Designers, Writers, Coders et al.
We need your help to make the onboarding process to the Fediverse easier
(This is a continuation of Discussing onboarding for developers which veered into technical discussion)
TL;DR
Onboarding new devs to AP/Fediverse is a weak spot that is hampering the evolution (speed) of the ecosystem. Information is super-fragmented and many of the complexities are not readily obvious. Starting new projects is an adventure for the brave.
There are efforts to improve this, but time-constraints of experts and - in general - lack of appetite to do the work involved, means this p…
and to improve the official website
Following the recent APConf in Prague , I tried going through the resources at hand for new ActivityPub implementers, reviewing what we could improve to ease the onboarding . activitypub.rocks plays a major role in this, being the main landing page for the protocol.
In the meantime, this forum has been created and made public. It could play a major role at organizing the information long-term for varied audiences, but would not replace ap.rocks as a landing page, which means we have to properly l…
We have drafts
This is an informal guide to help new implementers get up to speed with the ActivityPub specification (published as a W3C Recommendation) and how to build projects with ActivityPub support.
Note: This is a Wiki Post that anyone can edit. Please help improve and extend this document !
What is ActivityPub?
ActivityPub is a family of protocols, data models, and architectures useful for building decentralized social media apps and services.
The core ActivityPub (AP) s…
So, let us hack on that.
See the Wikis split in
Users
This collaboratively-edited guide provides information on how to become an ActivityPub user. Adopting ActivityPub as a user can be a great way to start putting a more people-centred Internet into practice.
Find and join a Fediverse site
The easiest way to get started with ActivityPub and the Fediverse is to join a site and start participating.
Finding projects
If you’re looking for alternatives to specific corporate social media sites, switching.software is a great place to start. They off…
Implementors
This is an informal guide to help new implementers get up to speed with the ActivityPub specification (published as a W3C Recommendation) and how to build projects with ActivityPub support.
Note: This is a Wiki Post that anyone can edit. Please help improve and extend this document !
What is ActivityPub?
ActivityPub is a family of protocols, data models, and architectures useful for building decentralized social media apps and services.
The core ActivityPub (AP) s…
should there be a guide for instance admins? → moderation, well being etc. ?
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FYI Suggestion: To get the Guides online a Just The Docs Jekyll theme + Github Pages might be most straight-forward. Maybe with Netlify CMS to facilitate non-technical editors.
how
October 2, 2020, 11:52am
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Although I’m a big fan of Markdown+Git, I must say @mayel is teasing a lot:
Also redaktor.me has been showing its power lately, that’s something we might want to consider, don’t you think @Sebastian ?
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