This is the topic page for ActivityPub (protocol). Mention this page to add to the conversation.
If a more specific topic than ActivityPub (protocol) exists, you are strongly recommended to mention that instead.
This is the topic page for ActivityPub (protocol). Mention this page to add to the conversation.
If a more specific topic than ActivityPub (protocol) exists, you are strongly recommended to mention that instead.
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Reblog from my blog
The IndieWeb is great. Between WebMention and ActivityPub I feel like I have an audience again. However, I only have access to those protocols because someone smarter than me made WordPress plugins.
The truth is that, prior to this essay, all of IndieWeb felt entirely beyond me. I did not understand what it did sometimes. Even if I understood, I did not always understand what the point was. When I understood the point, I did not always understand the technical bits enough to implement or use it. That pretty much just left bits of microformats.
The IndieWeb ideas have transformative power. They allow us to make connections, own our data and online identity. There is even more it can do if someone would just show us the way.
If as a professional developer who thinks rolling up an object-oriented CMS from scratch sounds like a fun time (me) struggles, how much harder will it be for ordinary people with actual lives to live?
There needs to be a less intense onboarding process. IndieWeb must become something that is at least as easy as WordPress (ideally much easier) so that its power can reach the masses. Right now, we are far from mass market appeal but I think we can get there.
We need a whole galaxy of options.
So that next time we say to someone: “You should own your own domain, and publish on your own website,” and they answer with “How?”, we can give an answer that’s more than just: “Install WordPress.” Let’s make the indie web easier, Giles Turnbull
This is a single section from a much bigger post discussion of making the IndieWeb easier.
Open Mentions now supports both #ActivityPub and #Webmention along with #RSS – consume the content the way you want.
The ActivityPub support is new and there is a Mention target for the protocol too.
https://openmentions.com/topics/indieweb/activitypub-protocol/