Is it ok for people on the ActivityPub network to speak negatively about other distributed social networks?
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Hey, everyone. Thanks for the responses. It's really interesting to see that ~90% of people think that at least in some circumstances it's OK to speak negatively about other networks. This is my feeling too; I'd say "Yes, but...". I don't have good criteria for when it's OK and when it's not, though.
I think one reason we have this issue is that often these networks have one implementation per protocol. So, speaking about the network is speaking about the implementation -- usually, a passion project by an Open Source team.
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@ben lol
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Hey, everyone. Thanks for the responses. It's really interesting to see that ~90% of people think that at least in some circumstances it's OK to speak negatively about other networks. This is my feeling too; I'd say "Yes, but...". I don't have good criteria for when it's OK and when it's not, though.
@evan Blanket avoidance of being negative would rule out useful mechanisms as well. E.g., exposing harms by the practices of the other network, or analysis of what works (and what doesn't.)
Perhaps a useful line in the sand would be whether the negativity is the point.
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Is it just me, or does i seem like the person pushing this AP <-> AT equality position is in fact normally pretty dismissive of AP, and, as much as I'd like to assume good faith, might be hiding an agenda?
I mean, I'm all for cooperation and coexistance, so I'm inclined to support her statement at face value, but then I look at other posts, and it starts to make me feel iffy about the whole thing.
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Is it just me, or does i seem like the person pushing this AP <-> AT equality position is in fact normally pretty dismissive of AP, and, as much as I'd like to assume good faith, might be hiding an agenda?
I mean, I'm all for cooperation and coexistance, so I'm inclined to support her statement at face value, but then I look at other posts, and it starts to make me feel iffy about the whole thing.
@spraoi She's actually very involved! She leads the ActivityPub Trust and Safety Task Force for W3C, and is also going to lead the ActivityPub API Task Force with me. So, the call is definitely coming from inside the house, here.
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@spraoi She's actually very involved! She leads the ActivityPub Trust and Safety Task Force for W3C, and is also going to lead the ActivityPub API Task Force with me. So, the call is definitely coming from inside the house, here.
@evan Thanks for the correction. I must have misread.
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@evan Thanks for the correction. I must have misread.
@spraoi Maybe... or maybe you read fine. Sometimes people closest to a project can be the most critical!
