Why ActivityPub over Nostr? - function only (feddit.online)

submitted 1 month ago by Cooper8@feddit.online to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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I have seen some critical views on Nostr as a part of decentralized network discussions, but most seem to be focused on culture not function.

What are the functional / protocol differences that make you prefer ActivityPub over Nostr?

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[-] e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago

See Wikipedia:

The Nostr protocol was first written in 2020 by a Brazilian open source developer known by the pseudonym "fiatjaf" as a response to perceived moderation issues on Twitter, as well as both technical and cultural disagreements with other protocols such as ActivityPub and Secure Scuttlebutt.

Looks like it was never about function or protocol in the first place.

In 2024, in an article reporting on the project's funding, Business Insider claimed to have identified fiatjaf, and had found two websites previously published by this person to disseminate the work of Olavo de Carvalho, a far-right conspiracy theorist.

Sounds lovely and taking one look at a random relay confirms this. The only things discussed there are Bitcoin, "Women-are-evil-because-they-dont-sex-me" and some AI bullshit.

[-] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Not mostly about protocol or function, I agree. But if we are to take Wikipedia literally, they had at least some technical differences of opinion vis a vis ActivityPub.

IMO spritely is doing the most interesting work but I don't understand any of it.