What's the differentiator between the DEViverse and Mastodon in that case? A push toward universal, open protocols of communication between social networking sites? Or do you see DEV as expanding beyond social networking and blogging?
We're not necessarily trying to define what we do in terms of how it differentiates with other approaches, but we feel like our efforts of consistently scratching our own itches in terms of building inclusive community and making the content on the platform have initial impact as well as lasting values are things we hope others can replicate with the tooling we've built.
I think Mastodon took a more bottom-up approach where the ecosystem was designed to be federated from day one and the choices were always centered around that goal. I think this leads to different UX choices and userbase relationships along the way. Who knows, the ideas could converge, but for now we're happy to be plugging forward with solving our problems as they arise and hopefully create a situation where the software we built is as open and re-useable as possible.
There was another thread comparing and contrasting DEV with HashNode and I think the comments were right to ultimately conclude that DEV didn't really differentiate strongly for the better strictly in terms of platform but we've always had good ideas in terms of community building. As community building helps us ultimately create better software we create a positive reinforcement loop for the better.
Or do you see DEV as expanding beyond social networking and blogging?
The answer is probably yes in that I'm not necessarily trying to draw lines of where this project goes, but I'm not entirely sure what you mean here. Could you expand?
To me, federation is key (and the reason email is so popular). Is there such a thing for spreading content semi-automatically?
I'd expect either HTML or Markdown as a basis, and wonder how that would play with embeds and custom tags.
...might better outline what you're thinking? DEV wouldn't be just a social media site, but rather sort of a standardised mode of communication? Or maybe I'm extremely confused and should just wait for the press release 😂
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What's the differentiator between the DEViverse and Mastodon in that case? A push toward universal, open protocols of communication between social networking sites? Or do you see DEV as expanding beyond social networking and blogging?
We're not necessarily trying to define what we do in terms of how it differentiates with other approaches, but we feel like our efforts of consistently scratching our own itches in terms of building inclusive community and making the content on the platform have initial impact as well as lasting values are things we hope others can replicate with the tooling we've built.
I think Mastodon took a more bottom-up approach where the ecosystem was designed to be federated from day one and the choices were always centered around that goal. I think this leads to different UX choices and userbase relationships along the way. Who knows, the ideas could converge, but for now we're happy to be plugging forward with solving our problems as they arise and hopefully create a situation where the software we built is as open and re-useable as possible.
There was another thread comparing and contrasting DEV with HashNode and I think the comments were right to ultimately conclude that DEV didn't really differentiate strongly for the better strictly in terms of platform but we've always had good ideas in terms of community building. As community building helps us ultimately create better software we create a positive reinforcement loop for the better.
The answer is probably yes in that I'm not necessarily trying to draw lines of where this project goes, but I'm not entirely sure what you mean here. Could you expand?
I think I was thinking of along a more narrow "product differentiation"-type vein, whereas you might have a more grandiose vision. This comment...
Love the POSSE adherence.
To me, federation is key (and the reason email is so popular). Is there such a thing for spreading content semi-automatically?
I'd expect either HTML or Markdown as a basis, and wonder how that would play with embeds and custom tags.
...might better outline what you're thinking? DEV wouldn't be just a social media site, but rather sort of a standardised mode of communication? Or maybe I'm extremely confused and should just wait for the press release 😂