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Sat, 29 Apr 2023 12:38:18 +0200

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@carl @ch0ccyra1n @fediverse

Even better if Fediverse servers could treat any RSS/Atom feed as a “degraded” ActivityPub actor and let users subscribe, boosts and comment posts. We would have de facto a comment platform for everything that has a RSS/Atom feed.

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Sat, 29 Apr 2023 18:45:54 +0200

Carl Heath

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@jupiter_rowland @fediverse I see, and realize the complexity. Given this, it would be awesome with that kind of connection, some kind of tool that could take any web page and make a two way connection in the style of RSS. Something easy to install or connect to a web, and provide interaction.

Sat, 29 Apr 2023 18:58:08 +0200

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@carl @jupiter_rowland

Matrix.org powers a federated annotation platform for the Web:

https://github.com/DanilaFe/matrix-highlight

Sat, 29 Apr 2023 19:17:28 +0200

Jupiter Rowland

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@Carl Heath @Fediverse That'd require changes to both sides, both whichever Fediverse project you're using and whichever site with an RSS feed you want to interact with.

You will never be able to use Mastodon to comment on a post on a blog with a backend that has last change at some point in the 2010s or the 2000s. The blog doesn't even have a back channel in any shape or form. It'd have to pull a WordPress and install a proper ActivityPub connector.

Even Friendica or Hubzilla devs would have to take ONE blog and hackney themselves directly into the backend of that one particular blog, directly into the SQL database. Much like Friendica established federation with Diaspora* back in the day when Diaspora* had nothing even resembling an API. They had to reverse-engineer the Diaspora* protocol and crack the encryption. It took literal months. And when they were done, the connection was established by latching directly onto Diaspora*'s database with no actual interface at all. It was akin to connecting a piece of out-board hardware to a computer using a drill and a soldering iron.

At least, Diaspora* was a whole network. Here I'm talking about ONE (1) website. And when they're done, they'll have to move on to the next one. And so forth.