Evan Prodromou 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇷🇵🇸

evan@cosocial.ca

He/him. Board member at CoSocial.ca.Research Director, Social Web Foundation.Author of "ActivityPub: Programming for the Social Web" from O'Reilly Media.Founder of Wikitravel, StatusNet, identi.ca, Fuzzy.ai.Creator of pump.io. Co-creator of GNU social.Former co-chair of the Social Web Working Group at W3C. Co-author of Activity Streams 2.0. Co-author of ActivityPub. Co-author of OStatus.Grad student in CS at Georgia Tech.Greek, Arab, Palestinian, American, Canadian, Montréalais.

Posts

Post #4480979
There are two kinds of Americans: those who think it's unconscionable that a man named Abdul could become a US senator, and those who think it's unconscionable that a man named Abdul could not become a US senator.
Post #4458629
Me and @julian #Fedicon
Post #4458612
Me and @cassidy@mastodon.blaede.family #Fedicon
Post #4458574
Me and @reiver@mastodon.social #Fedicon
Post #4458557
Me and @benpate@mastodon.social , the best person to take a selfie with #Fedicon
Post #4458537
Me and @ozoned #Fedicon
Post #4449521
Do you like JSON-LD? #EvanPoll #poll #ActivityPub #JSONLD
Post #4415135
On the way to #YVR for #Fedicon
Post #4412917
How long has it been since you used the "cyber-" prefix? #EvanPoll #poll #cyber
Post #4390208
Doing my end of semester dance https://open.spotify.com/track/7ItpUlCUwTRyiXZ0YclPQ7
Post #4388074
TIL that in Mastodon any post with a #hashtag will show up in search results for that hashtag regardless of whether the user opted into search, but posts containing the word "full-text" (no hash sign) will only appear in searches for "full-text" if the user opted into search. That seems like a very reasonable pattern to me. I wonder how many other Fediverse platforms follow it?
Post #4385633
I'm really looking forward to #fedicon2026 !
Post #4377275
Is there a difference between a sockpuppet and an alt? #EvanPoll #poll #SocialNetworks
Post #4299973
Friends, what #hashtag should I follow to get updates about DWeb Cascadia 2026? https://dwebyvr.org/camp/
Post #4265859
I went to see the #fireworks in #montreal tonight. We have a fireworks festival that goes all summer; 1-2 fireworks shows per week. They close the big bridge at the centre of town so people can watch from the bridge. Right after these pictures three girls walked up to me and yelled over the noise: "EXCUSE ME SIR DO YOU KNOW IF THE FIREWORKS HAVE STARTED YET?" Genius comedy, absolutely no notes.
Post #4252546
Does your city or town have a signature dish? (Replies with details and pictures are welcome!) #EvanPoll #poll #food
Post #4223779
They should change the title of the Fediverse Feed to People Who Are Doing It Wrong so everyone feels more comfortable being a reply guy.
Post #4208049
Is there an #ActivityPub plugin for #Mailman so you can follow a mailing list?
Post #4170236
@julian srsly
Post #4164066
In what year did you last live in a home with a landline phone? #EvanPoll #poll
Post #4120971
What were the skies like when you were young? #EvanPoll #poll #lfc
Post #4091052
What does "the Fediverse" mean? #EvanPoll #poll #Fediverse
Post #4047115
@hongminhee@hollo.social @siliconsjang@s10t.io It's great news!
Post #4022456
Have you played Disco Elysium? #EvanPoll #poll #VideoGames #DiscoElysium
Post #4016671
It's 22/7, #BetterPiDay. I hope all your rational approximations are good this day.
Post #4009945
Should the City of New York arrest Benjamin Netanyahu when he visits the United Nations in September? #EvanPoll #poll #netanyahu #un
Post #3996868
What did people do for entertainment before they had logfiles to tail?
Post #3985536
@nick@mammuthus.de I did, and I forgot to check! I will try today
Post #3979640
Should you share stories about your own mistakes online? #EvanPoll #poll #SocialNetworks #SocialMedia
Post #3975512
@mike ah, interesting!