How Does BlueSky Work?

https://steveklabnik.com/writing/how-does-bluesky-work

Interesting post about BlueSky’s underlying federated protocol (AT Protocol)

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adam@doomscroll.n8e.dev · 14 pts · 2y (2 replies)

"For example, if every time I post a new update on BlueSky, if I had to send my post to every single one of my followers’ repositories, that would be extremely inefficent"

Somewhat ironic to have this posted on and activitypub driven fediverse.

skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl · 13 pts · 2y
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nutsack@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y

isn't it the opposite of ironic? they're using a federated blogging platform to talk about a federated microblogging platform. they wouldn't make a full length blog post like this on blue sky.

originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com · 13 pts · 2y

AT seems like pretend decentralization. theyve just hidden the important centralized layers in services controlled by 'the big guys' because 'traffic volume'...

so its still going to be a bunch of endpoints(instances) required to talk to these giant relays if you want any users to see any content whatsoever.

no thanks. the more i read, the more this is an over-engineered nightmare not reallly offering any benefit for those nightmares.

barrier to instance entry is still deep, and reliant on a giant ex-twitter corporation to exist.

mrshy@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 2y

I'm not clear who the intended audience is here. A self-moderated micro-blogging platform is what most people needed all along, which is why the Fediverse exists. The real question remains how a corporate Fedi-protocol is going to interact with advertisers and marketers.