KelsonV Old Account@lemmy.ml to Fediverse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoCan ActivityPub save the internet?www.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down10cross-posted to: fediverse@kbin.social
arrow-up153arrow-down1external-linkCan ActivityPub save the internet?www.theverge.comKelsonV Old Account@lemmy.ml to Fediverse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square9fedilinkcross-posted to: fediverse@kbin.social
minus-squarettmrichter@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoNo. ActivityPub is a protocol. It has no agency. People can save the Internet. Perhaps with ActivityPub, perhaps with something else.
minus-squareAaron@universeodon.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year ago@ttmrichter @KelsonV Something with no agency can save something just by existing. Saving is not an act exclusive to things with agency. For example, if I fell out of a building, a trampoline on the ground could possibly save me.
No.
ActivityPub is a protocol. It has no agency.
People can save the Internet. Perhaps with ActivityPub, perhaps with something else.
@ttmrichter @KelsonV Something with no agency can save something just by existing. Saving is not an act exclusive to things with agency. For example, if I fell out of a building, a trampoline on the ground could possibly save me.