<![CDATA[Most people know about messages, photos and videos on the #Fediverse.]]>Most people know about messages, photos and videos on the . But the protocol actually defines several object types, each one distinct and more or less compatible across apps:

- Note: short post (Mastodon)
- Article / Page: long text or shared link (WriteFreely, Lemmy)
- Image (Pixelfed)
- Video (PeerTube)
- Audio (Funkwhale)
- Event with date and place (Mobilizon)

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]]>https://bb.devnull.land/topic/5abd4d76-d0be-4716-92c0-ebf5eac284fc/most-people-know-about-messages-photos-and-videos-on-the-fediverse.RSS for NodeWed, 27 May 2026 18:51:06 GMTTue, 26 May 2026 20:22:23 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Most people know about messages, photos and videos on the #Fediverse. on Tue, 26 May 2026 21:50:08 GMT]]>@apps
This sounds cool and for the first time I think I might give Holos a try some time 🙂

]]>https://bb.devnull.land/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/movodehe/statuses/116643083591162461https://bb.devnull.land/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/movodehe/statuses/116643083591162461Tue, 26 May 2026 21:50:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Most people know about messages, photos and videos on the #Fediverse. on Tue, 26 May 2026 20:50:31 GMT]]>@evan
Yes, I know it. And I'm already thinking about bringing it to Fedilab. My main difficulty right now is being alone with a lot of work already. But I do think it's also my role as a developer to bring things forward. Especially when I believe in it.

]]>https://bb.devnull.land/post/https://toot.fedilab.app/users/apps/statuses/116642849202018215https://bb.devnull.land/post/https://toot.fedilab.app/users/apps/statuses/116642849202018215Tue, 26 May 2026 20:50:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Most people know about messages, photos and videos on the #Fediverse. on Tue, 26 May 2026 20:28:20 GMT]]>@apps Are you aware of the ActivityPub API Task Force at the W3C? You might find it interesting.

https://github.com/swicg/activitypub-api/

]]>https://bb.devnull.land/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/evan/statuses/116642761989308684https://bb.devnull.land/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/evan/statuses/116642761989308684Tue, 26 May 2026 20:28:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Most people know about messages, photos and videos on the #Fediverse. on Tue, 26 May 2026 20:22:23 GMT]]>Fedilab supports several APIs (Mastodon, PeerTube, Misskey...), but each one carries the limits of its own server: what the server knows how to do, what it federates, what it exposes. Holos works directly with ActivityPub object types, opening filters that go beyond attachments, from a single account.

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]]>https://bb.devnull.land/post/https://toot.fedilab.app/users/apps/statuses/116642738581057661https://bb.devnull.land/post/https://toot.fedilab.app/users/apps/statuses/116642738581057661Tue, 26 May 2026 20:22:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Most people know about messages, photos and videos on the #Fediverse. on Tue, 26 May 2026 20:22:23 GMT]]>HolosSocial brings them together in a single app. It understands different ActivityPub object types and presents each one in its own way: a real video player, a calendar entry for events, a reader for articles. You can easily attach your own cloud to host your media, with videos compressed on the device before upload.

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]]>https://bb.devnull.land/post/https://toot.fedilab.app/users/apps/statuses/116642738576975452https://bb.devnull.land/post/https://toot.fedilab.app/users/apps/statuses/116642738576975452Tue, 26 May 2026 20:22:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Most people know about messages, photos and videos on the #Fediverse. on Tue, 26 May 2026 20:22:23 GMT]]>Each type has its own apps and its own logic. They all federate together, but each app shows at best what it was built for and simplifies the rest. A Mobilizon event seen from Mastodon shows up as a regular post: the details are there, but no way to interact with it directly. A PeerTube video shows up as a link, not a real player. To get the full experience, one account per network is still the usual path.

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]]>https://bb.devnull.land/post/https://toot.fedilab.app/users/apps/statuses/116642738573271308https://bb.devnull.land/post/https://toot.fedilab.app/users/apps/statuses/116642738573271308Tue, 26 May 2026 20:22:23 GMT