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I just read up on it and it seems good, at least in theory. How does it compare to Lemmy, would you say?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Diaspora protocol is way better than it used to be, but it can't do half of what ActivityPub can do. Historically, Diaspora's protocol has basically been little more than OStatus with different threading behavior, some addressing modifications, and magic envelope encryption bolted on.