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Reviving the ActivityPub Social API
  • Upcoming
  • Confirmed
  • Breakout Sessions

Meeting

Event details

Date:
– UTC
Status:
Confirmed
Location:
Online
Proposers:
Evan Prodromou
Participants:
Steve Bate, Bert Bos, Denken Chen, Raphael Lullis, Ondřej Pokorný, Robert Sauer-Ernst, Ed Summers, Kevin White
Big meeting:
W3C Breakouts Day 2026 (Calendar)

The ActivityPub specification defines a social API and a federation protocol. Mastodon and compatible platforms implement the latter but not the former.

This session will discuss the social API, its value in the distributed social ecosystem, and the efforts to revive its use.

Goal(s):
Review the ActivityPub social API and efforts to revive it

Agenda

  • presentation about the API
  • collecting use cases
  • discussion of the task force
  • open conversation about next steps

Materials:

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