#ShowerThought it would be awesome if, when a user set up a #fediverse account, it was not tied to the instance where they set it up, but distributed across the whole fediverse in some way, and they could log into their account on any instance of any fediverse connected software?

@strypey

How about if everybody just had their own ActivityPub?

@bhaugen I'm confused. Do you mean their own instance of an #ActivityPub app? Or their own AP app? Or their own standard like AP (I'm guessing you don't mean that ;)

@strypey

I mean literally their own instance. Agent-centric architecture. You are always communicating from your own AP.

Groups can be agents, too, and have their own AP, which you can federate with.

"Your own AP" could be hosted by somebody else, but you are always you in the whole fediverse, if you want to be. And you can move your own AP to a different host or host it yourself if you want.

@lynnfoster has been writing about this:
https://www.loomio.org/d/3wDCtkoG/structuring-the-oae-around-agents
https://www.loomio.org/d/Y8kHSzPE/activitypub-as-a-decentralized-oae-infrastructure-

@lynnfoster @strypey
@cwebber
@mayel
P.S. this means ActivityPub as an app...does that work for you?
Or just crazy?

@bhaugen @mayel @cwebber AP is a common standard used by apps, so your "having your own AP" usage is a bit confusing, unless you add "instance" or maybe "app" on the end ;)

@strypey @cwebber @mayel

Thanks for clarifying my sloppy statement. I meant "your own instance", which might mean "your own app" depending on some other details.

I also understand that portability of your instance requires identities that are not tied to domains.

@bhaugen @cwebber @strypey

I'm an advocate of self-hosting, but I also think supporting a form of "delegated identity" would be more inclusive and slightly more user-friendly (like for example OpenID did, where you could configure your personal domain name to indicate what OpenID provider you're using, and can switch at any time) so users can both self-host and move their identity between providers