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Post #3449839

2026-06-28 13:27 UTC

people say the fediverse runs on activitypub, but actually the fediverse runs on the tenuous web of mutual trust created between all of its participants, and activitypub is but the clumsy messenger

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  • @ana@starlite.rodeo 2026-06-28 13:38

    much of the fediverse is "public" in the same way a conversation between friends at the beach is public. sure you can hear what we're saying as you walk by and even join in, but if you sit silently beside us with a tape recorder to transcribe everything we say for further dissemination you're still being a creep

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  • @6@possum.city 2026-06-28 13:29

    @ana@starlite.rodeo this is indeed the best description

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  • @bazkie@beige.party 2026-06-28 13:31

    @ana@starlite.rodeo that's a wholesome thought!

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  • @wyatt_h_knott@mstdn.social 2026-06-28 15:32

    @ana@starlite.rodeo This. All day fucking long, this.

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  • @jackemled@furry.engineer 2026-06-28 16:31

    @ana@starlite.rodeo There are other clumsy messengers too, but we don't talk about them.

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  • @ana@starlite.rodeo this is really well put

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  • @d1@autistics.life 2026-06-28 19:12

    @ana@starlite.rodeo great insight

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  • @sbb@c.im 2026-06-28 19:30

    @ana@starlite.rodeo I know #Goose Value when I see it!

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  • @Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt 2026-06-28 20:09

    @ana@starlite.rodeo Our #fediverse network is people :fediverse:

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  • @novarivera@mastodon.social 2026-06-28 21:43

    @ana@starlite.rodeo if need be we can hire a bunch over-competent furries to make a new protocol.

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  • @saja13s@mastodon.social 2026-06-28 21:45

    @ana@starlite.rodeo I hope that anyone who sees my story will help me, please 💔🙏 My story is very important to me, and I need your support to share it so it can reach as many people as possible. Thank you to everyone who stands with me or supports me in any way 🤍https://chuffed.org/project/179125-sajas-gaza-dream-help-her-keep-studying-hope

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  • @hrcerq@fe.disroot.org 2026-06-28 23:39

    @ana@starlite.rodeo Yeah, that's it! And I'd emphasize the words "web" and "clumsy" here, because activitypub is just another layer over the world wide web, which is by itself an application and social interaciton platform. I know I'm referring to "web" here more in the technological sense than what you meant originally, but when I saw that word, that's the first thing I thought: in the end, activitypub is just another layer over the Web.

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  • @zero@posting.solutions 2026-06-29 02:34

    @ana@starlite.rodeo true, the fediverse predates activitypub by quite a while, switching was just a technical detail

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  • @lythops@rollenspiel.social 2026-06-29 04:17

    @ana@starlite.rodeo and the ability to block shit for real

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  • @Su_G@aus.social 2026-06-29 07:10

    @ana@starlite.rodeo ♥️ Resonates - I love this description: “… the fediverse runs on the tenuous web of mutual trust created between all of its participants, and activitypub is but the clumsy messenger” - it just feels right. ♥️🙏🏻 #fediverse #tenuousWeb #mutualTrust #allParticipants #clumsyMessenger

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  • @curiousicae@tech.lgbt 2026-06-29 16:33

    @ana@starlite.rodeo This gets underappreciated in Fediblock discussions. They are super annoying, but they exist for a reason and the social reason is so that we can make the social standards together rather off-loading it some anonymous entity doing what it thinks is best based on its own interests alone. Someone has to make these standards and it is work. @curiousicae@tech.lgbt

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  • @Daniel_Blake@mastodon.top 2026-06-29 19:47

    @ana@starlite.rodeo @lrhodes@merveilles.town Oh well said!

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