I changed it to one I like better
@scottjenson @tsyesika talked about the ActivityPub API on stage during her talk at FOSDEM yesterday. It got a lot of applause. We were talking about it at supper later and the feeling around the table was that we should really give it a go.
@scottjenson not at all!
I think the Readme for the API task force covers it pretty well.
https://github.com/swicg/activitypub-api?tab=readme-ov-file#introduction
tl;dr is that social applications on ActivityPub are often built as an integrated client-server stack.
In other ecosystems, like the Facebook Platform, app developers could leave the complicated parts of storage, authentication, social graph, and distribution to the platform, and they'd just concentrate on innovate experiences at the top of the stack.
@scottjenson ATProto has had some success with third-party developers because it has this model.
I loved and hated this talk by Boris Mann @boris at Fedicon. It's eye-opening how cool and innovate these apps are. Definitely feeling a lot of envy!
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