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A pittance for a second node really (feddit.uk)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

Basically, on ATProto, everyone stores their own data on a PDS (Personal Data Server). This includes every post, image, video, follow, like, block, etc. The relay crawls the open web for PDSs to consolidate into a single stream of data.

From here, services can build off of that single data stream without needing to do any crawling of their own.

Of course, this does give the operator of the relay a lot of power. If they were to block your PDS, then only services relying on a different relay can access your data. This is especially why it is important that there exist independent third-party relays, but no one has taken up the mantle yet.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Can't someone theoretically make an Activitypub relay which hosts information from all private instances that federate with it? Like, how is this (AT Protocol) better

[–] [email protected] 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

They already exist, they range from smaller webring like relays to ones that tie the major nodes together.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

Neat! Does that mean there's an ActivityPub equivalent to the ATProto Firehose?

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