From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.5 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 32136 invoked from network); 25 Sep 2020 18:10:27 -0000 Received: from lists1.math.uh.edu (129.7.128.208) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 25 Sep 2020 18:10:27 -0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by lists1.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1kLsAg-00GNZC-Os; Fri, 25 Sep 2020 13:10:14 -0500 Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by lists1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1kLsAd-00GNXF-Hp for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Fri, 25 Sep 2020 13:10:11 -0500 Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1kLsAb-002did-PH for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Fri, 25 Sep 2020 13:10:11 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:Mime-Version:References:Message-ID:Date:Subject: From:To:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:In-Reply-To:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=f087ViJN0P8Stm0AWEzn851Y2jhcIhRST/LsfEdn2Ro=; b=f9hUDsyNJFffk3KVdStqkqY7t/ 1BhqWaLTiejBnY2xNWp++K9p9vV1FZPhOlHq6EoOpLE5xPk16/O6N2kpvhi8GT/Ek1kdGzngj17iS jnJLfYrPe+Aaw7qCwQhzTWewofigwDgbk8/yHWwkqCjzUlIG8CDkE/rIYfp6H0p/ap/E=; Received: from static.214.254.202.116.clients.your-server.de ([116.202.254.214] helo=ciao.gmane.io) by quimby with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kLsAV-00057f-BT for ding@gnus.org; Fri, 25 Sep 2020 20:10:05 +0200 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kLsAU-0003rI-CI for ding@gnus.org; Fri, 25 Sep 2020 20:10:02 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: ding@gnus.org From: Eric Abrahamsen Subject: Re: Any interest in creating an nnfediverse backend? Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2020 11:09:44 -0700 Message-ID: <87imc1k9sn.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <86r1qr6u9n.fsf@dod.no> <874knndsg5.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87pn69yfko.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:l9Nk1yujq6W9vJ6UyIt80r5j86Y= List-ID: Precedence: bulk Tassilo Horn writes: > Eric Abrahamsen writes: > >> But these all must have their own APIs and protocols, right? I doubt >> it will be possible to write one nnfediverse backend that could serve >> all these different services -- we'd need an nnmastodon, >> nndiaspora... etc. > > No, I think they are all just implementations of the ActivityPub W3C > standard. Of course, each implementation might have a slightly > different interpretation of the standard. ;-) > > Anyway, I wonder how usable such a nnfediverse backend would be. I > mean, for most parts the fediverse is like Twitter and/or Instagram, > i.e., hundreds of small "toots" a day. Usually, you just scroll through > them in chronological order until you find something interesting. > Having to first open each "toot" from the summary to see its contents in > the article buffer doesn't seem very viable. I agree -- I'm a little skeptical about the utility of this, on the other hand someone recently made a nntwitter, so... But the fact that they might all be able to share some code is actually an incentive to do it!