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diff --git a/ap_debian/transcriptish.rst b/ap_debian/transcriptish.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e1510d2 --- /dev/null +++ b/ap_debian/transcriptish.rst @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +=============================================== + ActivityPub and the federated social networks +=============================================== + +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 |