I remember this being a kinda niche alternative to activity pub, and I always liked it because it had the ability to be local and P2P, with federated instances really just being repeaters. I didn’t like that it was immutable, but that was just the cost. Also you had to install something, which made it not as simple as just browser stuff. I see on Google there are SS to ActivityPub adapters too.
its still alive: https://www.planetary.social
That looks pretty good. Why has activitypub taken off and not it?
I’d say ActivityPub has the advantage to be maintained by the W3C
Oh that is impressive