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Tomo @tomo

I'm trying to wrap my head around ActivityPub. Is there a good plain English explanation?

@downey @tomo The ActivityPub spec includes an introduction at the top that's intentionally tutorial-like w3.org/TR/activitypub/#Overvie

@cwebber @downey

Thanks, it very cool.

I am thinking if this scenario is a/ possible and b/ easy: a blog(-like) engine publishing entries with ActivityPub, allowing the Fediverse to comment with Mastodon/Gnu Social/whatever, and having a web frontend that would show both the entry and the discussion.

Would Mastodon "understand" the "blog entry" objects? Would the engine need to "pretend" to be a Mastodon instance, by, for example, respecting 500 character limit?

I guess I need to experiment