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This graph is the number of fediverse messages per day my little single-user instance has been receiving over the past year. Something is different.
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Sam 0xEACD
https://twitter.com/samuelgoto
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Nov 18
@aaronpk speaking of indieauth, something that i mentioned to @DickHardt over IIW was that I really really really want to make my handle be @sgo.to.
Can't we come up with some form of convention that when you run into a @domain.example we do the indieauth thingy?
Ironically, the ActivityPub spec itself works just fine with plain domain usernames, nothing about it requires WebFinger or username based IDs. That was something I pushed hard for when we were working on the spec. But sadly Mastodon requires the @-@ syntax and WebFinger. -
Ooh, they are on the Fediverse too!
Shout out to the other co-chair of the Social Web working group @tantek.com , and the co-chair of the Social Web incubator community group and contributor to several Social Web specs spec @aaronpk !
Everyone who directly contributed to #ActivityPub are listed in the acknowledgements of the standard: https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/#acknowledgements
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soooo ActivityPub, can we talk?
I ran some stats on the types of messages my single-user instance has received in its lifetime:
Create: 257,378
Announce (boosts, whatev): 39,168
Like: 16,723
These all seem normal.
Delete: 386,953 🤯
Why have I received more Delete activities than all other messages combined?? -
Sam 0xEACD
https://twitter.com/samuelgoto
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Nov 9
Any chance anyone has a handy tutorial on how to make your static github-hosted blog be discoverable on mastodon?
I'm at https://sgo.to, and could be wonderful if I could have it discoverable as @me@sgo.to.
Anyone out there, before I dig into the ActivityPub specs?
It takes a little work to set up, but this service manages all the ActivityPub stuff as well as the HTTP Signatures required. You will need to be able to configure actual HTTP redirects on your host. https://fed.brid.gy -
PhotoJoseph
https://twitter.com/photojoseph
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Nov 6
I have no idea what this thing is. Just signed up to park my name.
heh, well parking your name doesn't really mean anything because there are instances on domains all over the place and you're certainly not going to register on each one! Tho now that I think about it, you should be able to use your own domain for this: https://www.drupal.org/project/activitypub -
@simon@simonwillison.net
https://twitter.com/simonw
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Nov 5
I'm paying a company to run an instance for me
I 💯 agree Mastodon would be better if you could bring your own domain without running your own instance. I don't think that's technically infeasible but it looks like no-one has built a Mastodon server with virtual host support yet
They're not quite as easy as setting up a CNAME, but there are two options for that:
https://fed.brid.gy
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Pelle Wessman
https://twitter.com/voxpelli
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Dec 15
Yes and no, I know that I myself at least wouldn’t be happy to have the IndieWeb referenced as a “fediverse”, but then again, I’m a bit burnt after I implemented OStatus for Flattr back in the days only to see the very downside of a federated approach when it comes to longevity…
I've implemented ActivityPub directly into my website, so my website is its own ActivityPub instance in the Fediverse. So there's definitely some overlap and grey areas between the two, but yeah generally Fediverse refers to the ActivityPub model of many ppl on one instance. -
I'm so thankful right now I get to focus on building something that's meaningful. I know down the road I'll look back at this time where I fill my day with ActivityPub, IndieAuth and building tools to empower individuals instead of corporations. I don't take it for granted, and I know I won't have the luxury to do this forever. Thank you to everyone who has helped me work on Owncast today.
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@gemlog If this is something you're thinking about I recommend Aaron Parecki's talks! They are actually interesting and do not make me fall asleep like a lot of stuff around auth does. https://aaronparecki.com/2020/09/22/25/activitypub-oauth-2-1
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Depends on your definition of fediverse! This reply was originally sent via Pingback, which predates Webmention, which was long before ActivityPub.
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Just to throw this out there, IndieAuth is a very small addition to OAuth 2.0 which adds identity into the system in a much lighter weight way than OpenID Connect. Mastodon could easily add this extension to return the user ID of the user who just authenticated. The login form on OwnCast would ask the user to enter their server name, and do discovery on the server to send the user there to log in.
I did a talk about how Mastodon/ActivityPub apps can use IndieAuth to accomplish this kind of thing. The video is available -- of course -- on my website: https://aaronparecki.com/2020/09/22/25/activitypub-oauth-2-1
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Blaine Cook
https://twitter.com/blaine
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Nov 19
I don't agree that it's completely glossed over - there is a registration protocol, it's just not widely implemented. The intent could be better stated, for sure, but I think IA's emphasis is too far the other way. My ideal is something in-between IndieAuth and OIDC, I think! 😊
take a look at my activitypub conference talk, starting at 11:50, I address the UX aspect of it here: https://aaronparecki.com/2020/09/22/25/activitypub-oauth-2-1#t=710
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Blaine Cook
https://twitter.com/blaine
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Nov 19
😢 @aaronpk knows my stance on this well - domain-based auth is exclusionary and confusing to users. IndieAuth should just use email addresses, even if it's not doesn't use webfinger and just does s/@([^.*]\..*$/\1/ with the address.
There is no obligation that you have to register your own domain for IndieAuth to work. I’ve talked about this at ActivityPub Conference showing how they can use IndieAuth to enable a standards-based app ecosystem for ActivityPub/Mastodon apps. That of course uses shared domains.
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Jeremiah Lee
https://social.librem.one/@jeremiahlee
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Nov 7
@aaronpk Ok, this is magic that I need to learn more about. Also, it's pretty clear that Mastodon is not going to be the killer app to supplant the dominant social media players for most people.
I don't necessarily recommend this path for everyone, but I implemented ActivityPub (the spec Mastodon uses) into my own website, which was definitely a lot of work, but does mean I can reply to Mastodon users without using Mastodon itself.
