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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by erlend_sh@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

Some folks have gotten themselves together as something they’re calling the Social Web Foundation, and I’ll cut to the chase: this is an attempt by ActivityPub partisans to rebrand the confusing “fediverse” terminology, and in the process, regardless of intent, shit on everything else that’s been the social web going back twenty-five years.

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[-] hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 10 points 3 months ago

What's a better protocol for a social web?

[-] erlend_sh@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

His point is there is no one protocol for the social web. The (open) social web is built on a pluriverse of protocols, like rss, email, irc, matrix, activitypub, atproto…

[-] mike_wooskey@lemmy.thewooskeys.com 8 points 3 months ago

Applause for the term "pluriverse" (did you coin it?).

And a standing ovation for the alliterative phrase "pluriverse of protocols".

[-] CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I was the first person to post on the pluriverse in 2008.

[-] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago
[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

At age 6, I was born without a face.

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