evanprodromou

@evanprodromou@threads.net

Co-author of ActivityPub and Activity Streams 2.0. Founder of identi.ca and StatusNet. I ♥️ the social web. Primary account: evan@cosocial.ca

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evanprodromou , to Random stuff

Sixteen years ago tomorrow I published the first post on the fediverse.

https://web.archive.org/web/20080618164355/http://identi.ca/notice/1

It's still visible on Identi.ca today, although the URL format changed a few years ago, and the redirect plugin stopped working a few years after that.

https://identi.ca/evan/note/Y0QwGyc1QYilqqawkDrQlg

Thanks to everyone who made identi.ca a great place to be, and thanks to everyone who's expanded the fediverse since then.

Fediverse Threads

evanprodromou , to Random stuff

The EU now has a permanent home on the fediverse.

https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/112455456338250699

scottbeale , to Random stuff

@sallysapizza in New Haven

evanprodromou ,

So good!

evanprodromou , to Random stuff

If you hear something from a protest that you don't agree with, keep listening. You're the person whose mind they're trying to change.

evanprodromou , to Random stuff

@danhon I asked an AI whether you should write an article about the history of the sparkle emoji becoming the signifier for AI content and here's what it said:

✨ Yes, Dan Hon would do a great job writing that article. He would bring a distinct point of view, persistent and diligent research, and an endearing sense of humour to the project. Officially as an artificially intelligent large language model I endorse the idea of Dan Hon writing this article. ✨

evanprodromou OP ,

Anyway now you have to write the article since the AI said you had to.

danhon , to Random stuff

I would probably read an interview/flash oral history of “how the fuck did the AI sparkles spread and end up everywhere so quickly”, how about it Verge peeps?

NO THIS IS NOT A PITCH I HAVE ENOUGH TO DO also writing is like the worst thing in the world I hate it

evanprodromou ,

Do it

evanprodromou ,

https://youtu.be/VrPVSz3bBq4

jenny8lee , to Random stuff

Ran into @threads first engineer @pcottle in Perugia because 1) I recognized the @ logo on his windbreaker and 2) he’s high school friends with Tyler Schultz, one of the main whistle blowers for Theranos!

@pcottle is largely responsible for implementing the fediverse on @threads.

evanprodromou ,

Wowowowow

evanprodromou , to Random stuff

If you're on the fediverse, make sure to follow my main account at evan@cosocial.ca . I post a lot more there!

evanprodromou , to Random stuff

I'm at JFK airport, boarding a flight to Buenos Aires where I'll be on a work retreat for 2 weeks. Looking forward to landing!

evanprodromou , to Random stuff

Very happy to announce that @tomcoates and I have been given a Summer of Protocols grant to develop an end-to-end encryption (E2EE) protocol for ActivityPub, including a reference implementation and a report to submit to the W3C SocialCG.

https://forum.summerofprotocols.com/t/sop-2024-pig-and-pog-grantees/1270

evanprodromou OP ,

That's an interesting use case!

evanprodromou OP ,

Primary version of this announcement is on my CoSocial account:

https://cosocial.ca/@evan/112363426896322946

evanprodromou , to Random stuff

The Fediverse Is the Internet of People.

evanprodromou , to Random stuff

Quit stalling Daniel Craig

ben.werdmuller , to Random stuff

Tonight I found a list of all the people who were interned at Ambarawa 6, one of the concentration camps for women and children where my dad spent the first few years of his life alongside my grandmother and my aunts. There's some footage of the liberation and some photos, but none of them as far as I can see. (But I'm still looking.)

evanprodromou ,

HFS

johannes.ernst , to News from fediverse

And then you go through the ActivityStreams standard (which is one of the standards the is built on) and find your own name in the Acknowledgements section.

Among what looks like 1000 other people. But nevertheless ...

https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-core/

evanprodromou ,

That's kind of an insane number of people. I don't remember doing that so I'm going to guess it was @jasnell .

evanprodromou ,

I guess also when people are doing vanity searches the spec pops up.

irishbgs , to Random stuff

@Mosseri (or anyone who has the archive option)

When you archive a thread here, does it also remove/archive it from other Fediverse platforms? Or will Fediverse sharing need to be turned off?

evanprodromou ,

Good answer!

evanprodromou , to Random stuff

Hello, this is Evan Prodromou and I pronounce "fediverse" as "social web".

evanprodromou OP ,

Just in case you're on a podcast and you need to remember how to pronounce my last name.

evanprodromou OP ,

A tribute to the days when Linux users had exactly one multimedia file available to listen to.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Linus-linux.ogg

evanprodromou OP ,

It got close! I fixed it.

ben.werdmuller , to Random stuff

Absolutely cracked open what this book is. Finally. It feels good. But there’s so much work still to do.

evanprodromou ,

What book?

evanprodromou ,

Amazing. Glad you cracked it!

mmccue , to Random stuff

For the open social web to happen at scale, companies big and small need to adopt ActivityPub. Threads is the largest player to do this and the implications are huge.

