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the CEO of Flickr, who is now active here at @d0n, is wondering if #Flickr should implement #ActivityPub and become part of the #fediverse!

twitter.com/donmacaskill/statu #FediNews
23 Nov 2022 at 19:50 | Open on social.wake.st
33 comments
AngieStone 🌳 :polarbear:
halcy​:icosahedron:

@liaizon jesus christ. I'm still not fully with this but even as generally someone who is cautious this is starting to look pretty potential watershed moment

23 Nov 2022 at 19:56 | Open on icosahedron.website
M. The Crystalline Entity

@halcy @liaizon

Embrace, extend, extinguish.

The sharks are moving in.

We already have federated Flickr: Pixelfed.

23 Nov 2022 at 20:10 | Open on hackers.town
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK

@maddiefuzz @halcy @liaizon

I agree and would like to use Pixelfed more, but it still lacks basic features like a UI that allows you to drag and drop images (which Flickr has had for years, and is also present on Mastodon, which is why I currently use Mastodon more for sharing photos)..

23 Nov 2022 at 20:28 | Open on social.tchncs.de
rastinza

@liaizon @d0n Alright guys, the ship's on fire; it has been a nice time but won't work anymore.
Someone else wishes to develop a new social network?

23 Nov 2022 at 20:14 | Open on qoto.org
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@liaizon This would be like bringing the hotwife instance back. I'm for it.

Though seriously I would have some concerns given flickr is missing some basic things like 2fa and even the ability to change email addresses.

23 Nov 2022 at 20:18 | Open on glitterkitten.co.uk
Skylar Caulfield :verified:

@doot @liaizon what was the Hotwife instance?

24 Nov 2022 at 3:12 | Open on tech.lgbt
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wakest ⁂

@doot @skymtf was it only made of hotwives or they they have coldwives and lukewarmwives too?

24 Nov 2022 at 3:29 | Open on social.wake.st
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@liaizon @skymtf There were no wives, only husbands complaining (at least a lot of them anyway)

24 Nov 2022 at 3:53 | Open on glitterkitten.co.uk
wakest ⁂

@doot @skymtf the premium domain name must have been too expensive for them...
24 Nov 2022 at 3:58 | Open on social.wake.st
Blobfrog9000 🐸❄️☯️🌑

@liaizon @d0n Flickr is Google owned is it not?

23 Nov 2022 at 20:28 | Open on mstdn.io
wakest ⁂

@neglesaks no it was bought and sold a few times but it is currently owned by the founder of SmugMug

23 Nov 2022 at 20:45 | Open on social.wake.st
Charliebrownau

@liaizon @d0n

I doubt the fediverse would be better off with vc funded international corporations

23 Nov 2022 at 20:34 | Open on pieville.net
Acesabe

@liaizon @glynmoody @d0n who was replying to Matt Mullenweg of Wordpress.com also adding to Tumblr (owned by Automattic), not missing the opportunity...

23 Nov 2022 at 20:52 | Open on mastodon.social
Glyn Moody

@acesabe @liaizon @d0n indeed, a great opportunity for him - and for us if #ActivityPub really takes off...

23 Nov 2022 at 20:53 | Open on mastodon.social
wakest ⁂

@acesabe @glynmoody @d0n yes I probably should have mentioned that in this post as well. I already made a few posts about the tumblr announcement that got a bunch of response but it is indeed rather important to think of this as a snowballing effect, to think of the consequences not of just one platform stuck in "the old world" adding activitypub but if "the industry" starts seriously considering this narrative possibility

23 Nov 2022 at 20:57 | Open on social.wake.st
Glyn Moody

@liaizon @acesabe @d0n indeed. as it happens I have an article on this topic coming out tomorrow or the day after.

23 Nov 2022 at 21:53 | Open on mastodon.social
wakest ⁂
Dirk Hohndel

@glynmoody
Very curious about your take on that... Especially on the issues around ads on the commercial platforms and how that will mix with the federated systems and the strong anti-ad, anti-tracking ethos common in the #fedivers
@liaizon @acesabe @d0n

23 Nov 2022 at 22:39 | Open on hachyderm.io
Glyn Moody

@dirkhh @liaizon @acesabe @d0n luckily, I address precisely some of those issues - will post here when it is up

23 Nov 2022 at 22:52 | Open on mastodon.social
Gilberto "Velenux" Ficara

@liaizon @d0n this would be great, #Flickr is already very friendly with RSS feeds for pretty much everything, ActivityPub would be the cherry on top!

23 Nov 2022 at 20:57 | Open on fogna.social
Rinky Stinky

@liaizon @d0n this would be fucking sick honestly. Not sure what else would excite the millions of former Flickr users more

23 Nov 2022 at 21:02 | Open on mas.to
freenando

@liaizon @d0n well.. i gave up proprietary software to start using pixel fed

23 Nov 2022 at 21:13 | Open on social.coletivos.org
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@liaizon @d0n just imagine how wild that's going to be: Tumblr Flickr joining in... No one person will control everything

23 Nov 2022 at 21:55 | Open on mastodon.social
Rick

@liaizon @d0n

Everyone into the pool! #fediverse is 'the new black'

24 Nov 2022 at 1:31 | Open on pkm.social
Olav

@liaizon @d0n it would/will be interesting to see what that might.lok like, and added the caveat to him that new folks here are leery of corp social media and older users are a bit anti-.

24 Nov 2022 at 4:03 | Open on spacey.space
Daniel Durrans

@liaizon @d0n I am in two minds about this. I see the potential and I like the idea that I can publish to Flickr and have it publish that photo out to the Fediverse.

However, my text based ramblings are relatively curated. I don't dump an entire memory card of photos out onto Mastodon in one go.

Flickr often has people who literally do that... thousands of photos uploaded in one go with no curation.

24 Nov 2022 at 7:52 | Open on mastodon.me.uk
wakest ⁂

Flickr CEO Don MacAskill (@d0n) is currently running a poll to decide whether to add #ActivityPub to :flickr: Flickr to join the #fediverse (Mastodon, Pixelfed, Peertube, etc.)
Make your voice heard:
sfba.social/@d0n/1094226479952
Poll on Twitter too:
twitter.com/DonMacAskill/statu

Remember this has good and bad repercussions whether you use Flickr or not, it would be the first time an old giant joins us but also would bring many many new issues we would have to face together. Please boost for reach!

Flickr CEO Don MacAskill (@d0n) is currently running a poll to decide whether to add #ActivityPub to :flickr: Flickr to join the #fediverse (Mastodon, Pixelfed, Peertube, etc.)
Make your voice heard:
sfba.social/@d0n/1094226479952
Poll on Twitter too:
twitter.com/DonMacAskill/statu

28 Nov 2022 at 18:45 | Open on social.wake.st
wakest ⁂

@d0n adding some folks to this thread cause its important: @cwebber, @evan, @Gargron, @grishka, @halcy, @hypolite, @mike

28 Nov 2022 at 18:59 | Open on social.wake.st
Christine Lemmer-Webber
Don MacAskill

@cwebber @liaizon @evan @Gargron @grishka @halcy @hypolite @mike Wow. I was just telling my team this morning that I'd read the #ActivityPub spec last week and said "It's possibly the best written, easiest-to-follow, technical spec I've ever read.". Thank you for writing something so easy to follow and well thought out.

28 Nov 2022 at 19:15 | Open on sfba.social
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