Another reason for #ActivityPub / #Mastodon to figure out a protocol that doesn't rely on static IPs and DNS: If you're not relying on an IP address or domain name, it's bloody hard for someone to block it. (And yes, I know this is hard but sadly, they're coming for us https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/29/mastodon-says-it-doesnt-have-the-means-to-comply-with-age-verification-laws/ )

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Rimu

@rimu@mastodon.nzoss.nz · 14 hours ago

Does anyone know which #fediverse platforms return HTTP status codes according to https://www.w3.org/wiki/ActivityPub/Primer/HTTP_status_codes_for_delivery ?

Is there a table / list documenting the differences, anywhere?

#ActivityPub

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Jeff Sikes 🍎

@box464@mastodon.social · 13 hours ago

From the latest Wordpress ActivityPub release, a few interesting tidbits.

First, quite intriguing to see tooling to monitor the progress of a self destruct request. Current platforms you just have to cross your fingers it works.

Second, you can provide a link to a Starter Kit to pull in all the accounts to be followed, again with a new UI to manage them.

Starter Kits? A standard format compatible with AP? Inquiring minds want to know.

https://activitypub.blog/2025/08/28/7-3-0-ctrl-fed-delete/

#fediverse #ActivityPub

Jeff Sikes 🍎

@box464@mastodon.social · 13 hours ago

From the latest Wordpress ActivityPub release, a few interesting tidbits.

First, quite intriguing to see tooling to monitor the progress of a self destruct request. Current platforms you just have to cross your fingers it works.

Second, you can provide a link to a Starter Kit to pull in all the accounts to be followed, again with a new UI to manage them.

Starter Kits? A standard format compatible with AP? Inquiring minds want to know.

https://activitypub.blog/2025/08/28/7-3-0-ctrl-fed-delete/

#fediverse #ActivityPub

Folker

@folkerschamel@mastodon.social · 14 hours ago

Unlike #bluesky, #mastodon is not blocked centrally in Mississippi.

Glad to hear it.

It wouldn't have been technically possible anyway, since #mastodon is decentralized.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/29/mastodon-says-it-doesnt-have-the-means-to-comply-with-age-verification-laws/

(Posting reply https://mastodon.social/@folkerschamel/115113652757352708, which wasn't bridged, again, but this time as new post to see if bridging is working then.)

#decentralization #activitypub #atproto #decentralizationwashing @canrith6696@mmasnick.bsky.social @Gargron @stinerman @ikuturso @glyph @pluralistic

Screenshot of the techcrunch article: "The social nonprofit explains that Mastodon doesn’t track its users, which makes it difficult to enforce such legislation. Nor does it want to use IP address-based blocks, as those would unfairly impact people who were traveling, it says."

Jeff Sikes 🍎 boosted

Johannes Ernst

@j12t@j12t.social · yesterday

Julian from NodeBB set up a new NodeBB instance for #ActivityPub technical discussions at https://activitypub.space in case you hadn't seen it.

It's a Forum, but also federated, you can interact with it from elsewhere.

I just followed @general from my Mastodon account, for example

Incident Creator ❎

@vik@mastodon.nzoss.nz · 14 hours ago

Rimu

@rimu@mastodon.nzoss.nz · 14 hours ago

Does anyone know which #fediverse platforms return HTTP status codes according to https://www.w3.org/wiki/ActivityPub/Primer/HTTP_status_codes_for_delivery ?

Is there a table / list documenting the differences, anywhere?

#ActivityPub

Evan Prodromou and 1 other boosted

洪民憙 (Hong Minhee)

@hongminhee@hollo.social · 5 days ago

Excited to share some great news from the #creative community! Oeee Cafe, a fantastic oekaki #drawing platform, just added #ActivityPub support today. This means all the amazing artwork being created there can now be shared and discovered across the #fediverse, which is such a wonderful step toward connecting creative communities.

Big shoutout to my friend @jihyeok for building this platform and bringing it to the fediverse. It's always inspiring to see developers creating spaces for artists and then opening them up to the broader federated community. If you're into digital art or just appreciate seeing creative work, definitely worth checking out what people are sharing from Oeee Cafe on your timeline now. You can find me there at @hongminhee if you want to connect!

#oekaki

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julian

@julian@community.nodebb.org · last week

How much can I extend an OrderedCollection?

Just an idle thought... A common UX is users copying the URL in the address bar and pasting it into their fediverse app to load it in their app.

Right now if you copy a NodeBB topic (/topic/12345) and paste it into something like Mastodon, you'll get nothing because it is an ordered collection and it doesn't know how to handle it.

But... what if I passed in a preview property a la @evan@cosocial.ca's b2b8 and it contained a Note? Maybe a note with a different id? Maybe with a name?

Waiting for @trwnh@mastodon.social to tell me this is a terrible idea.

Just an idle thought... A common UX is users copying the URL in the address bar and pasting it into their fediverse app to load it in their app.

Right now if you copy a NodeBB topic (/topic/12345) and paste it into something like Mastodon, you'll get nothing because it is an ordered collection and it doesn't know how to handle it.

But... what if I passed in a preview property a la @evan@cosocial.ca's b2b8 and it contained a Note? Maybe a note with a different id? Maybe with a name?

Waiting for @trwnh@mastodon.social to tell me this is a terrible idea.