I think if there's one thing I'd say to #ActivityPub developers, it's this: it seems like it's going to be easier to just parse Activity Streams 2.0 data as plain JSON, but it's not. You have to keep track of too many variations. Use a JSON-LD library instead. For JavaScript, try activitystrea.ms:
@trwnh "more actively maintained"?
The code is long-term but it was built by one author of AS2 and maintained by the other. It works well, and I use it in production systems all the time.
I'm pretty sure @hongminhee has made a similar package, although I'm not sure it's distributed independently.
@evan@cosocial.ca @trwnh@mastodon.social I’m maintaining the @fedify/vocab package which depends on the jsonld package from Digital Bazaar. It’s written in 100% TypeScript, and has worked well on production services!
@giantspecks @mlanger @jakebrake @mayintoronto Hi John! I agree, you should be able to follow hashtags globally across the Fediverse. That's why we're making tags.pub.
@geniodiabolico I haven't looked at Starling in detail yet, but as I understand it it's intended as a standalone server. Connecting it to your existing blog, regardless of what it runs on, would most likely take some nontrivial programming work. 🫤
@i The thing is that it’s really not useful to define super generic terms that are not even pointing to existing implementations, and could have any semantics.
We need a report about what is actually used, and exactly how.
@silverpill @i That is very cool and I don’t know how I haven’t seen it before; it kinda invalidates part of the nlnet funding ideas that I wanted to apply for :)
@Profpatsch @i It is an invaluable tool, and has so much potential, but the development is kind of slow.
Perhaps you can apply as a contributor?
#HolosDiscover just hit 3 million indexed posts.
What matters more than the number: 145k deletions processed, 83k edits tracked, and over 1k opt-outs respected, all in real time.
Respecting people is the priority and the only way to do it right is to be a full #ActivityPub participant, receiving deletions, edits, and opt-outs as they happen. Before indexing anyone, Holos Discover follows their account, so they know they are being indexed and can opt out.
@apps #Holos is so promising, and #holosdiscover as well - I'd hope other web and mobile apps adopt it... and so glad it is here and live still.
@apps purely an FYI, not a call for any action but in case you're interested - a number of your top ten content sources are known spam services, more info here: https://about.iftas.org/library/known-spam-fediverse-services/
Yes, #FediHired was one of the inspirations. 🙂
@elettrona in which case, I'd wait.
@elettrona It depends on if you want to move your followers between name changes.
The WP ActivityPub settings let you move your followers if you change your (sub) domain.
@sandwich on some servers, like mastodon.world, it's enabled by default. You can opt out by adding hashtag NoTagsPub to your bio.