8.0/10 ⭐#

28 June 2026 to 29 June 2026 (Took 2 days)#

I left Twitter in 2023 and moved to Mastodon, so this book has some personal relevance to me. I was really interested to find out the history of how Mastodon (and the fediverse) was built, and all the different struggles people went through to get it running.

It was really insightful, and maybe a little shocking to see how at odds activitypub and indieweb were, given how many of the named indieweb “pioneers” are well known on fedi right now. Their pushback against safety tools that are helpful to marginalized communities has me side eyeing them more now. This book is seriously deep lore.

I’m glad this book exists, I learned a lot!

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