Post #4027436
2026-07-22 11:35 UTC
🆕 blog! “Scattered thoughts on social geolocation”
I want to be able to share my location with my friends on social media. Twitter (RIP) had a way to attach an optional location to a post. Facebook still lets me check in to venues. But neither ActivityPub (Mastodon) nor AT Protocol (BlueSky) allow me …
👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/07/scattered-thoughts-on-social-geolocation/
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#ActivityPub #BlueSky #fediverse #FourSquare #geolocation #json #openstandards #OpenStreetMap
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@monniele@infosec.exchange 2026-07-26 08:01
The lack of native geolocation in ActivityPub and AT Protocol stems from their decentralized architecture, where servers must trust each other's data without a central authority to enforce optional metadata. This creates a tension between privacy and the utility of sharing location, forcing users to rely on third-party clients or custom federation agreements that may not align with their specific trust boundaries.