@strypey@indieterminacy@risottobias I don't even look at it as a social value issue. When I see these databases, I look at it from the perspective of, what, exactly is this doing to benefit the network? The risk-to-benefit ratio is just not there in my opinion. How do these databases create better infrastructure, or how do they add new capabilities and features, or build better security to the infrastructure (because we all know AP has crappy security) or even, how do they add the the value proposition of ActivityPub? When you weigh it against the risks, I have yet to find any value in them.
It should also be acknowledged that inherently to federation-based technologies, any attack to any part of the network can (and usually will) harm the network as a whole. So if the risks from these stat databases causes more harm then benefit... You get my point.
I'll put this question out there.. (other then accolades) what technological advancements to AP technology will be born from these stat databases that would make the risks worth it? Social benefit is not an accepted answer (because social benefits do not advance the technology).
@indieterminacy Yes. I actually remember that codebase. A friend of mine used it back when it was in active development. I'll reach out to them and see if they happen to have archives they can contribute. Thanks for sending this to me!
@indieterminacy Computing was a different time back in the MUD days. Even most BBS software and source is lost to the ages. Although Fidonet still exists. But if you ask me, the pre-internet era was the best time for computing and technology.
most guys try to be something that women will like.
i'm 40.
i do what i want. i almost completely ignore what women want. i have to figure out my own life. maybe a woman will figure into it. i'm 100% assuming i will have to sort something out without one though.
@thor "i almost completely ignore what women want" - There is your first misconception of marriage. When you are married you can't ignore what she wants. In fact, you will likely have to deny yourself to give her what she wants. You can't just do whatever you want anymore. Everything you want to do has to factor her into it.
@thor I was single for 30 years. I know what single life is like. What I'm saying is, people have preconceptions about what Marriage is. When they get into Marriage they realize it's not what they expected it to be.
It's not that I don't love my wife. But my life was very simple. I do what I wanted anytime and didn't really have to worry about anything. Life is 3 times more complex and much more stressful then it was when I was single.
I made a contract with my wife that I would be with her until death. I am a man of my word so I am stuck with this marriage. But believe me. Single life has more pros then married life has.
@thor I don't need to be. I'm just giving you friendly advice. If you think I'm wrong that's perfectly fine with me. I just hope you really truly understand how a marriage actually is instead of what most people "think" it is. Because it will never be anything you think it will be. It usually is the opposite.
The one thing I do think the AT Protocol is better at than #ActivityPub is data portability. Being built-in at the protocol layer so that you don’t have to do the migration shit (which doesn’t bring your posts) is better. It just is. I think ActivityPub has more potential overall for the social web beyond just Twitter clones, but that part of #ARProtocol is better.
@film_girl I wonder if it could be possible (either in the protocol or in Mastodon) to support a server-to-server transfer directly of user content. Obviously it doesn't support that right now, but I wonder how hard it would be to implement. If it would be, I wonder if it should be a change in the protocol or if it just needs to be a change to the implementation.