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[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Wasn't there a shitstorm recently because someone made a bluesky-mastodon bridge.

(there seems to be a shitstorm when anyone does anything vaguely imaginative with mastodon though)

[–] [email protected] 23 points 9 months ago (1 children)

One of Mastodon’s biggest issues is all the whiny motherfuckers

[–] RoverRacecar 3 points 9 months ago
[–] chockblock 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Is it based on ActivityPub? I don't really know much about it other than Jack Dorsey is involved.

[–] Feathercrown 15 points 9 months ago

It's not, they have their own system.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

AFAIK, Bluesky started on ActivityPub at first, but then it was decided to make a new protocol which resulted in Atproto. It also started as an internal project at Twitter, was funded by Jack, but then as it got popular amongst a more regular audience, he left when he kept getting pestered with @ mentions and anti-crypto stuff. He hangs out at Nostr now and from what I've been told, isn't really involved in Bluesky's meetings.

There was an effort to bridge Bluesky/Atproto, ActivityPub and also Nostr together - Bridgy Fed - for when Bluesky started getting their protocol federating outside its own network. The issue was, the creator made it opt-out rather than opt-in. The AP fediverse collectively shat themselves, spreading their delusions about Bluesky, one guy called the creator a rapist for using public data and another threatened to sue/fine the creator. It was absolutely bonkers and that incident exemplifies a good part of why people find the fediverse to be toxic, moreso than anything involving Threads.