Today marks 2 years since s.basspistol.org was first ran. I'm still not in love with activitypub, but i'm content with this particular choice. I once made a poll to query admins if they would change the software they use if it didn't mean sacrificing the community they've built. My reach is tiny and there are not nearly as many admins as users on the network. Anyone could have answered. But the majority, if not all, of the 4 or 5 who answered marked that they would change if they could.

This is what i dislike about the protocol: It's free software, but it comes with a social type of vendor lock-in.

Not sure to what extend it is possible, but i hope someone knowledgeable is looking into a tool to migrate a community from one system to another. It would shake things up pretty powerfully in the space. Because it seems to be dominated by website boys that are mostly interested in growing a name for themselves. Of course there are exceptions to this like the GoToSocial project, the many forks and individual builders patching up the gaps between systems, (Stefan, you rock! ​:cyber_heart_sparkle_purple:​)

I realize this note is a bit more sour than i intended. I might not be in love with activitypub, but i am deeply enamored in the network. The people. They are everything that make up this space. Hoping through hoops and hinders, collaborating to take control over their means of digital expression, using what gives to make it special. Thank you for being here! To one more year of fedibonanza!

My name is not important, but you can call me Setto. For all I care You could be Me! I like to think I am You, it helps me togetherstand. I wish I was a program, a Secret Squirrel, or just a plain Talefjant… My favorite topics are among others friendship, unity, encryption, open protocols, memetic mythology, how to build a meshed-network or which autotune is best for GNU+Linux.

Sometimes I make music and sing in french because it’s a dead language in Cyberspace. But it sounds lit and is quite functional for poetry. However, if I could I would probably sing in Haskell. At some point I will.

Away from keyboard, nobody knows I am old. I aspire for wisdom in foolish ways and regard naiveté as an astute way to shield off cynisme. I value my integrity and move by feet in the streets.

We could be friends.

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