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2026-08-16 18:16:45

Evan Prodromou 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇷🇵🇸

evan@cosocial.ca

Is it OK to write code that does new things on the Fediverse?

#EvanPoll #poll #ActivityPub #Fediverse

Yes

164 Stimmen | 71%

Yes, but...

63 Stimmen | 27%

No, but...

0 Stimmen | 0%

3 Stimmen | 1%

230 Stimmen insgesamt
Umfrage ist beendet

2026-08-16 18:25:53

Graham Perrin

grahamperrin@bsd.cafe

@evan 100% yes but no but yes but no but

2026-08-16 18:26:18

Astro

astro@c3d2.social

@evan
Very strong yes.

2026-08-16 18:28:18

Alaa, family in Gaza ❤️‍🩹

alaasamour@mastodon.social

@evan
Please🙏🙏🥹🥹🥹

2026-08-16 18:47:42

Almino :autism:

almino@ursal.zone

@evan I plan to do so next year.

I will try to prove that #ActivityPub can be way more useful that it already is by implementing it in a different system, in a new social case.

2026-08-16 18:58:56

Pau Amma

pauamma@mstdn.social

@evan That entirely depends on which new things you're thinking of, so neither "yes but" nor "no but" fits the question as asked.

2026-08-16 19:13:40

HubertManne

HubertManne@piefed.social

I don’t see the point of this. its gpl. you can fork or see about working for an existing project or make your own thing. its like saying is doing art in a different way is ok.

2026-08-16 20:29:33

Tim Chase

gumnos@bsd.cafe

@evan

a "Yes but…don't be a jerk" vote here

2026-08-16 20:50:02

gabboman the wafrn dev

gabboman@gabboman.xyz

@evan@cosocial.ca

yes, but you will recive death threats!
#some-people-got-very-annoyed-at-invisible-mentions-in-wafrn #and-there-is-a-reason-they-are-now-the-first-line-on-this-reply #butt-you-should-check-this-post-in-original-instance

2026-08-16 22:18:19

Bill Statler

billstatler@forum.statler.ws

It's a strange question, like "Is it OK to write code that does new things in Linux?" The only universally not-OK code is criminal malware. Other than that, it's just personal preferences.

People are working on federating torrents over ActivityPub. People are taking old code in new directions. People are scraping major Mastodon instances and providing AI-generated summaries. None of this will stop just because some people think it's not OK.

2026-08-17 04:00:31

Evan Prodromou 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇷🇵🇸

evan@cosocial.ca

@billstatler is it a strange question? Have you not seen strong negative reactions to new software running on the Fediverse?

2026-08-17 04:42:33

Bill Statler

billstatler@forum.statler.ws

Yes, I have seen strong negative reactions to new software, and old software, and anything that doesn't look like Mastodon, and anything that does look like Mastodon. We are an opinionated bunch.

But I think your question has an unfortunate implication. If you had asked, "Do you like people to write code that does new things on the Fediverse?", it would be clearly a matter of personal preference.

"Is it OK to write code" implies that somebody could be, or should be, in a position to decide which new things are OK and which new things are not OK. It doesn't matter whether that "somebody" is a central authority or a larger group of people. That decision should always be left to individual users and instance admins, who can block or defederate as they see fit.

2026-08-17 04:45:22

Evan Prodromou 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇷🇵🇸

evan@cosocial.ca

@billstatler I agree with you 1000%.

2026-08-17 11:32:41

Jupiter Rowland

jupiter_rowland@hub.netzgemeinde.eu

@Evan Prodromou 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇷🇵🇸 The issue at hand is that especially Mastodon users tend to welcome new developments. Unless, of course, these developments make their beloved Mastodon feel less like the Mastodon they got to know and love. This includes old developments that predate Mastodon, but that they've only just noticed.

Like, having spent three and a half years in a Mastodon-only bubble and then receiving the first comment from Hubzilla.

Consider this:

@Bill Statler

Yes, I have seen strong negative reactions to new software, and old software, and anything that doesn't look like Mastodon, and anything that does look like Mastodon. We are an opinionated bunch.

Bill is on (streams), one of the most innovative Fediverse server applications, developed by the creator of Friendica and Hubzilla.

Friendica and its descendants are very much not like Mastodon. They've got their own cultures which, again, are very much not like the culture that Mastodon has been cultivating since 2022, that Mastodon's users consider the "Fediverse culture", and that many Mastodon users try hard to force upon the whole Fediverse.

Our kind have seen hostility of the likes that Mastodon users could hardly believe.

(streams) is the only Fediverse server application that comes with one channel-level and three server-level features that can be used as countermeasures against the entirety of Mastodon with different levels of collateral damage. This has to say a lot.

Bill runs the biggest discussion group on (streams). It used to have ActivityPub deactivated for the specific purpose of keeping overzealous Mastodon fanatics out. The only reason why ActivityPub is on now is for Forte users to be able to use the group, too.

#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #Mastodon #Streams #(streams) #MastodonCulture #MastodonCentricity #MastodonNormativity

2026-08-17 04:35:50

hiphopheaven

hiphopheaven@mastodon.social

@evan it is ok but if I find the new thing gimmick and that I don't like it I say it