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I don't really use any other save for following a bunch of Misskey accounts with my Mastodon. However, I was thinking on creating a federated game launcher/gaming-focused social network similar to Steam. Some parts of it would use ActivityPub (especially public stuff like achievements), others XMPP or something similar. Issues are the question of a copy protection system, and an anti-cheat system. Banning pirated copies of the game from official networks is probably easy even with open source tools, and likely not so controversial. Anything more than that would require more complicated setups, such as a lot of proprietary stuff, not to mention are very controversial, especially with gamers. Anti-cheat systems are also a though issue, likely being the responsibility of the developer, and also there' a lot of controversy with them with kernel-level anti-cheat systems.
Sounds awesome! I would instantly sign up for a federated steam! let me know if you go forward. Would even donate.
On the other hand: youtube is evil. Maybe help framasoft with peertube if you're a dev anyway? Their idea is great. the discoverability is trash though.
If you check matrix, feel free to add me @haui:matrix.giftedmc.com