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@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:<p>GreatApe is a conversations platform for the Fediverse and decentralized social-media (DeSo).</p><p>Here is what the GreatApe login screen looks like on a mobile-phone web-browser.</p><p>With GreatApe you do NOT have to create a separate GreatApe account.</p><p>With GreatApe you use your existing account on Mastodon, Pixelfed, Misskey, or PeerTube to login.</p><p>(We plan to support more Fediverse and DeSo logins later.)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeSo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeSo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreatApe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatApe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Misskey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Misskey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PeerTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeerTube</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pixelfed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pixelfed</span></a></p>
@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:<p>1/</p><p>GreatApe is a conversations platform for the Fediverse and decentralized social-media (DeSo).</p><p>I previously mentioned that — you don't have to create an account on GreatApe. That instead you can use your Mastodon, Pixelfed, Misskey, or PeerTube account.</p><p>The login with Mastodon, and login with Pixelfed flow are very smooth. And, GreatApe never sees you password.</p><p>However, —</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeSo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeSo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreatApe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatApe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Misskey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Misskey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PeerTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeerTube</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pixelfed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pixelfed</span></a></p>
Radical Anthropology<p>Lovely story of zookeeper Alan Toyne parenting a baby <a href="https://c.im/tags/gorilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gorilla</span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/greatape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greatape</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/infancy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infancy</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/lifehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lifehistory</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/human" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>human</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/care" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>care</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/apr/09/a-moment-that-changed-me-i-brought-a-baby-gorilla-home-and-learned-so-much-about-being-a-parent" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2</span><span class="invisible">025/apr/09/a-moment-that-changed-me-i-brought-a-baby-gorilla-home-and-learned-so-much-about-being-a-parent</span></a></p>
@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:<p>GreatApe is a conversations platform for the Fediverse and decentralized social-media (DeSo).</p><p>After you log into GreatApe (using your Mastodon, Pixelfed, Misskey, PeerTube, etc account) — you either schedule live conversation for some time in the future, or have the live conversation happen immediately.</p><p>(Most will probably schedule it for the future.)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeSo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeSo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreatApe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatApe</span></a></p>
@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:<p>GreatApe is a conversations platform for the Fediverse and decentralized social-media (DeSo).</p><p>When logging into GreatApe, you don't have to create an account on GreatApe.</p><p>Instead you can use your Mastodon, Pixelfed, Misskey, or PeerTube account.</p><p>That is what <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@muhammadzaidali" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>muhammadzaidali</span></a></span> is working on right now.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeSo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeSo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreatApe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatApe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Misskey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Misskey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PeerTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeerTube</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pixelfed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pixelfed</span></a></p>
@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:<p>5/</p><p>This (in the screenshot) is an example of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://atomicpoet.org/users/atomicpoet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>atomicpoet</span></a></span> and I ( <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@reiver" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>reiver</span></a></span> ) using an earlier version of GreatApe back in October 2023.</p><p>You don't see it in this screenshot, but —we can also invite people watching in the audience to join the (video) conversation.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeSo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeSo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreatApe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatApe</span></a></p>
@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:<p>4/</p><p>GreatApe would also post again to your Mastodon, Pixelfed, Misskey, PeerTube, or whatever account, maybe 10 minutes before your scheduled GreatApe conversation starts.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeSo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeSo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreatApe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatApe</span></a></p>
