ActivityPub is one of the most important building blocks of the open social web.
My new guide breaks down federation in plain English: how independent servers communicate, why Mastodon, Pixelfed, PeerTube, Lemmy, WordPress, and others can connect, and why this matters for people who want more control over their online presence.
The big idea is simple: social media does not have to live inside one company’s walled garden. It can be a network of independent communities, connected by open standards, where creators, publishers and users have more choice.
Read the guide:
https://beitmenotyou.online/activitypub-federation-guide/
What would it take for more people to move from closed platforms to federated ones?
#ActivityPub #Fediverse #Decentralisation #OpenWeb #SelfSovereignty #DigitalFreedom #Privacy
beitmenotyou1 / Michael J Burgess
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