I think the #ActivityPub client-to-server API is extremely important and underrated.
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So the area where my plans go I call "Residential social networking", geo-fenced but inter-connected social networking circles that cover a city, town, or rural area, and which enable their residents to not only create content on the network, but the dynamic apps and services based on local needs that exist in the area. The intent of a residential social network is to engage people *offline* and in activities that support the local economy. Or rather strengthens the Circles of Sustainability in SX terminology:
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And all this should be a relatively low-code affair, directly accessible already for a first-time dev. This requires having a mature open standards based healthy technology foundation and thriving ecosystem.
I am a developer, though with rusty coding skills these days, and I might have started a fedi app design in 2018 or so. But this would not have led to the desired outcome, just throw one more app-centric software in the mix.
@smallcircles that sounds cool!
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@smallcircles that sounds cool!
@evan @smallcircles just to note this is the ballpark i've been working in for a little while now
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Geeks for Social Change (gfsc.community)
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@deadsuperhero so, here's my best bet. I can be wrong!
1. Get some servers to implement the API well.
2. Get some must-have clients that run on those servers. This shows the value of the API.
3. Our leading servers shift to supporting it.That may work; I don't know. It's my best bet right now!
I want to note that WordPress is working on the API!
Definitely interested in a universal client-server API for my own app
That was a partial hurdle to originally creating it until I decided to bite the bullet and build on the Mastodon API for now (since that's where my Social Web account lives)
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