Post AV22gdGmPxjZ2GFPXM by atomicpoet@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #AV22gbgaJ3Be7iIzTs by atomicpoet@mastodon.social
       2023-04-25T23:35:25Z
       
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       "What if Google starts their own Google-branded Fediverse instance?"They already did.Google Buzz used OStatus as part of its protocol stack. OStatus later evolved into ActivityPub.As for Google Buzz? Like most Google social media projects, it died -- later to be replaced by Google+.@fediversenews
       
 (DIR) Post #AV22gdGmPxjZ2GFPXM by atomicpoet@mastodon.social
       2023-04-25T23:50:55Z
       
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       Here's an old video of @chrismessina speaking at Google I/O in 2010.He's discussing the technical underpinnings of Google Buzz.So much of what he talked about later became very impactful in ActivityPub. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5rf-JlV8dw
       
 (DIR) Post #AV2KmAhdL8h7LibCls by atomicpoet@mastodon.social
       2023-04-25T23:53:55Z
       
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       By the way, some of the Fediverse still uses OStatus. In particular, Friendica and GNU Social.Thus, even though ActivityPub is here, OStatus has never gone away.
       
 (DIR) Post #AV2KmBFfIbut3GWNoe by atomicpoet@mastodon.social
       2023-04-25T23:59:08Z
       
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       It's fascinating how people still ask, "What if Google did to ActivityPub what they did to XMPP with GoogleTalk?"But in fact they already did they opposite with ActivityPub.They were an early adopter of the Fediverse, helped develop its early technology, abandoned it -- where it was left for dead.And now it's been resuscitated by community advocates.Google did a "reverse XMPP" with the Fediverse 😆
       
 (DIR) Post #AV2KmD3ga7WSegvqQC by atomicpoet@mastodon.social
       2023-04-26T00:09:09Z
       
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       I guess the lesson here is that it's not so bad when Google abandons social media technology.The Fediverse had to spend 10 years in the desert before it would re-emerge as a true community-owned competitor to Big Social.
       
 (DIR) Post #AV2OGdOBY6f2rtigG8 by alienghic@octodon.social
       2023-04-26T00:02:16Z
       
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       @atomicpoet XMPP advocates are also still plugging away improving software and extending the protocol.https://joinjabber.org/@joinjabber
       
 (DIR) Post #AV2OS4zFHWa5e9VmxU by atomicpoet@mastodon.social
       2023-04-26T00:05:03Z
       
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       @alienghic @joinjabber Yeah, and have you seen mov.im? That's federated social networking using XMPP.