CyberTailor@lemmy.world to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前Your explanation of federation that it "works like email" will be misunderstoodtransfem.socialexternal-linkmessage-square134linkfedilinkarrow-up1220arrow-down111file-textcross-posted to: fediverse@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1209arrow-down1external-linkYour explanation of federation that it "works like email" will be misunderstoodtransfem.socialCyberTailor@lemmy.world to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前message-square134linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: fediverse@lemmy.ml
The linked post shows how most non-tech people’s understanding of email is very very different from most of the people here.
minus-squareCyberTailor@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-21 年前It’s not true, all ActivityPub IDs are URIs
minus-squareSorteKanin@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 年前Yes exactly - those URLs contain the domain name, so you can’t change servers for a user as their ID is tied to the domain.
minus-squareCyberTailor@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 年前They can be URNs (like magnet:), as shown above.
minus-squareSorteKanin@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 年前Well no they can’t, because that’s not part of ActivityPub. In fact ActivityPub mandates HTTP URLs. Of course, any extension can choose to change that, but since nobody is actually supporting magnet links, it’s not relevant.
It’s not true, all ActivityPub IDs are URIs
Yes exactly - those URLs contain the domain name, so you can’t change servers for a user as their ID is tied to the domain.
They can be URNs (like magnet:), as shown above.
Well no they can’t, because that’s not part of ActivityPub. In fact ActivityPub mandates HTTP URLs. Of course, any extension can choose to change that, but since nobody is actually supporting magnet links, it’s not relevant.