Johannes Ernst on Nostr: Are Microblogging services (Twitter, mastodon, threads…) and (group) messaging ...
Are Microblogging services (Twitter, mastodon, threads…) and (group) messaging services (WhatsApp, iMessage, telegram…) really distinct product categories?
On the protocol side: ActivityPub and Matrix?
Today they are. But why? They sure overlap in many ways.
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2023-07-07 17:31:49Event JSON
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