Emelia 👸🏻 @thisismissem@hachyderm.io
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Recently there has been a lot of discourse about ActivityPub and AT Protocol which has been quite dividing and heated.

Yesterday at the Social Web CG meeting (the group that maintains the ActivityPub and related specifications), I proposed releasing a statement that counters the narrative that one of these protocols must win, when both protocols can co-exist and have a lot to learn from each other.

The statement has been co-signed by various members of both Social Web CG, SocialCG, and the AT Protocol community.

“We do not win by tearing each other down, which only emboldens and empowers those who do not want either protocol to succeed.”

“Arguing between us only emboldens those that seek to derail and destroy efforts to build an open social web.”

You can read the full statement here:
writings.thisismissem.social/s

This was originally in the swicg/general repository, and you can learn about that here:
github.com/swicg/general/blob/

Statement on discourse about ActivityPub and AT Protocol

Date: 6th September 2025 A community letter on the recent heated discourse about ActivityPub and AT Protocol, co-signed by the people working on or with the respective protocols. This statement was originally published on the swicg/general repository after I had been granted approval to merge. Since then one community

writings.thisismissem.social · Writings of Emelia

Link author: Emelia 👸🏻@thisismissem@hachyderm.io

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