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[Fediverse BackUp]
I think one challenge, in practice, with using an Activity File as a BackUp Format is that — a lot of Fediverse software does NOT embed (non-text) media (such images, audio, video, etc) in the Activity File.
But, instead references them using URLs.
(And, by "URL" I mean "URI", "IRI", etc.)
Usually this is probably a good thing, but —
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#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #BackUp #BackUps #FediBackUp #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse
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[Fediverse BackUp]
If you wanted to BackUp a post on the Fediverse, and all you download was the Activity File (with URLs pointing to the non-text media), then — you lost all the (non-text) media (such as images, audio, video, etc) that were part of the post.
Which would be bad.
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#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #BackUp #BackUps #FediBackUp #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse
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