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Whenever the AT protocol of BlueSky is set for others to deploy, won't it have similar problems as ActivityPub instances? (lemm.ee)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I feel like I may be missing something when it comes to BlueSky, or maybe both I and those trying it out are but in different ways. My understanding is that BlueSky is currently like the Mastodon Social instance is for Mastodon but of the AT Protocol under development, with the long term aim being that once their protocol is sufficiently developed to their liking, they'll put out the version capable of federation for others to spin up their own instances with.

However, once they do that, won't it basically create some of the same problems people already have with ActivityPub, i.e. instance choice, federation confusion, etc.?

What's supposed to set it apart and address existing issues rather than reinvent things and add their own distinct issues?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

A friend was asking about reading materials for the fediverse, specifically around how different platforms are handling instance selection. I'm taking a look through your past blog posts, but would you have any links handy for me to pass along?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Oh thats an interesting question! I'm assuming you are talking about the UX/UI of instance selection?

And thats not something I have written about (neither does another article pop into my mind either sadly), but interesting idea for an article for sure to write about

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Yes that's it, and no worries! Looking forward to the future articles