@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:<p>3/</p><p>Then you would schedule your GreatApe conversation.</p><p>Which could be "now", or some time in the future.</p><p>GreatApe would then post to your Mastodon, Pixelfed, Misskey, PeerTube, or whatever account — telling your followers about the upcoming GreatApe conversation.</p><p>This post would include the URL to watch, listen to, and join the upcoming GreatApe conversation.</p><p>...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeSo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeSo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreatApe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatApe</span></a></p>
@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:<p>2/</p><p>You would first sign into GreatApe using your Mastodon, Pixelfed, Misskey, PeerTube, etc account.</p><p>(I.e., no need to create a separate GreatApe account.)</p><p>...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreatApe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatApe</span></a></p>
@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:<p>1/</p><p>GreatApe update:</p><p>I am working on pushing out an MVP for GreatApe.</p><p>The GreatApe MVP will act as an add-on to other Fediverse (and DeSo other) software.</p><p>...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeSo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeSo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreatApe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatApe</span></a></p>
@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:<p>Back in October 2023, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://atomicpoet.org/users/atomicpoet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>atomicpoet</span></a></span> and I started a video podcast / vlog using <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreatApe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatApe</span></a> — named AllYourBases.</p><p>It was focused on — the Fediverse, decentralized social-media, Tech, and more.</p><p>We reported the news, and provided commentary.</p><p>We paused it after a while. (Mostly because of me.)</p><p>Looking at starting it up again.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AllYourBases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AllYourBases</span></a></p>
@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeSo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeSo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreatApe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatApe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LogJam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LogJam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a></p>
Radical Anthropology<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Greatape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greatape</span></a> sense of <a href="https://c.im/tags/humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humour</span></a></p><p>Especially <a href="https://c.im/tags/orangs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>orangs</span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anthropology</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/primates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>primates</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/laughter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>laughter</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/cognition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cognition</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/great-apes-joke-around-suggesting-humor-is-older-than-humans/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scientificamerican.com/article</span><span class="invisible">/great-apes-joke-around-suggesting-humor-is-older-than-humans/</span></a></p>
Chris Trottier<p><span>Hey </span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Daojoan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Daojoan@mastodon.social</a><span>, I came across your post and it really resonates with me. I went through a similar experience myself.<br><br>You see, I had the privilege of working at Hootsuite in the early days. I was actually their 8th employee. I started off doing marketing for them and eventually launched their customer support department.<br><br>In 2016, I decided to start my own social media consultancy. However, as the year went on, I began to dislike everything about it. I felt that social media was moving in a direction that didn't align with my values, becoming less and less authentic.<br><br>In 2018, I began working on a decentralized peer-to-peer messaging app. It had great potential. But when I saw ActivityPub getting validated by the W3C, I felt that other decentralized options were becoming less viable as this was the protocol most likely to gain momentum.<br><br>Then in 2021, I embarked on work for a Fediverse video app (</span><a href="https://firefish.city/tags/GreatApe" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreatApe</a><span>). Suddenly, I felt a strong sense of purpose: building social media that couldn't be owned by any individual, but rather owned by everyone.<br><br>Now, I'm putting lots of my effort into </span><a href="https://spacehost.team/@spacehost" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@spacehost@spacehost.team</a><span> and I genuinely believe in the impact of my work. Of course, my work doesn't define me entirely. I still pursue my passions, including writing about other things I deeply care about.<br><br>Every day, on my other account. </span><a href="https://atomicpoet.org/users/atomicpoet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org</a><span>, I strive to share 12 interesting things. Sometimes they're whimsical, nonsensical, ponderous, or even devastating. But I keep putting it out there because it brings me joy.<br><br>I truly enjoy your writing, and I know many others in the Fediverse do too. Keep doing what you're doing. The journey of life is full of surprises, but it also presents countless opportunities and rewards waiting for you.<br><br></span><a href="https://www.theindex.media/p/i-left-a-6-figure-tech-business-and" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.theindex.media/p/i-left-a-6-figure-tech-business-and</a><span><br><br>RE: </span><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/Daojoan/statuses/111348629018934993" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://mastodon.social/users/Daojoan/statuses/111348629018934993</a></p>
