Re:Confirmed: Twitter switched temporarily to rate limited mode
by TillE on Saturday July 01, 2023 @02:11PM
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Instagram doing a fediverse thing is a big deal, and makes me really optimistic about the future of ActivityPub. We don't have it all figured out just yet, but I do think we're going to see a decentralized future of social media, which is pretty exciting.
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Re:Confirmed: Twitter switched temporarily to rate limited mode
by s3p on Saturday July 01, 2023 @02:40PM
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Re:Confirmed: Twitter switched temporarily to rate limited mode
by olah_1 on Saturday July 01, 2023 @02:13PM
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Their use of ActivityPub is just a way to quickly bootstrap social media functionality using time tested libraries. Just like they did with XMPP.
Re:Confirmed: Twitter switched temporarily to rate limited mode
by threeseed on Saturday July 01, 2023 @06:33PM
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It's likely more a way for Instagram to avoid monopoly and associated regulatory discussions.
By basing it on an open protocol they can be one of many trusted clients rather than a closed, proprietary service.
Re:Confirmed: Twitter switched temporarily to rate limited mode
by __jem on Saturday July 01, 2023 @02:14PM
(#36553205)
Instagram is also apparently building a Twitter-like app, which as much as I hate FB/IG, would probably convince me to switch into their ecosystem again.
Re:Confirmed: Twitter switched temporarily to rate limited mode
by iguana_lawyer on Saturday July 01, 2023 @02:42PM
(#36553559)
I don’t use Facebook because of all the crimes against humanity but I’ll be honest. If the cage match happens and Zuckerberg beats the snot out of Musk, I’m a Facebook user for life. I think a lot of people would feel the same. Meta has a chance to turn everything around.