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"Many of these [Zot/Nomad] ]ideas are being ported to ActivityPub in the form of Fediverse Enhancement Proposals (FEPs).
... Streams ... is working with Mitra to create the first implementation of nomadic identity over ActivityPub. This includes working on several related FEPs about identity proofs and conversation containers.
Our goal is for these technologies to spread throughout the fediverse."
This is cool graphic by Imke Senst and Mike Kuketz, illustrating the fediverse and 19 of the software packages used in it. With coloured lines showing which ones can federate with each other, over which protocols;
https://opennomad.net/cloud/nomad/Diagrams/fediverse-diagram.png
@strypey The diagram needs an update because now we have a new category of fedi software: forums (Discourse, NodeBB).
This is a really well written essay by @trwnh;
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/10590
It proposes reducing the amount of spam injected into the fediverse, by making manual mod approval of new accounts the default in all fediverse server software.
I thoroughly agree. Admins woulds still be free to use open registration, but they'd have to opt-in to the potential consequences. Not stumble into them.
This was written in 2019. Is manual approval of new accounts the default yet?
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