Chris Trottier<p><span>I'm really passionate about building a better </span><a href="https://firefish.social/tags/Fediverse" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a><span>, and I have a few ways in which I'm working towards that goal:<br><br>1. I take care of firefish.social, which is </span><a href="https://firefish.social/tags/Firefish" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Firefish</a><span>'s flagship server. My aim is to build a warm and inclusive community that celebrates diversity.<br><br>2. I also contribute to the </span><a href="https://firefish.social/tags/Firefish" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Firefish</a><span> open source software project by providing funding, marketing, and advice. It's a platform that's designed to be user-friendly and packed with features.<br><br>3. On top of that, I'm involved in the development, marketing, and quality assurance of </span><a href="https://firefish.social/tags/SpaceHost" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpaceHost</a><span>. It's an all-inclusive hosting solution for various Fediverse platforms, such as </span><a href="https://firefish.social/tags/Lemmy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lemmy</a><span>, </span><a href="https://firefish.social/tags/Kbin" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kbin</a><span>, </span><a href="https://firefish.social/tags/Firefish" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Firefish</a><span>, </span><a href="https://firefish.social/tags/Mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a><span>, and many other unique Fediverse server software. We're currently in the beta phase!<br><br>4. Another exciting project I'm working on is </span><a href="https://firefish.social/tags/GreatApe" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreatApe</a><span>, an audio/video platform that aims to offer more media-rich options for the Fediverse.<br><br>5. Lastly, I'm involved in incubating, studying, and offering advice to other Fediverse services and software that are in their infancy stages.<br><br>My mission to create a better Fediverse is unwavering. Even though some days are challenging, I'm fully committed to developing a superior version of social media than the closed platforms promoted by Big Social.<br><br>What's most important to me is not just making the Fediverse possible, but making it the absolute best version of social media. I'm really trying hard to make this happen.</span></p>
socratubik<p>Mature chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) wrinkled hands, and old chimp, great ape native to the forest and savannah of tropical Africa, senior primate in the family Hominidae. <a href="https://artur-bogacki.pixels.com/featured/senior-chimpanzee-wrinkled-hands-artur-bogacki.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">artur-bogacki.pixels.com/featu</span><span class="invisible">red/senior-chimpanzee-wrinkled-hands-artur-bogacki.html</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/animal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ape</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/primate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>primate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/animalhands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animalhands</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hands</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/senior" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>senior</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/buyintoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buyintoart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ayearforart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ayearforart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mastoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastoart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greatape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greatape</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wrinkles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wrinkles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a></p>
Chris Trottier<span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://calckey.art/@avantgeared" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>avantgeared</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://mastodon.social/@mmasnick" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mmasnick</span></a></span> I'm developing many things. I work very closely with Calckey. I'm building a video platform called <a class="hashtag" href="https://atomicpoet.org/tag/greatape" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreatApe</a>. I'm also spinning out a manged hosting service called <a class="hashtag" href="https://atomicpoet.org/tag/greatape" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreatApe</a>. There's other things I'm doing as well.
