Should publishing with ActivityPub be about as easy as publishing with RSS?
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Yes, but...
I understand the RSS and Atom specs well enough that I've created programs with RSS/Atom feeds. But the ActivityPub spec scares the willies out of me. Too many moving parts.
I just finished reading your post (after posting my previous reply) and it confirms my thought that ActivityPub, even a static implementation, has too many moving parts. I'll follow some of the links in your post (later, I've rate-limited) to see if I can wrap my head around it. I've never been able to wrap my head around anything Ruby, tho.
The ActivityPoll #FEP has a very unfortunate name, clashing and overloading with the existing concept of a #Poll on the fediverse. The mechanism it documents is generally called #Polling.
@evan ...but it never will be.
@jpaskaruk really? Tell me more.
@jpaskaruk also, have you read my blog post?
https://socialwebfoundation.org/2026/09/04/static-activitypub-publishing/
I usually don't give a response to polls until they're done but since I just published a blog post on this topic it feels dishonest not to link to it.
https://socialwebfoundation.org/2026/09/04/static-activitypub-publishing/
@evan A question that reminds me of this project: https://rss.chat/
@evan ... but RSS could be a little more intuitive. It's really too late to update the standard, so UIs and culture need to adapt.
