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+ ActivityPub and the federated social networks
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+I believe a lot of people here care about Free Software, and I guess
+that a number of those also care about the related issues of freedom in
+computing, that nowadays involve more and more things that aren't
+running on computers we can control.
+
+There are many of those, and the one I'm talking about today starts with
+the consideration that a lot of computer-ish time is being spent on
+social networks, providing valuable data to companies that have proven
+multiple times they can't be trusted with those.
+
+Data breaches happen 
+
+Doing without social networks can be an option for somebody, but it
+doesn't have to be the only way to 
+
+This problem has been known for a long time, and at least since 2008
+with StatusNet and 2010 with Friendica and Diaspora there have been
+the will to develop an ecosystem of alternative platforms, of course
+based on Free Software, to allow people to have the advantages of social
+networks while keeping control of their data and experience by having
+networks of federated servers all talking with each other, like email,
+except designed in the current millenium.
+
+When I say networks, plural, of course I mean that there were a few
+incompatible protocols, none of the platforms were completely mature,
+and the kind of community they attracted meant that the federated social
+networks back then were a great place to find people who were interested
+in talking about federated social networks. I was there, I was happy
+with it, but I'd be the first to admit that something like that wasn't
+going to help more than a tiny minority of people.
+
+With time, a pornapocalypse or two to attract more users and an effort
+towards standardization, today the federated networks are