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[โ€“] scott@loves.tech 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

@compostgoblin There were several other protocols such as OStatus, Diaspora, and Zot prior to ActivityPub. Mastodon originally used OStatus, and switched to ActivityPub later. A lot of platforms are older than Mastodon too.

[โ€“] compostgoblin@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 months ago

Neat, thanks!