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@Mastodon salaam

> evan@cosocial.ca said One of the most surprising reasons that people have told me that they dropped off the Fediverse is that they simply forget which server they signed up for. This doesn't surprise me in the slightest. I probably can't remember half the websites I've ended up with accounts on over the years. For instance, the other day I found out I had a seetickets account from over a decade ago which was still kicking around, and I only found this out because they sent me a password reset as part of a migration to SSO. Most people don't remember URLs, they might remember to open an app if you keep them logged in long enough. Maybe they might bookmark something.

@reiverIs this feature documented? I didn't find any information in the readme.If it's still in development, could you create a tracking issue in the Codeberg repo? I would subscribe to it.

@Edent fascinating, thanks!cc: @id

@julian yes. BadgeFed has an API. But the concept is really simple, it is a Note (or Document) that has an attachment. The attachment is a property of the ActivityPub object usually used for videos or images. In this case the attachment includes a full OpenBadge object.The only restriction is that the Note attributed (activitypub actor) MUST be the url in the OpenBadge issuer (issuer = actor). Also the recipient url from the OpenBadge SHOULD be mentioned in the Note.With this simple mechanism you can pretty much create a compatible badge that can be decentralized with BadgeFed.

@wendythedruid I really like the PDS part of the protocol and the way identity is handled. The fact that you decide where your data is regardless of the app you choose to use is neat

@hrefna "I implemented that in Smithereen ages ago and it's been working between Smithereen servers ever since"

@macgirvin that's interesting, I hadn't thought of using punycode. Like @edent@mastodon.social my exposure to it was strictly limited to domains (and even then only to counter domain spoofing)