Notices by Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)

@heluecht

So, in my mind, "Would you share your Fediverse data with researchers?" implies that you have agency to share or not, and that you can consent or not.

But I guess you're reading it a different way.

@heluecht last question: have you ever participated as a research subject before in another part of your life?

@heluecht even for academic research?

@heluecht @jwildeboer but otherwise identical?

@heluecht @jwildeboer that seems like a meaningless distinction.

If you are sending an image or HTML text to specific people, there's no difference between a "direct message" and a "post".

@heluecht @jwildeboer

What makes a direct message is that it's direct to specific accounts, not to "all followers" or "the public" or "a contact list".

That's all; it's a very easy concept.

@heluecht @jwildeboer I meant with the SocialCG, not just forum posts.

@heluecht @jwildeboer Are you still involved in development of Friendica? It would be great to see you get more involved in AP.

@heluecht @jwildeboer yes it does; you have to a) use HTTP Signature authorization and b) have access to the post.

@heluecht @jwildeboer Again, that's not true. The `followers` collection is public.

@heluecht @jwildeboer you don't need signatures. Just fetch the replies collection. The OP can use 'Add' or 'Accept' activities to indicate that an object has been added to the replies.

@heluecht @jwildeboer DMs are any content objects with only actors (no collections) in the addressing properties (to, cc, and so on).