Post AoVCdgQaLsJ5PsMqem by dentaku@fnordon.de
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 (DIR) Post #AoVBQJvWbBRNubu4bg by ErikUden@mastodon.de
       2024-11-28T12:51:48Z
       
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       Okay folx, I've been trying to find an answer for this for a long time: What's the oldest post on Mastodon?This question is a lot more tricky than it sounds. I think it's gonna be fairly easy to find the oldest post by Gargron some decado ago when mastodon.social first went up. However, what about the other networks that existed before, which later decided to switch to the Mastodon-compatible ActivityPub protocol? You could probably find some GNUSocial post from the early 2000s if those servers are still around and updated to switch to the new protocol?If we go that far, do WordPress blogs count that later installed the ActivityPub plugin? Or blogs which ported over to WordPress and then later got the plugin.This is a question with many correct answers, but what I'd like to know most is: what's the oldest post can I access on Mastodon today, which was originally made at the timestamp it claims to be made? (Disregarding whether it could initially be accessed through some federated protocol or not).I'm excluding the brid.gy website importer here, because otherwise the earliest webpage would be the answer. It has to be a blog or platform that was always meant to share posts to the web, that later on decided to be accessible through a federated protocol.What do you got?
       
 (DIR) Post #AoVBjNSJhcOuMJKRBQ by petko@social.petko.me
       2024-11-28T12:55:15Z
       
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       @ErikUden Hey, IMO you should look for the first activitypub post.
       
 (DIR) Post #AoVCdgQaLsJ5PsMqem by dentaku@fnordon.de
       2024-11-28T13:05:26Z
       
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       @ErikUden *If* WordPress blogs count, then my oldest post ishttps://dentaku.wazong.de/2004/07/05/pleite/
       
 (DIR) Post #AoVD8aJl7RIfRXuS1Y by sir_toootenstein@det.social
       2024-11-28T13:11:02Z
       
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       @ErikUden I read some people delete their older posts. Maybe it's already gone. 🫢
       
 (DIR) Post #AoVDhdYR4pCNcKUM5Y by ErikUden@mastodon.de
       2024-11-28T13:17:22Z
       
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       @dentaku Wow... Last edit 2009!https://dentaku.wazong.de/2004/07/05/pleite/
       
 (DIR) Post #AoVK3g3J4NlrSaoxwO by outwitplaylist@infosec.exchange
       2024-11-28T14:28:34Z
       
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       @ErikUden really interesting question!