I'm sure this observation has been made before, but it just occurred to me that Facebook, Twitter, OStatus, Pump, Mastdon et al., are essentially mailing list providers at the level of the individual. Their differentiating features are mostly UI and marginal addons (e.g. likes, favorites, tags etc.) that tempt engagement.
This thought occurred to me while I was imagining what a unified interface to mail, RSS, and social platforms might look like. Take away all he UI embellishments and it seems like you are mostly left with inboxes of various sorts.
This thought occurred to me while I was imagining what a unified interface to mail, RSS, and social platforms might look like. Take away all he UI embellishments and it seems like you are mostly left with inboxes of various sorts.
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Yes, ActivityPub is not far off from mail for the web ;)
But there's one big distinction! ActivityPub has types ;)
Christopher Allan Webber at 2017-04-21T14:02:54Z
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IM isn't too different either, especially considering https://getdelta.org/en/.
clacke@libranet.de ❌ at 2017-04-21T22:59:50Z
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