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		jacooper on Dec 21, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Protocols, not platforms The easiest way to understand it is to just think of mastodon/fediverse like E-Mail. An email address is a user name @ server Activitypub is the same.

_jpys on Dec 21, 2022 [–]

I do understand the technology and paradigm. It just appears gimmicky. The shift in approach does not tangibly benefit me. It benefits Mastodon, the servers, and probably (if not now, eventually) advertisers.

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