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freezr, i wanted to feedback on what you've said that bufore activity pub there were different protocols: diaspora, friendica, hubzilla, etc, and then the w3c ap dominated.
my understanding is, from what i have read and remember about the history of the fediverse, is that all the people behind those decentralized social networks gathered together to design a new protocol, and asked if w3c would agree to host the protocol group under their umbrella, since they pass jsons via http.
diaspora devs decided to not participate. that's why all adopted the protocol except diaspora.
but it's not rike w3c pushed something or had an interest to push something. they just agreed to give their name basically.
Jun 06 · 11 days ago
btw how does that go/feel?
❄ freezr [OP] · Jun 06 at 03:08:
@norayr I have totally different memories. W3C stepped in because the relative success of Diaspora, Friendica and Hubzilla, with Diaspora being the most diffuse.
The problem with the W3C and Diaspora, for what I can remember, were determined by the fact that Diaspora asked to be the protocol.
In the same period the W3C was working to find a solution or a resolution regarding the DRM.
And that is when became clear that the W3C was just another tool in the hands of GAFAM and the fact that any internet thing must obey to the W3C will.
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