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Johannes Ernst

@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?

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Tim Erickson, @stpaultim

@J12t

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.

Johannes Ernst

@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.
First attempt: ask around.
What else should we do to discover those?

Tim Erickson, @stpaultim

@J12t

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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