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Re:Libre Office has 10k followers on Mastodon by mikece on Monday September 12, 2022 @11:33AM (#32811877)
It would be nice if people stopped saying "On Mastodon" and said "On ActivityPub" instead -- there are a number of ActivityPub servers and I really hope Mastodon as a name doesn't eclipse the fact that it's just an instance of an ActivityPub server.
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Re:Libre Office has 10k followers on Mastodon by packetlost on Monday September 12, 2022 @11:48AM (#32812082)
I usually hear it referred to as the "fediverse", which seems catchier and solves the concern you have.
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Re:Libre Office has 10k followers on Mastodon by im3w1l on Monday September 12, 2022 @01:21PM (#32813545)
Fediverse also has the advantage that it refers to the community rather than the specific protocol. When mastodon spoke the ostatus protocol with gnusocial that was also fediverse.
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Re:Libre Office has 10k followers on Mastodon by Toorkit on Monday September 12, 2022 @12:00PM (#32812294)
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Mastodon, is in fact, ActivityPub/Mastodon, or as I've recently taken to calling it, ActivityPub plus Mastodon.

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Re:Libre Office has 10k followers on Mastodon by ergonaught on Monday September 12, 2022 @11:41AM (#32811981)
Saying "On ActivityPub" instead of "On Mastodon" is likely a very good way to prevent any sort of mass adoption.
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Re:Libre Office has 10k followers on Mastodon by cmeacham98 on Monday September 12, 2022 @12:41PM (#32812902)
Mastodon is the name that has traction, being pedantic about this will just confuse users and reduce adoption.
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Re:Libre Office has 10k followers on Mastodon by hn92726819 on Monday September 12, 2022 @11:40AM (#32811973)
Is this a joke? ActivityPub is a protocol isn't it? People are "on twitter", not "on http"
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Re:Libre Office has 10k followers on Mastodon by OJFord on Monday September 12, 2022 @11:59AM (#32812267)
It's more like recommending a blog that's 'on Google Reader' vs. 'on RSS' (has an RSS feed). Or Matt Levine's 'Gmail newsletter' is popular around here.
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