{"id":7919171,"date":"2024-04-26T11:16:27","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T15:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.himy.ca.muslimwiki.ca\/2024\/04\/26\/activitypub-protocol-explained-as-mousetrap-boardgame-vs-two-way-rss-and-at-protocol\/"},"modified":"2024-04-26T11:37:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T15:37:06","slug":"activitypub-protocol-explained-as-mousetrap-boardgame-vs-two-way-rss-and-at-protocol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/himy.ca.muslimwiki.ca\/blog\/2024\/04\/26\/activitypub-protocol-explained-as-mousetrap-boardgame-vs-two-way-rss-and-at-protocol\/","title":{"rendered":"ActivityPub Protocol explained as MouseTrap Boardgame vs Two-Way RSS and AT Protocol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve had this idea of the ActivityPub Protocol powering Mastodon, Threads, and others in The Fediverse, as a kind of Rube-Goldberg Machine.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;A Rube Goldberg machine, named after American cartoonist Rube Goldberg, is a chain reaction -type machine or contraption intentionally designed to perform a simple task in an indirect and (impractically) overly complicated way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rube_Goldberg_machine\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>What <em>kind<\/em> of Rube-Goldberg Machine ?<\/p>\n<p>The MouseTrap Boardgame from childhood.<\/p>\n<p>I captioned the following images to get the idea out of my head.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7919174 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.himy.ca.muslimwiki.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ActivityPub-Protocol.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/himy.ca.muslimwiki.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ActivityPub-Protocol.jpg 500w, https:\/\/himy.ca.muslimwiki.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ActivityPub-Protocol-141x150.jpg 141w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7919175\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.himy.ca.muslimwiki.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ActivityPub-Mastodon-640x560.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/himy.ca.muslimwiki.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ActivityPub-Mastodon-640x560.jpg 640w, https:\/\/himy.ca.muslimwiki.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ActivityPub-Mastodon-990x866.jpg 990w, https:\/\/himy.ca.muslimwiki.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ActivityPub-Mastodon-150x131.jpg 150w, https:\/\/himy.ca.muslimwiki.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ActivityPub-Mastodon-768x672.jpg 768w, https:\/\/himy.ca.muslimwiki.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ActivityPub-Mastodon-766x670.jpg 766w, https:\/\/himy.ca.muslimwiki.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ActivityPub-Mastodon.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7919176\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.himy.ca.muslimwiki.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ActivityPub-Threads-640x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/himy.ca.muslimwiki.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ActivityPub-Threads-640x680.jpg 640w, https:\/\/himy.ca.muslimwiki.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ActivityPub-Threads-141x150.jpg 141w, https:\/\/himy.ca.muslimwiki.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ActivityPub-Threads.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\"><\/p>\n<p>Whereas Two-Way RSS remains Simple and Direct . . .<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7919177\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.himy.ca.muslimwiki.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Two-Way-RSS-640x478.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/himy.ca.muslimwiki.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Two-Way-RSS-640x478.jpg 640w, https:\/\/himy.ca.muslimwiki.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Two-Way-RSS-990x739.jpg 990w, https:\/\/himy.ca.muslimwiki.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Two-Way-RSS-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/himy.ca.muslimwiki.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Two-Way-RSS-768x573.jpg 768w, https:\/\/himy.ca.muslimwiki.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Two-Way-RSS-766x572.jpg 766w, https:\/\/himy.ca.muslimwiki.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Two-Way-RSS.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\"><\/p>\n<p>N.B. The AT Protocol powering BlueSky<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7919178\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.himy.ca.muslimwiki.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/c-AT-Protocol.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"623\" height=\"665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/himy.ca.muslimwiki.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/c-AT-Protocol.jpg 623w, https:\/\/himy.ca.muslimwiki.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/c-AT-Protocol-141x150.jpg 141w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px\"><\/p>\n<p>To Wit<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:oky5czdrnfjpqslsw2a5iclo\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3kqxzu6knk42p\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreicaylkzb63zuffxtf43sgzwwinhqobasidcj77luqlioadjhv67ae\">\n<p lang=\"en\">Good morning<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:oky5czdrnfjpqslsw2a5iclo\/post\/3kqxzu6knk42p?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jay (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:oky5czdrnfjpqslsw2a5iclo?ref_src=embed\">@jay.bsky.team<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:oky5czdrnfjpqslsw2a5iclo\/post\/3kqxzu6knk42p?ref_src=embed\">Apr 25, 2024 at 2:28 p.m.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Likely will social post these at some point, if so, then on my dormant Mastodon account.<\/p>\n<p>OR\/AND<\/p>\n<p>This is enough self-incentive to sign up for BlueSky and make my first post using these images.<\/p>\n<p>| #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Threads #Fediverse #TwoWayRSS #RSS #ATProtocol #MouseTrap<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve had this idea of the ActivityPub Protocol powering Mastodon, Threads, and others in The Fediverse, as a kind of Rube-Goldberg Machine. &#8220;A Rube Goldberg machine, named after American cartoonist Rube Goldberg, is a chain reaction -type machine or contraption intentionally designed to perform a simple task in an indirect and (impractically) overly complicated way.&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[792,797,795,793,798,727,794,796],"views":262,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/himy.ca.muslimwiki.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7919171"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/himy.ca.muslimwiki.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/himy.ca.muslimwiki.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/himy.ca.muslimwiki.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/himy.ca.muslimwiki.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7919171"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/himy.ca.muslimwiki.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7919171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7919180,"href":"https:\/\/himy.ca.muslimwiki.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7919171\/revisions\/7919180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/himy.ca.muslimwiki.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7919171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/himy.ca.muslimwiki.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7919171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/himy.ca.muslimwiki.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7919171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}