Hrefna (DHC) on Nostr: Some hot takes on APIs and protocols (and in particular #ActivityPub). Just ...
Some hot takes on APIs and protocols (and in particular #ActivityPub). Just summarizing some thoughts I've had
1. JSON-LD is completely unsuitable for a social networking protocol. Full stop.
2. The extension mechanism used by JSON-LD is neither necessary nor sufficient for dealing with the so-called "open world assumption"
3. The "open world assumption," as discussed, is not something that is desirable to support in practice
4. Your average person should not know or care about protocols
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1. JSON-LD is completely unsuitable for a social networking protocol. Full stop.
2. The extension mechanism used by JSON-LD is neither necessary nor sufficient for dealing with the so-called "open world assumption"
3. The "open world assumption," as discussed, is not something that is desirable to support in practice
4. Your average person should not know or care about protocols
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