CyberTailor@lemmy.world to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoYour explanation of federation that it "works like email" will be misunderstoodtransfem.socialexternal-linkmessage-square130fedilinkarrow-up1203arrow-down19file-textcross-posted to: fediverse
arrow-up1194arrow-down1external-linkYour explanation of federation that it "works like email" will be misunderstoodtransfem.socialCyberTailor@lemmy.world to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square130fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: fediverse
The linked post shows how most non-tech people’s understanding of email is very very different from most of the people here.
minus-squareSorteKanin@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoYes 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 month agoThey can be URNs (like magnet:), as shown above.
minus-squareSorteKanin@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoWell 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.
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.