"#ActivityPub is a #protocol – like email, jpeg, MP3 and ‘http’ (behind every website) – that’s built for a world with millions of ‘pubs’ with 1000s or 100 or even just one or two people in them.

"#ActivityPub is a #protocol – like email, jpeg, MP3 and ‘http’ (behind every website) – that’s built for a world with millions of ‘pubs’ with 1000s or 100 or even just one or two people in them. But it’s not just a mini-social network builder – there’s the key extra ability to connect with anyone in any pub, and chat/subscribe/like/repost not-to-mention change venue, at any point. This is a completely new approach to the challenge of moderating social media: break it into smaller human-run ‘pubs’, and then let those pubs federate with those with similar values and #moderation skills. So the technology itself isn’t where #censorship happens – but between #communities".
@nic

https://25.netribution.co.uk/nic/edito-part-2-16-years-later-and-the-indie-no-budget-web-of-netribution-1-2-has-gone/

@eliasulrich @nic I haven't ever seen anyone call an instance a "pub". I like it!

@evan@cosocial.ca I like it a lot better than instance or server.

Also think of the possibilities! Now we have a new name for backfill... pub crawling.

@eliasulrich@hachyderm.io