As precursor to my blog post announcement later today, here's my #SocialHub response to the topic on how to treat the #LinkedData based #ActivityPub open standard where messages can be expressed both as plain #JSON as well as in #JSONLD, leading to the most costly misconception that has dragged the #fediverse sideways from its original promise and power..

https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/practices-around-json-formatting-of-json-ld-messages/8628/24

#ThoughtProvoker

#fediverse is at an inflection point.

Either revival and course correction to the original #ActivityPub protocol power and promise. With the potential to #ReimagineSocial.

Or keep current track with fedi-we-have. Be content with a few great and reasonably popular app platforms. Surely some more to come. But with a messy wire protocol that stifles #innovation and isn't future-proof.

#AskFedi do you dare to dream?

This special thought provoker is based on personal reflection and 8 years of #commoning. Deliberately exposed to the inherent unsustainability of the #FOSS movement. Burning privilege by spending my savings.

Goal: 1st-hand experience to learn the #social dynamics that make a #commons tick.

I invite you to a #brainstorm & #ideation ride. To ponder how #fedi can organically evolve. Become unbeatable by #hypercapitalism.

https://coding.social/blog/grassroots-evolution

But in an age of #AI who still reads long handcrafted #blogs? Fill in the #poll.

#SX #SocialCoding #SocialWeb

@smallcircles None of your choices, instead I look for hashtags and or search in the page for terms of interest.

@bechele I made option 4 a combo mashup, that includes "Other", so you may still add your vote.

@smallcircles I want to read it, and it's on a topic of importance to me, but I recognize that I don't have the focus or time.

Also, I'm quickly running into information for which I lack referents, making it difficult to digest what the article is saying.

I think what I'd need (for whatever that may be worth) in order to be able to digest this properly is some backgrounders on the major pieces mentioned:

• what is "solid project"?
• how does the "two people / pillars" situation correlate to the current state of Mastodon, specifically the Mastodon Foundation?
• exactly how has fedi strayed from [standards, early promise...]?

I'd probably have more to ask/say but I keep getting interrupted, which perhaps gives you some idea of why I'm not able to read the article properly right now...