In the blogpost ⬆️ I mention the history of #StatusNet (the software), #OStatus (the protocol), and identi.ca (the biggest instance). Identi.ca used to be about 1/10th of all of "OStatus-verse". Then it got redeployed using incompatible software and tore the heart out of that decentralized social network.

I feel this history is very relevant today, as mastodon.social is about 1/10th (by monthly active accounts). And continues to grow.

#présentation

Je m'intéresse au réseau sociaux fédérés et ouvert depuis le début. A l'époque c'était une vision. Puis #statusnet et #friendica est venu montrer que c'était possible. Depuis #activitypub a été normalisé et maintenant environ 5 millions d'utilisateurs l'utilisent. Je m'intéresse donc sur l'évolution de ce monde qui est le fédiverse.
Question politique, mes opinions sont que pour avoir une vraie démocratie il faut avoir un #RIC et le #FREXIT pour la France.

@aprilwright @Mastodon @fuchsiii It should be relatively "trivial" to support multiple #SocialMedia networks.

AFAIK @mariotaku 's #TwidereX does support #Twitter and #Mastodon. Previous #Twidere supported #StatusNet instead of Mastodon...

@evan this has to be one of the most under-stated introductions I have seen here!

So let me offer a better one: Evan is one of the reasons we are all here. He is credited as one of the creators of the #ActivityPub protocol:
https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/

Back in the day (a decade ago), he also used to run the biggest instance of #StatusNet, identi.ca. My old account is still there, even though I have lost access to it:
https://identi.ca/rysiek

StatusNet was the precursor of fedi.

Welcome, Evan!