Ben Pate 🤘🏻

@benpate@mastodon.social · Joined ⁨Jan⁩ ⁨2022⁩

Howdy! I'm the nerd who's building #Emissary - an ActivityPub server for building custom social applications on the Fediverse.

My first app on this platform is a music sharing server for indie bands, called #Bandwagon. And now I'm also working on #Atlas, a social mapping server for adding Federated annotations to places in the real world.

If you'd like to talk about any of my projects, feel free to DM me here, or on Signal (@benpate.5280)

Replying to @⁨liaizon@wake.st⁩

@liaizon

Yes, you probably identified your pixelated profile at some point.

Sorry, this account is using an old template that I need to update - I guess it doesn’t have a “remove” button (like your profile in Bandwagon would)

Cheap hack: this data SHOULD be in your browser’s local storage. If you know how to get to that, you can clear it manually. And if not, just tell me what browser you’re on, and I can help you navigate it :)

Replying to @⁨silverpill@mitra.social⁩

We have two working prototypes, and a very clear idea of the gaps between the current spec and what we'd need to do this at scale.

It's not really reflected on Github at the moment, but we're going to try to "clean our room before mom gets home" and make it represent the current state of the project.

My goal is to close those gaps, and make a clear protocol for Mastodon to implement in 2027.

@silverpill @mkljczk @elle

Replying to @⁨silverpill@mitra.social⁩

Online meetings are tedious, especially as the group gets larger. But everyone I've interacted with in the E2EE group (and a few others) has had only the best intentions for the Fediverse.

So, I hope you won't avoid them just because they're "corporate".

Tedious? Well, you've got a point there.

It if would help, I'm happy to discuss all of the plans and discussions out here. That's actually how elle ended up attending this morning's meeting :)

@silverpill @elle