Social Web Bookmarks

Distributed social web project from 2007-2010 timeframe (focused on WordPress).

The charter for the W3C working group that defined ActivityPub.

(2011) A rebuttal to "The Social Graph is Neither."

"(2011) But when you start talking about building a social graph that transcends any specific implementation, you quickly find yourself in the weeds. Is accepting someone’s invitation on Linke…"

PHD thesis of Amy Guy, one of the ActivityPub specification authors. See Chapter 5 for a discussion of the social web specification process, experiences, and thoughts.

The Social Web Protocols are a collection of standards which enable various aspects of decentralised social interaction on the Web. This document describes the purposes of each, and how they fit together.

People are social creatures, and social networking is part of human nature. Social Media have clouded our vision and distorted what 'social' means. The Social Coding Movement aims to Reimagine Social Networking and envision a Peopleverse.

This is the second in a series of posts where the Robert W. Gehls shares his notes on his readings of the minutes of the Social Web Working Group. The first one is here. Future posts to come. In this section, He covers the development of ActivityStreams 2.0, the first goal of the SocialWG charter.

This is the public mailing list for the Social Web Incubator Community Group (swicg). Anyone may read or write to this list.