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1. Peter Toft Jølving (joelving@mastodon.joelving.dk)'s status on Sunday, 03-Dec-2023 08:14:58 UTC Peter Toft Jølving

   All the people criticizing competing decentralized protocols owe it to the #ActivityPub-community to work *hard* on making the spec implementable in a straightforward and incremental way.

   "Build for ActivityPub or you're harming us all" is unreasonable for anyone to say given the ambiguity of the spec and the effort required to implement it in its current form.

   #FediDevs

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   • Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Sunday, 03-Dec-2023 08:14:53 UTC Evan Prodromou

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     @joelving we have a good primer on the W3C wiki. I am writing a book for O'Reilly. There are good materials on the web. Developing for other standards does everyone harm. Anyone who is stuck is welcome to ask me personally. If your only choice is developing for another standard or doing nothing, do nothing.

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   • Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Sunday, 03-Dec-2023 08:15:00 UTC Evan Prodromou

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     @joelving there are dozens of AP implementations. Clearly, it's not impossible to implement. It can and should and will be easier. That's no argument for undermining this network. The premise is flawed and the conclusion does not follow.

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   • Peter Toft Jølving (joelving@mastodon.joelving.dk)'s status on Sunday, 03-Dec-2023 08:15:01 UTC Peter Toft Jølving

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     • Evan Prodromou

     @evan
     I know that's what you think, and I very much disagree.

     There are good materials and while they help, they do not make it anywhere near straightforward to build for the Fediverse.
     Building for specific implementations is easier, but that kinda defeats the purpose.