Post AlTY0Wnq7coqJSz65w by thisismissem@hachyderm.io
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 (DIR) Post #AlTY0U2cODrFkQsMDI by thisismissem@hachyderm.io
       2024-08-29T23:46:43Z
       
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       Something that should theoretically be possible is maintaining separate collections of actors to address content to, and software should be able to handle that.e.g., followers is a collection intrinsically managed by the protocol: Accept(Follow) adds that actor to the collection for your followers. (All follows on the fediverse are really follow requests, no matter what)
       
 (DIR) Post #AlTY0V0AonUqj8jv2e by thisismissem@hachyderm.io
       2024-08-29T23:49:36Z
       
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       Like why can't I create a family collection or a close friends collection & share activities just with those actors through addressing?I can also help remote servers by sending Add and Remove activities to indicate that I've updated those collections. (Maybe it'd be Accept(Add)? Or Undo(Accept(Add))? )
       
 (DIR) Post #AlTY0VeEPrXUjNTuTo by thisismissem@hachyderm.io
       2024-08-29T23:51:38Z
       
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       Would of course require activitypub servers to be aware of these additional collections in order to handle delivery correctly, but this feels like something that should exist but doesn't in mainstream fedi software.I think only @bonfire implements this maybe?
       
 (DIR) Post #AlTY0WMtjnGgxuNa6K by thisismissem@hachyderm.io
       2024-08-30T00:00:46Z
       
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       Actually, looking closer at @bonfire, I don't think they do use custom collections of actors for addressing like this? I think they're actually maybe unfurling that collection into the addressing fields for the activity itself?
       
 (DIR) Post #AlTY0Wnq7coqJSz65w by thisismissem@hachyderm.io
       2024-08-30T00:03:45Z
       
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       Looks like maybe @silverpill's mitra does use these custom collections for addressing?
       
 (DIR) Post #AlTY0XBwg06LWEGLfU by silverpill@mitra.social
       2024-08-30T00:18:09.443408Z
       
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       @thisismissem Yes, mitra makes use of additional "subscribers" collection, but (streams) has a more advanced feature called "lists" that does exactly what you describe:>Lists : Sometimes referred to as circles or aspects, this lets you define your own groups of related friends and communicate with them as a private group.A list is a collection of actors, and can be used for addressing
       
 (DIR) Post #AlTY0YssNs2IlfM9Ds by thisismissem@hachyderm.io
       2024-08-29T23:53:00Z
       
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       If I'm fetching that collection though, who can I see? All members of that collection or just my server's members in that collection? I think the latter would be safer?