Post #1912317
2026-01-16 06:21 UTC
@bengo @aburka As I’ve always said, just because it’s a specification it doesn’t mean you have to implement it. I’m more of an applied than pure developer, so I tend to prefer things from IETF than W3C (not that that is any kind of endorsement from me because IETF’s RFCs are not exactly immune from pay-to-play). I’m sure everybody involved has the best intentions, as always, but.
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@bengo@mastodon.social 2026-01-16 15:28
@omz13 @aburka it’s interesting you mention that because ActivityStreams 2 started at IETF not W3C, mostly authored/implemented well before Evan inherited it after the original authors left SocialWG. There was a strategic decision to also work on it at W3C WG for wide review and to consider the needs of social web industry (of the time). https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-snell-activitystreams-00 It’s not an either or thing. There are many applied developers at both. I’m a big IETF fan as well, where AS2 has roots.