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Re:The AT protocol is the most obtuse crock of s* by moritz on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @03:06PM (#35891950)
> The overall the amount of developer toil and waste created en masse by people who think they are making something "better", usually with no before/after data […], almost always vastly dwarfs all improvement that occurs as a result.

So, why is the Fedi not built on RSS/Websub/etc. then?

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Re:The AT protocol is the most obtuse crock of s* by DannyBee on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @04:28PM (#35893025)
Don't know enough about this particular topic to offer a view, but in general, because people care more about releasing their better thing and pretending they are helping than the hard work of actually helping

This is true everywhere?

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Re:The AT protocol is the most obtuse crock of s* by account42 on Friday May 12, 2023 @05:20AM (#35913816)
https://xkcd.com/927/
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