Notices by Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@octodon.social), page 14

@yvolk @clacke That's from the tutorial and afaict it's not incorrect, just simplified. Users are actors; left unsaid is that other things can be actors too. (It also didn't say users can't have multiple actors.) The reason it isn't said is to try to reduce the "asides" used in the overview/tutorial, which is trying to allow newcomers to become as familiar with concepts as fast as possible while remaining correct.

I believe this is "technically correct, which is the best kind of correct" ;)

BTW, @gargron @mmn and I had talked about making a "joint statement" along these lines a few days ago when hostility between "the federation camps" seemed at its peak.

If the lead dev of GNU Social, the lead dev of Mastodon, and a co-editor of ActivityPub don't want to see open hostility and fighting over this, that should be a good sign to you that this is not a "war" of any kind.

Let's work together, and at the very least, be the best person *we* can in open dialogue. Assume good faith.

@tekk https://mastodon.social/users/Gargron/statuses/16910829

Submitted the "ActivityPub: From Decentralized to Distributed Social Networks" paper to lobste.rs and Hacker News, let's see if anyone picks it up (yes, HN has its problems, but I'll still submit stuff there anyway ;P)

Mastodon is rolling out ActivityPub support this week & a new AP CR coming out. I feel like years of work are finally proving themselves. 😌

Here's my paper "ActivityPub: from decentralized to distributed social networks" https://gitlab.com/dustyweb/talks/blob/master/activitypub/rwot/even_more_distributed_activitypub.org

PDF version if you prefer: https://gitlab.com/dustyweb/talks/raw/master/activitypub/rwot/even_more_distributed_activitypub.pdf

@craigmaloney Have you considered joining the Church of Emacs? Here's our pamphlet *hands template ~/.emacs.el file*