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A few years ago I wrote a piece called “Rules for Standards-makers” — widely cited as guiding new projects to create open standards for interop. ChatGPT ingested it and now can be used to critique projects against the rules. I tried it yesterday with activitypub. Below is the prompt and result.

4/4/25, 9:56 am0 reposts2 likes

Dave Winer on Bluesky

@scripting.com

4 Apr 2025

1. Are you familiar with activitypub and the “rules for standards-makers” (yes) 2. How does activitypub measure up re RFSM? The result was remarkable. A document brought to life. As the author, it was a good analysis. chatgpt.com/share/67efab...

chatgpt.comChatGPT - ActivityPub and StandardsShared via ChatGPT

Colin Walker

@colinwalker.blog

4 Apr 2025

"a federation of dialects" - I like that 😆

Dave Winer on Bluesky

@scripting.com

4 Apr 2025

Then I tried it out with AT Proto. chatgpt.com/share/67efd5... Which led to an interesting discussion, where I told the bot to never use the terms "dogfood" or "deprecate."

chatgpt.comChatGPT - AT Proto and StandardsShared via ChatGPT