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@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:@reiver@mastodon.social
I make things for the #Fediverse & #smallNet
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I life-cast at @reiver
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I like to understand things. I like to make things.
The meaning of life — first survive, then reproduce 🌞
Formal b/g: comp sci, math. Pro b/g: soft eng, ml, research
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Joined: 2026-04-27 04:54:47
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@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:@reiver@mastodon.social (2026-05-09 04:18:37)
It seems as if you can only add at most 25 people (accounts) to a Mastodon Collection.
Having Mastodon Collections is awesome!
But, a 25 account limit makes certain types of list tough.
#MastodonCollections #FediverseCollections #FollowPack #FollowPacks #StarterPack #StarterPacks #StarterFollowPack #StarterFollowPacks
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@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:@reiver@mastodon.social (2026-05-05 14:45:43)
@evan
I created a pull-request for movies.pub:
https://github.com/social-web-foundation/movies.pub/pull/15
It corrects a couple typos in the Internet domain in the docs.
@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:@reiver@mastodon.social (2026-05-05 02:27:11)
🌐 FediCon 2026 is coming up — and Early Bird (discounted) tickets are still available!
We want FediCon to be open and accessible, which is why there is also an affordable (Reduced fare) ticket option for those who want it.
Come be part of the conversations shaping the Fediverse and the future of the Social Web.
📅 August 6–9, 2026
📍 UBC campus, Vancouver, BC, Canada
🎟️ Get your FOSSY ticket here:
https://2026.fossy.ca/attend/tickets/
#FediCon #FediCon2026 #FOSSY #FOSSY2026 #FediDev #Fediverse
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@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:@reiver@mastodon.social (2026-05-02 15:58:44)
@silverpill
Like I said, people are of course able to decide for themselves.
Including disagreeing with me.
...
But, I feel "building in open" should not be in the same place as specifications documenting standards.
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@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:@reiver@mastodon.social (2026-05-02 00:40:23)
6/
That doesn't mean inventing has no value. (It does.)
But, I feel that the repository of specifications under organizational bodies (e.g., IETF) and community groups (e.g., FEP) are not the place for them.
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@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:@reiver@mastodon.social (2026-05-02 00:38:05)
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People are of course able to decide for themselves which of №1, №2, and №3 they feel are acceptable scenarios for publishing specifications under organizational bodies (e.g., IETF) and community groups (e.g., FEP), but —
But, I feel only №1 and №2 are acceptable scenarios.
I.e., I feel that specifications published under organizational bodies (e.g., IETF) and community groups (e.g., FEP), should be DOCUMENTING not inventing.
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@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:@reiver@mastodon.social (2026-05-02 00:32:56)
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An example of №3 is ERC-223.
ERC-223 was meant as a replacement for ERC-20. A single person invented ERC-223 without involving all the people who implemented or were using ERC-20.
ERC-223 was largely ignored.
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@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:@reiver@mastodon.social (2026-05-02 00:15:20)
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An example of №2 is the (now old) DVD format.
Prior to DVD, there were incompatible but similar technologies, such as: MMCD, and SD.
The same individuals who were behind MMCD, and SD (incompatible formats) got together (in a working-group) and agreed to interoperate.
DVD was the result of that.
And, the DVD specification(s) documented their agreements on how to interoperate.
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@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:@reiver@mastodon.social (2026-05-02 00:05:34)
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An example of №1 is the (now old) finger-protocol. The finger-protocol existed at least 6 years before the first specification about the finger-protocol (IETF RFC-742) was first published.
I.e., the finger-protocol existed first, and the specification came much later.
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@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:@reiver@mastodon.social (2026-05-02 00:03:10)
1/
For decades, there has been a debate about what specifications published under organizational bodies (e.g., IETF) or community groups (e.g., FEP) are actually for.
Are they meant to:
№1:
Document what people are already doing?
I.e., what some call the cows path.
№2:
When people are doing similar but incompatible things — and you are able to get those people all into a working-group together —
Document the agreement those people made to interoperate.
№3:
Invent something new.
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@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:@reiver@mastodon.social (2026-04-27 01:34:28)
What makes an ActivityPub Actor an Actor?
I think it is probably a bad idea to just restrict it to things with 'type': "Application", "Group", "Organization", "Person", and "Service". Restricting it to just those would mean you couldn't have new actor types (and sub-types) in the future.
So then, do we do it in a duck-typing way? And if "yes", how?
Maybe if something has an "inbox" OR and "outbox" it is an Actor. I.e., it could have just one of those.
#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #FediDev
@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:@reiver@mastodon.social (2025-03-24 18:54:42)
In the year 2019, a scholarly paper misspelled the names of the Fediverse software —
Mastodon, Pixelfed, and Pleroma
As —
Mastadon, PixelFred, Plemora
This is the paper:
"Peer-to-Peer based Social Networks: A Comprehensive Survey"
https://arxiv.org/abs/2001.02611
@dansup
RE: https://mastodon.social/@dansup/103467590881549361
#DeSo #Fediverse #Mastadon #Mastodon #Pixelfed #PixelFred #Pleroma #Plemora
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