cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/10462412 Q&A on ActivityPods and Its Integration with Memory for the Lemmy Community**
Q1: What is ActivityPods and How Does It Relate to Memory?
A1: ActivityPods is a framework that combines ActivityPub, a decentralised social networking protocol, with Solid Pods, personal online data stores. It allows for unified data management and control across various platforms. Memory, built upon ActivityPods, leverages this framework to offer users a more integrated, secure, and user-controlled experience.
Q2: I’m New to the Fediverse. How Does ActivityPods Enhance My Experience?
A2: For newcomers, ActivityPods offers a simplified yet powerful way to engage with the Fediverse. Instead of managing multiple accounts on different platforms (like Mastodon, Pixelfed), you have one centralised profile and data store (Pod). This means easier management of your digital identity and activities across various platforms.
Q3: I’m a Current Fedizen. Why Should I Consider Using Memory?
A3: As an existing Fediverse user, you’ll appreciate the enhanced data control and portability that Memory offers. Your data is stored in your own Pod, giving you full control over it. Plus, you can interact with different Fediverse platforms using a single account, streamlining your social media experience.
Q4: For Fediverse Admins/Mods, What Are the Benefits of ActivityPods?
A4: Admins and moderators will find that ActivityPods simplifies user management and enhances security. Since users control their own data in Pods, there’s less burden on the platform for data storage and protection. It also opens up new possibilities for cross-platform moderation and community engagement.
Q5: As a Fediverse Developer, How Can I Utilise ActivityPods in My Projects?
A5: Developers can harness ActivityPods to create more user-centric and interoperable applications. It supports semantic web standards for data, ensuring compatibility across different platforms. This means you can develop apps that seamlessly integrate with various parts of the Fediverse, enhancing the overall ecosystem.
Q6: Will My Username and Identity Be Consistent Across Platforms with ActivityPods?
A6: Yes, ActivityPods aims to provide a consistent username and identity across different platforms. While the specifics can vary based on implementation, the general idea is to have a unified digital presence in the Fediverse, making your interactions more cohesive.
Q7: How Does ActivityPods Ensure My Data Privacy and Security?
A7: Your data is stored in Solid Pods, which you have full control over. You can set permissions for who accesses your data and how it’s used. This decentralised approach to data storage means enhanced privacy and security, as your information isn’t held in a central server controlled by a single entity.
Q8: Can I Move My Existing Fediverse Data to Memory?
A8: The portability feature of ActivityPods should, in theory, allow you to move your existing data to Memory. However, this process might depend on the specific platforms you’re currently using and their compatibility with ActivityPods.
Q9: Is Memory with ActivityPods Suitable for Non-Technical Users?
A9: Absolutely! One of the goals of Memory built on ActivityPods is to make decentralised social networking accessible and user-friendly. Even if you’re not technically inclined, you can enjoy a streamlined and secure social media experience.
Q10: How Can I Get Started with Memory and ActivityPods?
A10: Getting started is as simple as signing up for a Memory account. From there, you’ll be guided through setting up your Pod and connecting with various platforms in the Fediverse. The process is designed to be intuitive and user-friendly.
The first misinformation starts very early. Telling users they need accounts on different services to post stuff. Thats obviously false. You can post photos and videos on every service you‘re subscribed to. I stopped reading after this obvious bs.
Please do not come up here with your trumpian false news. Is that what was said? Show explicitly where that is stated You can’t just have one across to have full functionality across the Fediverse and if you insinuate that YOU are a deceiver and people should steer clear of you.
" What is the main shortcoming of ActivityPub ?
ActivityPub wants to make it possible to create decentralized apps. But to post videos, you need an account on a PeerTube instance. And to post images, you need an account on a PixelFed instance. You must thus handle multiple accounts, with their profile, list of followers, etc."
the website UI looks too good. Must be a scam. 🧐
Most crypto coin websites promoting their shit have sleek AF ui’s. Maybe it’s just a matter of where your priorities lie; making the actual open source product, or promoting it on a website? And most small teams that actually make useful shit would probably just have a GitHub readme or at most a wiki. With some exceptions. But at least for me philosophically, a sleek website ui promoting a project does not equal the quality of the project
This looks great! Solid Pods is Tim Berners-Lee’s attempt at solving selfhosting and decentralization, but it has struggled to gain traction. Connecting it to the fediverse is a very good move.
Is it foss and can i host my own instance if not its obviously an atfempts to centralise and monopolise the fediverse and im not interested in that.
It is Foss. Where is it mentioning monopolising the Fediverse? Having instances is a form of centralisation. People should not have to self host to not be tethered to an instance. Like how does what you said even make sense compared to the realities of right now?
Compared being tethered to multiple instances(one for each account), being tethered to one centralized instance is less of a form of centralization?
Who said one instance? It’s a pod store by a pod provider, which there will be multiple pod providers. Please go research Solid. Even in the scenario of multiple accounts in multiple instances you don’t own nor control your data. With Solid you get to determine what access and how much access a provider & service has
How does ActivityPods differ from using one fediverse account to post on other fediapps?
I believe this project is interesting but ignoring this question is raising eyebrows.
