KelsonV Old Account@lemmy.ml to Fediverse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years agoCan ActivityPub save the internet?www.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up155cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up155external-linkCan ActivityPub save the internet?www.theverge.comKelsonV Old Account@lemmy.ml to Fediverse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square9linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarettmrichter@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down2·3 years 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-up4·3 years 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.