Author: Matthew Exon

Arguing that at least some ActivityPub servers should act more like email servers, allowing clients to communicate data that doesn’t fit into the server’s data model.

I wonder about the definition of “decentralisation”, and realise that the political meaning of the term is far more important than the technical or mathematical senses preferred by Fedinerds.

People panic that the latest Twitter wave is going to BlueSky not Mastodon. But they are chasing different “wins”.

The Matrix Board was elected, overwhelmingly white male. It’s widely understood that this needs to be fixed. I propose some actions.

Wrapup from Fedivision 2024, the first time I really paid attention. My impressions, speculation about how it could grow, and my suggestion for a voting system that can handle so many entries.

3000 words explaining that it’s actually about ethics in social media journalism.

I propose the one true distinction between ActivityPub “article” and “note”. Articles are intended to be read on their own. Notes are part of a conversation.

Bluesky has been in the news. They’ve opened to the public, removing their invitation system. But I want to talk about censorship. Specifically: Bluesky actually has two censorship regimes, but they only talk about one. The second censorship regime arrogates decisions about speech to a handful of Americans, away from democratic government. I don’t want to fall into that trap, again.