@KevinMarks@jalcine@kaniini Kevin as a brief history lesson did it go oStatus>Activity Pub but then people felt it was too heavy and went back to drawing board and split up reading and writing into microsub and micropub respectively?
@darius yes and through the WordPress site for now. No ActivityPub idno plugins yet. Hoping we make progress at IndieWebCamp Berlin. @benwerd and @mapkyca always looking for contributors. Folks getting close on Fediverse from your own Domain.
True best tech ever invented came about in environments of "scratch your own itch" and "self-dogfooding," but we can do great stuff and call process something else. As teacher I can't look into a classroom full of children and use these terms.
I learned in @Baha_Mali's talk that referring to someone as a dog in many Muslim cultures considered a major insult. I want #IndieWeb to expand beyond the global north and reach everywhere. Words matter.
After @Baha_Mali's #IndieWeb NYC keynote good intentions & realities dropping words dogfooding and self-dogfooding from my vocab. 50% of the world's population been fighting word "bitches." Don't want to use metaphor of dogs #unboundeq
Welcome @alexcastano the #introductions is a hashtag new users include to share a little about themselves, why they joined the fediverse, and what they hope to get out of it and everything in between.
Realized @solidmit stands for "social linked data" and it lost a little luster. I had visions of Shaft raising fist to the air in a classic Black Power move to support the web. Realized many young friends or overseas did not get reference.
Great post, and reading it with your "social feeds" being full you still hang out on the internet more than the average person.
I was talking to a father in town the other day, retired construction worker who rarely touches a computer and he found out I have a blog. He said, "Wow, I know a blogger. I don't think I have ever known a blogger."
I think parenting is also another key difference. When we were at the after-party in NYC someone asked me to...