Follow/Following/follows

Hi all

Sorry I was muted and couldn't answer you in the call Ann. (My fault for creating feedback between landline and mobile as I transitioned between phones.) I tried downloading IRC on mobile but then my signal went and that was the end of that. 

I found elf's proposal interesting and will send some more comments later. It nicely addresses an issue with static dumps (we've had in SIOC) that show follows or moderates or subscribes relationships which are specific to that point in time (of the dump) but don't reflect the full timeline. I think the names of terms are still an issue as you really have to think hard about what each means, and following as a verb and "a following" as a noun may not be intuitive at first. But once there is a pattern it may be more obvious. 

Am I right in describing it as below?

What causes it - action - follow
What is the process - activity - following that starts and ends?
What is the result - a relationship created - follows or followed (we use the former because of convention on social sites but the latter may may sense).

Same for:

Subscribe
Subscribing
Subscribes/Subscribed

I realise my summary with actions and activities may confuse with ActivityStreams terms but it helps me understand. 

John

Received on Wednesday, 22 April 2015 16:33:40 UTC