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You are certainly not wrong. And I apologize, as it is not immediately clear that my post above is against the backdrop of 2 weeks of microblogging addressing a whole range of paint points and inhibitors to a fedi that evolves to be the future of social networking. Microblogging is too fragmentary and 'context-lossy', but unfortunately the primary comms channel for the dev community.
The gist and big issue is that the current fediverse is app-centric in nature, and accepted a work method that will further that app-centricness by introducing ever more protocol decay and tech debt. The examples you gave above are app talk, turn to features, howto federate feature, tech talk, get mired in impl details. And importantly: do not catch up with standards. That is up to some poor volunteers, who see that things are going side-ways.
There are 2 fediverse forks: the promised one in the AP specs, and the one we have. There's no shared vision, and tons of misconception to deal with.
@smallcircles aha, then the apologies are mine for not considering the context before sending a reply. I guess it's more difficult to start a conversation - and for it to be seen - than to join one.
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It's a neighbourhood in an old city, a chowk. I see a lot of the same folk and we look after each other. There's a river that connects us to other parts of the city, and market gardens, and hills still covered with forests. I look after an old monastery at the base of one of those hills, with a big tree in the courtyard. There's quite a large bazaar nearby and many friends have workshops and sell things there. Sometimes I go for a cycle ride to other neighbourhoods where I have colleagues or friends. Folks come by for morning rituals or just good food. Sometimes drunk twats from the business district get lost and show up here, so someone has to help them leave.
