all of this? There are far easier ways to run forums and interact with people. This is incredibly convoluted when you get down to it and it’s because we are trying to foster a decentralized, relatively diverse ecosystem.
Please do not patronize/dismiss me like that. Presumably we are both adults and can handle respectful disagreement.