Thursday December 29, 2022; 12:09 AM EST
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- I am wondering why I should have to do anything like set up an account on a Mastodon server to be able to say, "follow me on Mastodon at my-name@my-server.com" if the blog part has an RSS feed. #
- There should be a DNS entry I can maintain that could point my-name@my-server.com to an RSS feed, or some other simple, plain file format that contains a list of recent status updates. I think that takes care of everything you need to follow someone, an easy way to get to a known place for a list of updates for an identity. #
- The rest is federation, which is moderation, synchronization and caching, which is all definitely useful. But not literally necessary to the task of saying "hello, here are the latest posts associated with my-name@my-server.com". #
- I guess this post is part, "why are we redoing it again", again, and part, "why should I have to do anything other than have an RSS feed to be a participant in the larger conversation", and part, "look at the virtuality friction".#