David Sterry @weex@c4.social

FEP-cb76: Content Addressed Vocabulary is a new Fediverse Enhancement Proposal (FEP) that was just created to protect JSON-LD context definition links from technical errors, expired domains, and other such issues.

Find the draft proposal here https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep/src/branch/main/feps/fep-cb76.md

Feedback is appreciated at https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/fep-cb76-content-addressed-vocabulary/2735

Fun morning. Discussion links to Fediverse Enhancement Poposals have been updated in the tracking issues after a new automation at SocialHub.

FEP Authors please take a look at your tracking issues and comment if anything's unclear.

There are currently 3 FINAL and 8 DRAFT FEPs in the system.

https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep

#FEP #Fediverse #standards

@jeena Found one that seems active and popular (https://github.com/ihabunek/toot) but I guess it's best to create an issue in the Mastodon GitHub if you want a category.

@tchambers Absolutely. It's really exciting to see how many people are going deeper to apply their skills once they get their bearings. Who knew for example that so many people would step up to run servers? And now their learning moderation, pushing various limits and making issues, what a time!

@tchambers I feel like I've seen this before. Companies are celebrated for adding support but then may quietly remove it when when said support doesn't drive their business goals. The risk is then to bring an air of unreliability to ActivityPub.

So sure, it's interesting to follow but if we're talking elbow grease I'd advise growing the AP-native universe and FOSS development in general.

@MykDowling Hi Myk, Yes, I can answer this.

Of those two options the latter is more likely. Fundamentally, the idea here is to trade the concept of a roadmap, design or centralized control over Ecko for addressing problems raised by Ecko users and admins, i.e. the Ecko community.

Our process is to raise issues as problems that need to be solved, discuss and prove that the Ecko community wants those problems solved, then we accept solutions proposed in the form of pull requests, wiki edits, etc.

So I can't say what will go in except that nothing should go in unless it solves a problem.

What I observed before creating Ecko and addressed with the initial work, were solutions that hadn't been merged in Mastodon even though they seemed to pass all requirements. This is a pattern you see a lot of times in FOSS and I wanted to see how another process, codified as the Collective Code Construction Contract, might work to grow a community and yield software that better satisfies market needs.

If you think the features you mention from Mastodon 4 solve a valid problem, I'd urge you to create an issue for each one in https://github.com/magicstone-dev/ecko/issues and make the case. I'll certainly share my thoughts as may others.

Let me know if any of that doesn't make sense. Thanks for the questions and for installing Ecko!

@tchambers Yes from what I understand, and I'm not the author, the previous methods would use a rel tag where this uses a cryptographic proof instead.

You might want to contact @silverpill (the author) for further questions but if you have constructive feedback to share those in the SocialHub thread.

FEP-c390: Identity Proofs is a new Fediverse Enhancement Proposal (FEP) that was just created that describes a mechanism of linking cryptographic keys to ActivityPub actor profiles.

Find the draft proposal here https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep/src/branch/main/feps/fep-c390.md

Feedback is appreciated at https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/fep-c390-identity-proofs/2691

If you're interested in protocols and interoperability that make the fediverse more than Mastodon and ActivityPub, SocialHub is where a lot of discussion and coordination have taken place over the years.

The future of SocialHub is however in question.

Up for vote and discussion is whether it should be locked and archived, run as is, or transitioned to a sustainable state of governance.

If this interests you, go now and make your voice heard.

https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/important-we-need-your-input-on-the-future-of-the-socialhub/2581

#activitypub #Mastodon #socialhub #discourse #governance #vote