jimmy90@lemmy.world to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoDoes email (SMTP/POP3) count as a member of the fediverse?message-squaremessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareDoes email (SMTP/POP3) count as a member of the fediverse?jimmy90@lemmy.world to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarezeppo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoFediverse is ActivityPub. Email is not, though the theory is somewhat similar.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year ago Fediverse is ActivityPub https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse According to Wikipedia, ActivityPub is the “most widely used” protocol, but not the “only” protocol. Still not sure if email would qualify though.
minus-squarejimmy90@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agofair enough, i wonder if there are lessons to learn from email that can help the fediverse
minus-squareedric@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWell for one, email is inherently insecure, so not sure if the fediverse can learn from that. It’s already not private.
Fediverse is ActivityPub. Email is not, though the theory is somewhat similar.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse
According to Wikipedia, ActivityPub is the “most widely used” protocol, but not the “only” protocol. Still not sure if email would qualify though.
fair enough, i wonder if there are lessons to learn from email that can help the fediverse
Well for one, email is inherently insecure, so not sure if the fediverse can learn from that. It’s already not private.