The Verge just interviewed Evan Prodromou. That is, @evan@cosocial.ca, Research Director at @swf@socialwebfoundation.org, and co-author of #ActivityPub. And he shares some big news:

  • The W3C is working on end-to-end encryption for ActivityPub
  • The W3C is also working on group standards that have interoperability across the #Fediverse
  • Evan predicts a big 100M+ user network joining the Fediverse, and it’s not Threads

https://www.theverge.com/the-vergecast/618904/electric-cars-robotaxis-activitypub-fediverse-vergecast

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  • cabbage@piefed.socialEnglish
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    6 hours ago

    Great interview. It’ll be curious to see whether big platforms end up making a whole-hearted adaptation of ActivityPub this year as they have claimed they will.

    Evan Prodromou, the research director at the Social Web Foundation and one of the people overseeing the ActivityPub protocol

    It’s interesting how they don’t even mention that he was part of the small group of people who defined the protocol in the first place. I’m sure the Social Web Foundation is great, but it’s not all that obvious what their role will be.