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dansup

I just want to mention that Mastodon has set the gold standard for this.

We take a lot for granted, like the MastoAPI, Webfinger, and sharedInbox.

These are not defined in the ActivityPub spec, these were contributed by Mastodon/Gargron.

The sharedInbox extension enables instances these large, which is a good thing, most people don't want to install Mastodon to have to use it.

21 Sep 2023 at 13:56 | Open on mastodon.social
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Jenniferplusplus

@dansup Shared inbox is actually defined by the activitypub spec.

21 Sep 2023 at 13:58 | Open on hachyderm.io
dansup
Jenniferplusplus

@dansup shared inboxes were in the activity pub spec drafts for almost a full year before mastodon implemented activity pub.

21 Sep 2023 at 14:04 | Open on hachyderm.io
dansup

@jenniferplusplus No they weren't, even Gargron admits that. It was him/Mastodon that contributed them to the spec, I'm sure you can ask @cwebber to verify.

21 Sep 2023 at 14:08 | Open on mastodon.social
Cameron

@dansup while I do like Mastodon and what it has done for social media, Webfinger was created by the IETF

21 Sep 2023 at 14:00 | Open on mastodon.world
dansup

@bitflipped I never meant that Mastodon created webfinger, I meant that they added a common implementation that we (activitypub implementations) use for addressing. Did AP define webfinger addressing?

21 Sep 2023 at 14:01 | Open on mastodon.social
Cameron

@dansup Mastodon implemented webfinger and used it for what it was designed to be used for. It may have popularised it more, but I wouldn't say it was "contributed" by Mastodon any more so than the other specifications that Mastodon uses were.

21 Sep 2023 at 14:13 | Open on mastodon.world
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