• db0OP
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    12 months ago

    OK, so is lemmy out of standard or not? Like I can understand why lemmy doesn’t support apub notes, as it’s out of scope, but why does mastodon support articles badly?

    • @[email protected]
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      22 months ago

      ActivityPub is an extensible protocol. It is not just one thing. Lemmy only supports posts that follow that extension I linked above. That extension has a definition and Lemmy follows it so in that way it is “standard”. But it is an extension, not part of the core protocol.

      Mastodon and most other fediverse services do not support this extension.

      • db0OP
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        12 months ago

        Sounds like mastodon and other services ought to really support this extension though.

        • @[email protected]
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          22 months ago

          Sure. But lemmy would still not show Mastodon posts outside communities even if they supported that extension. Both parties need to move towards each other.