@bnewbold.net your comparison slide misrepresents ActivityPub somewhat in two ways.
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@bnewbold.net your comparison slide misrepresents ActivityPub somewhat in two ways.
1. We do distribute data, not just metadata, including binary data. It can be pushed, or it can be pulled.
2. It's not just a message-passing system; it's a distributed data store. Every object on the network can be fetched directly using its `id`, which is an HTTPS URL. -
@bnewbold.net your comparison slide misrepresents ActivityPub somewhat in two ways.
1. We do distribute data, not just metadata, including binary data. It can be pushed, or it can be pulled.
2. It's not just a message-passing system; it's a distributed data store. Every object on the network can be fetched directly using its `id`, which is an HTTPS URL.@bnewbold.net I also think that we provide location-independent addressing; we just do it in the way other Web systems do, with DNS. You can move a Mastodon installation from one hosting service to another, re-map the DNS, and the server is live on the network again.
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@bnewbold.net I also think that we provide location-independent addressing; we just do it in the way other Web systems do, with DNS. You can move a Mastodon installation from one hosting service to another, re-map the DNS, and the server is live on the network again.
@bnewbold.net I don't think it's material to the discussion today, but I'd be happy to help out with your comparison slides next time you want to talk about ActivityPub.