Suppose I am thinking of a website. I might think to myself “this would be great to have in the fediverse” (the last time I thought this was with Neopets, as I was joking that still being HTML was their way of waiting 20 years for the fediverse to be invented). But unless you have some kind of third party linking technology, I am aware there are limitations in a website’s code. But you can’t simply take a glance at a website and know if it’s compatible, right? Is there a way to know without having to constantly ask admins and take their word? What sites would you want to join the fediverse if you could inspire it?
Speaking of third party software or tech, can they join? I hear the Hypothesis toolbar is quite popular as a third party feature and might be good for this thought experiment.
The HTML is just the user interface, the surface. 90% of the work happens under the hood, processing and forwarding posts, all the logic… You can’t transfer that from a random site to another. It’s all purpose-built.