Post B1FTeulKQrIMxe05YG by reiver@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #B1FTemf0YTUBpiyvaa by reiver@mastodon.social
       2025-12-14T15:08:00Z
       
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       1/[Fediverse BackUp]Could an ActivityPub / ActivityStreams file be a "good" format for backing up a post?(I.e., what I call an "Activity File". I.e., the file that has a media-type of "application/activity+json".)...#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #BackUp #BackUps #FediBackUp #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse
       
 (DIR) Post #B1FTenyXfKhnub82fw by reiver@mastodon.social
       2025-12-14T15:14:11Z
       
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       2/[Fediverse BackUp]I think one challenge, in practice, with using an Activity File as a BackUp Format is that — a lot of Fediverse software does NOT embed (non-text) media (such images, audio, video, etc) in the Activity File.But, instead references them using URLs.(And, by "URL" I mean "URI", "IRI", etc.)Usually this is probably a good thing, but — ...#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #BackUp #BackUps #FediBackUp #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse
       
 (DIR) Post #B1FTeoWZcnvZc93Dii by reiver@mastodon.social
       2025-12-14T15:16:45Z
       
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       3/[Fediverse BackUp]If you wanted to BackUp a post on the Fediverse, and all you download was the Activity File (with URLs pointing to the non-text media), then — you lost all the (non-text) media (such as images, audio, video, etc) that were part of the post.Which would be bad....#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #BackUp #BackUps #FediBackUp #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse
       
 (DIR) Post #B1FTephFGc3fFX3Fzc by reiver@mastodon.social
       2025-12-14T15:22:05Z
       
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       4/[Fediverse BackUp]Now, having said that, I don't think there is anything about ActivityPub / ActivityStreams that "prevents" Fediverse software from not embedding (non-text) media (such as images, audio, video, etc) into an Activity File —For example, an "Image" Object can contain a ("mediaType" and a) "content" field (rather than an "href" field).But —...#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #BackUp #BackUps #FediBackUp #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse
       
 (DIR) Post #B1FTerFJVQu63TzyjY by reiver@mastodon.social
       2025-12-14T15:33:19Z
       
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       5/[Fediverse BackUp]But — for an Activity File to be a "good" format for a BackUp, there would need to be a way to get the Fediverse software to embed the (non-text) media (such as images, audio, video, etc) into an Activity File.Also —...#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #BackUp #BackUps #FediBackUp #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse
       
 (DIR) Post #B1FTesS71KjfnSziK0 by reiver@mastodon.social
       2025-12-14T15:35:49Z
       
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       6/[Fediverse BackUp]Also — we would need to consider Threads / Storms —Where people reply to their own post to make a larger post made up of smaller posts.(I.e., what I have been doing here 🙂 )for an Activity File to be a "good" format for a BackUp, a single Activity File would need to contain all the posts in the Thread / Storm.Also —...#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #BackUp #BackUps #FediBackUp #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse
       
 (DIR) Post #B1FTestlMWqzBDvnQ8 by reiver@mastodon.social
       2025-12-14T15:39:17Z
       
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       7/[Fediverse BackUp]Also — we would need to consider Threads / Storms —Where people reply to their own post to make a larger post made up of smaller posts.(I.e., what I have been doing here 🙂 )For an Activity File to be a "good" format for a BackUp, a single Activity File would need to contain all the posts in the Thread / Storm.Also —...#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #BackUp #BackUps #FediBackUp #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse
       
 (DIR) Post #B1FTeulKQrIMxe05YG by reiver@mastodon.social
       2025-12-14T15:40:56Z
       
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       8/[Fediverse BackUp]Also — what about comments / replies —Someone people (including me) would want at least some of the comments / replies to be included in a BackUp for a post.So, for an Activity File to be a "good" format for a BackUp, a single Activity File would also need to contain (all or selected) the comments / replies to the post....#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #BackUp #BackUps #FediBackUp #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse
       
 (DIR) Post #B1FTevW7csj3IltSUK by reiver@mastodon.social
       2025-12-14T15:44:19Z
       
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       9/[Fediverse BackUp]So, I think an (ActivityPub / ActivityStreams) Activity File COULD be a "good" format for backing-up a single post on the Fediverse, but —Most (maybe all) extant Fediverse software would need to change a bit. Fediverse software would need to support embedding "everything" in a single Activity File (rather than referring to "everything" else by URLs)..#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #BackUp #BackUps #FediBackUp #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse