<![CDATA[Implementing your own #Fediverse #ActivityPub server sounds like a good idea until you see the mush of half-implemented protocols that #Mastodon actually is.]]>Implementing your own server sounds like a good idea until you see the mush of half-implemented protocols that actually is. Link type? Profile? Tombstone? Whomst?

Why is there a webfinger endpoint? I don't want skeletal twinks fingering my web!?

And also an RSA key pair? Publicly being this embarrassing should be proof enough, nobody would dare pretend to be *this*!

]]>https://bb.devnull.land/topic/467ecfea-c395-413b-8ca1-7b4641c1d4db/implementing-your-own-fediverse-activitypub-server-sounds-like-a-good-idea-until-you-see-the-mush-of-half-implemented-protocols-that-mastodon-actually-is.RSS for NodeThu, 06 Aug 2026 14:43:40 GMTSun, 12 Jul 2026 11:09:32 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Implementing your own #Fediverse #ActivityPub server sounds like a good idea until you see the mush of half-implemented protocols that #Mastodon actually is. on Tue, 04 Aug 2026 18:28:40 GMT]]>@mooooooo heck yeah ]]>https://bb.devnull.land/post/https://brain.worm.pink/objects/f48b4968-cffd-491b-837f-9805e63df418https://bb.devnull.land/post/https://brain.worm.pink/objects/f48b4968-cffd-491b-837f-9805e63df418Tue, 04 Aug 2026 18:28:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Implementing your own #Fediverse #ActivityPub server sounds like a good idea until you see the mush of half-implemented protocols that #Mastodon actually is. on Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:43:38 GMT]]>@ug Just wanted to let you know that I've inexplicably locked in thanks to you and made crazy progress by focusing on one endpoint at a time and accepting the jank

]]>https://bb.devnull.land/post/https://qaf.men/ap/users/116906449450988726/statuses/117038004215101109https://bb.devnull.land/post/https://qaf.men/ap/users/116906449450988726/statuses/117038004215101109Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:43:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Implementing your own #Fediverse #ActivityPub server sounds like a good idea until you see the mush of half-implemented protocols that #Mastodon actually is. on Tue, 04 Aug 2026 08:02:10 GMT]]>@mooooooo oh don't give up, we need more micro instances lol]]>https://bb.devnull.land/post/https://brain.worm.pink/objects/c469116c-3d07-41df-a42d-9431a8f8d066https://bb.devnull.land/post/https://brain.worm.pink/objects/c469116c-3d07-41df-a42d-9431a8f8d066Tue, 04 Aug 2026 08:02:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Implementing your own #Fediverse #ActivityPub server sounds like a good idea until you see the mush of half-implemented protocols that #Mastodon actually is. on Tue, 04 Aug 2026 07:47:53 GMT]]>@ug I've kinda given up at this point tbf

]]>https://bb.devnull.land/post/https://qaf.men/ap/users/116906449450988726/statuses/117036133453033788https://bb.devnull.land/post/https://qaf.men/ap/users/116906449450988726/statuses/117036133453033788Tue, 04 Aug 2026 07:47:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Implementing your own #Fediverse #ActivityPub server sounds like a good idea until you see the mush of half-implemented protocols that #Mastodon actually is. on Tue, 04 Aug 2026 07:41:53 GMT]]>@mooooooo oh cool i'm working on a micro instance in php, we have chosen the path of suffering]]>https://bb.devnull.land/post/https://brain.worm.pink/objects/7a9f4605-9b3b-4a28-9c6e-4928ff72c650https://bb.devnull.land/post/https://brain.worm.pink/objects/7a9f4605-9b3b-4a28-9c6e-4928ff72c650Tue, 04 Aug 2026 07:41:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Implementing your own #Fediverse #ActivityPub server sounds like a good idea until you see the mush of half-implemented protocols that #Mastodon actually is. on Tue, 04 Aug 2026 07:33:37 GMT]]>@ug I love it when the search function fingers me, don't get me wrong, I just struggled to implement my micro-instance and decided to joke-vent about it lol

]]>https://bb.devnull.land/post/https://qaf.men/ap/users/116906449450988726/statuses/117036077395425636https://bb.devnull.land/post/https://qaf.men/ap/users/116906449450988726/statuses/117036077395425636Tue, 04 Aug 2026 07:33:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Implementing your own #Fediverse #ActivityPub server sounds like a good idea until you see the mush of half-implemented protocols that #Mastodon actually is. on Tue, 04 Aug 2026 07:26:22 GMT]]>@mooooooo yeah it is just a bunch of protocols stacked together, webfinger does a lot of heavy lifting in terms of user discovery, imo mastodon should support *more* protocols like websub but idk shit https://www.w3.org/TR/social-web-protocols/#contents]]>https://bb.devnull.land/post/https://brain.worm.pink/objects/1619a43f-cee7-4917-96e2-f9f94f99bce2https://bb.devnull.land/post/https://brain.worm.pink/objects/1619a43f-cee7-4917-96e2-f9f94f99bce2Tue, 04 Aug 2026 07:26:22 GMT