Re: Meta implementing ActivityPub as intended? Not so fast IMHO.

po 22. 5. 2023 v 23:55 odesílatel Johannes Ernst <johannes.ernst@gmail.com>
napsal:

> Can one implement ActivityPub in a manner that does not provide any
> interop with any other ActivityPub app? Yes. [move on]
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> Can one implement ActivityPub in a manner that favors your own business
> objectives, to the detriment of all other Fediverse participants? Yes.
>
> For example by implementing ActivityPub asymmetrically. Note the latest
> leak says this:
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> Users on other apps will be able search for, follow and interact with your
> profile and content
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> It does not say "users of the Meta app will be able to search for, follow
> and interact with other Fediverse profiles and content.” What good is a
> Fediverse if not everybody can follow anybody else?
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> There are many other peculiarities in these leaks that should make us
> think IMHO. I blogged about it:
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> https://reb00ted.org/tech/20230522-what-the-meta-activitypub-not-so-fast/
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> Of course this is an analysis based on incomplete/inaccurate/… leaks, and
> we can’t know the truth yet, but we should asks ourselves:
>
> what if Meta plays an asymmetric game and does not participate as an
> honest “peer” in this decentralized network? What do we do then?
>
> [P.S. If I were Meta, that’s exactly what I’d do, because it gets the
> share price up faster than the alternatives.]
>

Facebook has a very good standards compliant implementation of linked data
and RDF with proper vocabularies etc.  It was impressive.


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> Cheers,
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>
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> Johannes.
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> Johannes Ernst
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