On the latest episode of Dot Social I ask @rklambo and @pcottle, two thoughtful and genuine leaders on the Threads team, about why they're doing this and whether federation is a feature or foundational. Check it out on or wherever you get your podcasts.
https://flipboard.video/w/2q29uCjnHjot1CHu1CZBim

Tech Threads

evanprodromou ,

I just finished this episode. I love hearing such smart, empathetic people talk about the fediverse.

evanprodromou ,

One thing I think is going to be tough is figuring out distributed moderation at scale. It might come down to some kind of reputation system - "Evan thinks Mike McCue makes good content", "mastodon.archive.org thinks user123@server.example is a spammer (and here are the receipts)". Or maybe just sharing Block and Flag activities with trusted servers. Either way, an interesting project!

evanprodromou ,

I think there's also just outsourcing your moderation to a professional service. I'm not sure that's in-band for the protocol, though.

ben.werdmuller , to Random stuff

We take the safety of the jurors very seriously. Because this jury’s verdict could have tremendous consequences, we believe readers are entitled to know some details about its makeup. Our coverage has been cautious and in line with the judge’s orders. We are reporting generally on the jurors’ line of work, their personal interests, the area of Manhattan they live in, their profiles, demographics, identifying features, political affiliations, and security questions.

evanprodromou ,

You could have gone farther and it would have gotten really dark. Thanks for exercising restraint in your humour!

evanprodromou , to Random stuff

Are there any good eclipses happening this weekend

evanprodromou , to Random stuff

So are there any good eclipses happening this weekend

evanprodromou , to Random stuff

Dear Post News,

It's not too late to federate.

Signed, The Social Web

evanprodromou OP ,

No, but there isn't a payment mechanism built into SMTP or HTTP either. We use out-of-band mechanisms to effectuate the payments. For example, you can follow my premium account at https://prodromou.pub/@evanplus if you PayPal me $5.

evanprodromou OP ,

Much bigger audience! And once Threads federates both ways, they have a lot more readers available. Anyone concentrating on supporting content producers should be federated.

evanprodromou , to Random stuff

Bytedance: Add ActivityPub to Tiktok Notes!

https://evanp.me/2024/04/19/bytedance-add-activitypub-to-tiktok-notes/

wongmjane , to Random stuff

I appreciate the @-mentions but I’m no longer a member of the Threads team. I’ve shifted towards a more security-focused role at Instagram

All the credits of the amazing work the Threads team has been pulling off should go to them instead :)

evanprodromou ,

You're part of why I like Threads anyway!

johannes.ernst , to News from fediverse

Talking about FediTest and Fediverse testing @feditest at Internet Identity Workshop today. Thanks @kudrix for the photo! iiw

evanprodromou ,

Cool!

lucas_a_meyer , to Random stuff

GenX : show this to your date. If they don’t know what they are, they are too young for you. 😂😂😂

evanprodromou ,

The rule is half your age + 5000 years

ben.werdmuller , to Random stuff

Karmic rollercoaster: the toddler was not feeling well and spread every possible bodily fluid all over the bedroom. He’s feeling fine this morning but it took an hour and a half to clean up.

And then I found the T-shirt of my mother’s that I used as a safety blanket when I was a toddler, which she gave me just before she died, and which I thought I’d somehow lost in the move.

And breathe.

evanprodromou ,

That's a real ride, Ben.

evanprodromou , to Random stuff

Happy Malbec World Day to all who celebrate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malbec_World_Day

evanprodromou OP ,

Y'all we had Malbec and steak salad and it was great

johnonolan , to Random stuff

Our most-requested feature in the past few years has been to federate Ghost over ActivityPub 🌍

We're thinking about it. It seems like there are many potential ways to do it.

Curious to hear how you would want it to work? 🤔

3 questions, here 👇
https://tally.so/r/m67X4P

evanprodromou ,

Hi, John! Feel free to DM me on Instagram or the Fediverse at evan@cosocial.ca or even email at firstname at lastname dot "name". I'm happy to talk through any architecture discussions with you and your team. We'd all love to see Ghost do this right!

ben.werdmuller , to Random stuff

If you were buying a new car for a family today, what would you buy? EV preferred.

(Please don’t say “public transit”. Yes, I’d prefer functional public infrastructure too, and resent the need to own a car, but I live in America.)

evanprodromou ,

Wow, the engagement on this post is mind-blowing

evanprodromou , to Random stuff

Friends: I sometimes talk about the fediverse to let people know how it works. I'd rather keep those threads clear and positive for those just learning about the social web. If you need to comment or critique on some detail, please quote-post to start a new thread. I'll be happy to reply there.

quillmatiq , to Random stuff

I wrote about my journey that started as an experiment to see how my Threads feed would look like on Mastodon and ended with me finding experiences that went above and beyond my expectations. A post in which I try my hardest not to rant about lists.

Later this year when Fediverse Threads completely federates, the social web ecosystem is going to get a lot more exciting and I'm so ready for that future.

www.augment.ink/threads-on-mastodon/

http://www.augment.ink/threads-on-mastodon/

evanprodromou ,

Did you literally type in every single handle you follow on Threads, or did you automate it?

evanprodromou ,

I couldn't figure out how to do this. I downloaded my IG data and it didn't seem to have Threads data in it.

evanprodromou ,

Ah, that was the problem! Thanks so much.

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