idk where to really put this (might turn into a blog post later or something).
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infinite love ⴳreplied to infinite love ⴳ last edited by
@MichaelTBacon actually my main reservations about it are like
- how much do i base it off of current practices, and how much do i base it off of *correct* practices?
- is it worth the effort? is any project going to be on board with it?
- no really, is it worth the effort? should i be putting that effort into doing the better thing from the start? -
Michael T. Bacon, Ph.D.replied to infinite love ⴳ last edited by
If I can give unsolicited advice on nebulous question . . .
- If it's going to get to correct practices, there has to be a bridge to get there from current practices. Nothing will make a big jump without a transition process.
- It's not worth the effort if you do it alone, because no one else will be invested in it.Those may be totally useless or non-sequitur to your actual concerns. Wouldn't be the first time in this thread alone I misunderstood!
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infinite love ⴳreplied to Michael T. Bacon last edited by
@MichaelTBacon right, i'm just wondering how to nudge implementers in the "right" direction on here (story of my life for the past 5 years lol)
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infinite love ⴳreplied to infinite love ⴳ last edited by
@MichaelTBacon unfortunately the common response to "can we make things better" is "we need $200k"
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@trwnh @MichaelTBacon Id say it’s worth it if you think it is. It’s still early in the story of AP since only recently it’s gotten a lot of media attention. Which means plenty of devs that will build on it haven’t yet thus your FEP would be worth it and put to practice.
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Michael T. Bacon, Ph.D.replied to infinite love ⴳ last edited by
On a vaguely related note, I think a really interesting way to do a proof of concept of this would be to demonstrate its use in a social media game.
The old adage that everything on the internet truly only takes off at first as either games or porn is still somewhat relevant. I think a mastodon-adjacent but very much not mastodon-specific form of social gaming could be really fun, demonstrate some ideas, and bring a different set of people to the fedi.
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@damon @MichaelTBacon i keep thinking people just want compat with mastodon haven’t really seen a swelling desire to do anything different. if it’s incompatible with “mastodon protocol” people will see it as DOA unless they can get their friends on it in critical numbers. what’s the point? if we’re doing something breaking, why not go all the way?
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infinite love ⴳreplied to Michael T. Bacon last edited by
@MichaelTBacon this has the potential to be like when people kept getting farmville activities in their facebook feeds
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infinite love ⴳreplied to infinite love ⴳ last edited by
now available in html form, uri not guaranteed to resolve forever https://trwnh.com/unstable/fedi-vs-web.html
@ anyone who asked for a blog post, this is next closest thing, i don't really have a proper blog set up and i kinda don't wanna think about it right now
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infinite love ⴳreplied to infinite love ⴳ last edited by
also i should mention since this is happening kind of simultaneously, this is not about the social web foundation's use of the terms "social web" and "fediverse", although the blog post did go live in the middle of me writing the thread which is a kind of irony i guess. another irony is that even though it's not about that, it could still be kinda about that. if nothing else, it demonstrates that "social web" and "fediverse" are not synonyms.
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@trwnh That’s because most people don’t know how to distinguish between AP and Mastodon. Funny you called it that as that’s exactly what I call it the Mastodon protocol. I think you can show the true potential of AP and make it enticing for those that don’t want to just build another Twitter alternative
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Matthias Pfefferlereplied to infinite love ⴳ last edited by
@trwnh ️