KelsonV Old Account@lemmy.ml to Fediverse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoCan ActivityPub save the internet?www.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down10
arrow-up154arrow-down1external-linkCan ActivityPub save the internet?www.theverge.comKelsonV Old Account@lemmy.ml to Fediverse@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squarettmrichter@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·2 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-up4·2 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.