Can a cozyweb be built on open protocols? I think so. Signal is the harbinger here. DeltaChat shows how to do it over an open network (email).
Gordon
I see selection pressures pushing us toward a barbell distribution: Slopnet: open public protocols hosting a riotous ecology of AIs. Cozyweb: closed commons with semipermeable boundaries.
Dec 3, 2024 at 3:01 PM
Open Graph protocol
The Open Graph protocol enables any web page to become a rich object in a social graph.
Filling the remaining gap between WebSocket, WebRTC and WebTranspor
Existing web platform facilities for network communication include WebSocket and WebRTC. Each mandates a specific protocol, ensures TLS, and respects the Same Origin Policy. The proposed WebTransport is similar in these respects.
OpenTools on Twitter / X
.@AnthropicAI will support stateless remote MCP servers with “just HTTP” as transport.We’re quite excited about this! So we gave a “lightning talk” at an MCP meetup hosted by @paulgb @CloudflareDev yesterday. pic.twitter.com/ooZHus81cg— OpenTools (@opentools_) March 19, 2025
Bryan Newbold: Protocol engineering
A protocol engineer at the social-media platform Bluesky describes building an open protocol around a fast-growing social media platform.
Running a PDS for Your App: How OpenMeet Operates Its AT Protocol Integration
The free, open-source alternative to Meetup. Create groups and events for your community — no fees, no ads, community-owned forever.
FediForum | Growing the Open Social Web:<br>An Online Un-Workshop
Since the Twitter takeover by Elon Musk over three years ago, the Open Social Web has been adopted by an enthusiastic community. People world-wide are building and using open social platforms and open social protocols to better interact with others online.
Dev Discussion: Open Frames for Bluesky & AT Protocol · Zoom · Luma
Open Frames is an extension of Open Graph that makes link previews interactive. Open Graph https://ogp.me/ is widely used by websites to add extra meta data,…
Can we build WeChat Mini Apps using open web standards?
A specification for building mini apps that work with QR codes and open web standards.
Blogging on the open social web - and more exciting features - pckt - Dev Journal
ATmosphere — referring to the growing ecosystem of applications built on the AT Protocol, a federated protocol for open social platforms. Not to be confused ...
blogged: Building on AT Protocol dbushell.com/2026/03/10/building-on-at-pro…
Building on AT Protocol
dbushell.comAnother reason why it’s so important that we have open protocols for social media.
Kai Kupferschmidt
One of the issues that has come up again and again in my reporting on misinformation and social media is the massive influence social media companies have on research in the field. Last night a preprint dropped that tries to get at this with some numbers. My piece in @science.org (and 🧪🧵 coming):
