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Together, my daughter and I wrote this explanation of ActivityPub.

RE: https://atomicpoet.org/objects/759225b7-b7e4-4995-a261-fc7285dc3ad9

quoting note12ny…ywah

Oh, hello there!

My name is Binky, a cuddly lil' Bunny living in the sugary-sweet Lollipop Forest, where every candy cane tree and gummy bear bush talks, and giggles, and plays all day. Today, I'd like to tell you about a magical thing that helps my critter friends and I communicate across different parts of our forest - it's called ActivityPub!

You see, the Lollipop Forest is really, really big. We have marshmallow meadows over here, and jellybean jungles over there, and sometimes, it's hard for a tiny candy critter like me to chirp or chatter to a friend who lives way across the chocolate river. But ActivityPub is a magical spell that allows my giggles and greetings to reach friends far and wide.

Imagine ActivityPub like the fairy mail carrier, a bumblebee named Buzzly. Buzzly flies from candy critter to candy critter, carrying messages in a little honeycomb satchel. When I want to tell my friend Gummy the Bear, who lives deep in the Jellybean Jungle, that I found the sweetest berry, I simply write a note and give it to Buzzly.

Buzzly would then buzz off, zipping and zooming over the minty mountains, the gummy gorges, and the caramel canyons, straight to Gummy's treehouse. Gummy would find my note, read it, and maybe even write back! That’s what ActivityPub does!

It's a super duper system that lets critters like you and me (and websites and apps, too) send messages to each other. It doesn't matter if you're a bunny in a burrow or a sparrow in the sky; as long as you use ActivityPub, you can chat, share, like, and play across any distance.

But what if I want to announce a big, big party to all my friends? Buzzly can do that, too! ActivityPub lets me share my messages not just with one critter, but a whole bunch of 'em at the same time. I just have to tell Buzzly my party news, and he will make sure every critter in the Lollipop Forest knows about it.

You see, just like Buzzly can carry our sweet whispers from one place to another, ActivityPub helps messages travel across different parts of the internet, connecting everyone in a magical, candy-coated network of communication. So no matter where your treehouse is or how many chocolate rivers are between us, we can always stay in touch and share our happiest giggles, all thanks to ActivityPub!

Isn't it just the sweetest thing you ever heard?