Sure, like any other word it is defined by its usage, while ActivityPub is defined by W3C.
Most people use it to refer to ActivityPub. Those who don't, can't be "proven wrong", but that does not mean they are right.
One can only point out the confusion resulting from the arbitrary way of speaking about systems.
mray
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2026-06-25 09:52:13 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…me3t
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