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I think that the Social Web is a much more accessible term, but to me it is also something different. For me, the Fediverse is the part of the social web using and linked together by the Activity Pub protocol. The Social Web is at least theoritically bigger and might include other decentralized networks that don't connect directly with the Fediverse. So, I like the term Social Web better, but I don't think it is interchangable with Fediverse. 4 comments
My first thought was, I don't know. My second thought is, I don't know, because I don't think we fully understand the potential functionality of the Fediverse yet. I tend to agree with our friends on the Dot Social podcast, that until now the Fediverse had mostly mimiced major social media platforms, but that there is at least the potential for new innovative functionality. Personally, I don't think I've thought enough about what that might be but I'm looking forward to what happens.  @stpaultim What I'm really trying to do, as you undoubtedly guessed, is tickle out what kind of ideas people have that are "social" beyond today's fediverse. I love the idea of brainstorming ideas. I expect that to some extent we have to watch what developers are doing. I don't think the current Fediverse is good at allowing folks to form private social groups from the same account they use publiclly. But, this is not a new feature. It's common in other social media platforms, I just haven't seen it implemented well in the Fediverse yet. |
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@stpaultim in this distinction, is the functionality of the "social web" the same as the functionality of the "fediverse", even if there are additional protocols, or is there also additional functionality?