The norms of the Web has been "public" since the 1990s.
But, in addition to that, ActivityPub has a special markup that authors can use if they want to further say their message is public. (See the t...
fully agree but afaik the first users of fedi servers built these spaces in order to have "social media" that was away from most of the public. they had strict moderation to keep people who might cause any friction out. this culture lives on. I always feel like I'm engaged in some kind of gentrification here.
(also messaging here feels more private even if it's usually just as public as a reply to a blog post)
(also messaging here feels more private even if it's usually just as public as a reply to a blog post)