Chris Trottier<p><span>First off, </span><a href="https://cosocial.ca/@evan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@evan@cosocial.ca</a><span> sees this from the perspective of someone who's co-authored </span><a href="https://calckey.social/tags/ActivityPub" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActivityPub</a><span>. It's his job to spur and enable adoption -- and that's something he's done exceptionally well for 20 years. Of course he wants to help Meta </span><i><span>abide by open standards</span></i><span>. Which, even if you dislike Meta, you would hope they would do.<br><br>My perspective is as one who is building products that compete with Meta. Ideally, I would like people who use Meta to migrate away from there and instead use </span><a href="https://calckey.social/tags/Calckey" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Calckey</a><span>, </span><a href="https://calckey.social/tags/GreatApe" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreatApe</a><span>, and the numerous options available on </span><a href="https://calckey.social/tags/SpaceHost" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpaceHost</a><span>. <br><br>But even from the perspective of a competitor, I want interoperability with </span><a href="https://calckey.social/tags/Barcelona" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Barcelona</a><span>. And even more, I want interoperability based on open standards. <br><br>Yes, yes, yes -- "embrace, extend, extinguish". At this point, that phrase is a broken record. <br><br>But every time that phrase comes up, I keep asking folks: when has the "extinguish" part of "embrace, extend, extinguish" ever worked? <br><br>People say </span><a href="https://calckey.social/tags/RSS" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSS</a><span>, but RSS is still here and I use it every day. Hell, Calckey even has an RSS widget and it works like a charm. RSS is not extinguished.<br><br>People also say </span><a href="https://calckey.social/tags/XMPP" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#XMPP</a><span>, but I can run an XMPP server right now -- no problems. People say XMPP "died" because it's no longer as popular now, but is it because Meta and Google dropped support, or is it because Slack, Discord, Signal, WhatsApp, and even Matrix have come along to eclipse it in popularity? Regardless, even if XMPP is no longer so popular, it's not extinguished.<br><br>The most ludicrous example of "extinguish" people bring up is Gmail's dominance of email. But email is the most popular communications technology we have today, even though it's 50 years old. What's more, look at the raw stats. Gmail is only 18% of the email server market -- that's no monopoly. Go have a look at the stats for yourselves:<br><br></span><a href="https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/email_server" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/email_server</a><span><br><br>Suffice it to say, email is not "extinguished". <br><br>The pessimistic notion that we will "lose" by allowing Meta to interoperate with ActivityPub -- again, an open standard -- just doesn't convince me. In fact, if Meta is adopting standard ActivityPub, I think "losing" is impossible. <br><br>With Meta adopting ActivityPub, we're not losing. We're winning. We're not conceding to Meta by adopting their proprietary APIs for interoperability. They're conceding to </span><i><span>us</span></i><span> by adopting ActivityPub. <br><br>Again, I'm not saying you should all federate with </span><a href="https://calckey.social/tags/Barcelona" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Barcelona</a><span>. I'm saying that Meta adopting an open standard that allows for interoperability is a win because, remember, they're adopting our standard. We're not adopting theirs. <br><br>Some also ask, "But what if Meta does a bait-and-switch and drops ActivityPub support?"<br><br>Well, there's kind of precedence for that.<br><br>Not enough people realize this, but Google once adopted the predecessor of ActivityPub. Specifically, they used OStatus for Google Buzz. Certainly, like many Google products, Google Buzz shuttered.<br><br>But the development for an open social media protocol lived on, and we all use what was developed </span><i><span>right now</span></i><span>. <br><br>No doubt, if Barcelona becomes Meta's Google Buzz, ActivityPub will live on. It will still be developed. We'll keep using it. <br><br>In the meantime, I'll consider ways to help Meta users migrate to platforms that I believe are better.<br><br>RE: </span><a href="https://calckey.social/notes/9f9xt5dzh2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://calckey.social/notes/9f9xt5dzh2</a></p>
Chris Trottier<p><a href="https://calckey.social/tags/GreatApe" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreatApe</a><span> is coming!<br><br>What is it? <br><br>A streaming peer-to-peer audio/video social network for the Fediverse that's compatible with </span><a href="https://calckey.social/tags/Mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a><span>, </span><a href="https://calckey.social/tags/Calckey" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Calckey</a><span>, </span><a href="https://calckey.social/tags/Friendica" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Friendica</a><span>, and others via </span><a href="https://calckey.social/tags/ActivityPub" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActivityPub</a><span>! <br><br>Along with </span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@reiver" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@reiver@mastodon.social</a><span> and others, I've building this app for years -- it's been in the making for a long, long time!<br><br>We're doing an upcoming beta test and are looking for volunteers who want to make some </span><a href="https://calckey.social/tags/Fediverse" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a><span> history!<br><br>To apply for this test, visit this link and submit your email:<br><br></span><a href="https://greatape.stream/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://greatape.stream/</a></p>
Rachel Rawlings<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@atomicpoet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>atomicpoet</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@reiver" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>reiver</span></a></span> I've been wondering if there was an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>android</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>video</span></a> app that would allow streaming in real time to an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a> feed (particularly my mastodon account) similar to what Periscope used to do on twitter. Is that part of the plan for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreatApe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatApe</span></a>?</p>