@evan one example that illustrates just how much contention there is about even supposedly basic things: are activities content? one might argue they are the primary reason the specs exist at all, to publish activities to activity streams. someone else might equally argue that they are simply vehicles for distributed CRUD of notes, which are the real content. the specs currently support both interpretations. should one be closed as a loophole? is one an intentional misinterpretation? which one?