More on the fediverse stars symbol, this time from Manuel Moreale:

I am no fediverse citizen but I do consider myself a good citizen of the web. I try my best to make it a better place and I try to encourage people to own their corners of the web. Am I excluded from your fancy club because I don’t “federate”?

This gets back to my point about “social web” vs. fediverse. Manu has a fantastic blog and he’s making the web better. The social web (IndieWeb!) should connect seamlessly to blogs without an extra protocol layer over the web.

Manton Reece

@larand Yes and no. Another way to look at it is that he's already supporting RSS and other standards, so why can't his blog work with the fediverse? I would like to see more platforms that support ActivityPub and other standards, so we can include as much as the web as possible.

2024-08-25 10:17 am
Manton Reece

@larand Thanks! Exactly, and "social web" kind of sidesteps the question of whether Bluesky is technically part of the fediverse. Most people would say "no" but I think it's clearly part of the social web.

2024-08-25 10:47 am

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