To all the new followers: glad you escaped the hellsite! But maybe also join us over on Mastodon too? Cory Docotrow has a timely explanation of why that's a solid choice: pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/u... You can follow me there at: toot.cafe/@slightlyoff - ThreadSky

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infrequently.org • 190 days ago

To all the new followers: glad you escaped the hellsite! But maybe also join us over on Mastodon too? Cory Docotrow has a timely explanation of why that's a solid choice:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/ulysses-pact/#tie-yourself-to-a-federated-mast

You can follow me there at:

https://toot.cafe/@slightlyoff

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birdhalfbaked.com•190 days ago

The points were interesting though i don't know if the core assumption holds still. There are many people that have indeed migrated to private servers already where their private server is interacting with the bluesky relay which is similar to the federation provided by Mastodon via AP.

deebloo.dev•190 days ago

Is it though? The private server hosts your data but if bluesky itself shuts down or pulls an Elon you can't just carry on on your own can you? This is a genuine question, I am trying to learn more about at proto and PDSs

birdhalfbaked.com•190 days ago

you can as the data is separate from the application. If you have your own PDS, and bluesky shuts down the app your data is still accessible by you and other apps that hook into ATproto. It's the same way Mastodon works. AP is analogous to ATproto and Bluesky is analogous to Mastadon the app

deebloo.dev•190 days ago

Makes sense. One question I think you answered for me is whether or not you can have one singular PDS for all apps or if each app would need its own PDS.

birdhalfbaked.com•190 days ago

The lexicon means you can separate supported implementations from the PDS and App. So an app can specify also what operations it expects a PDS to implement. Lexicons are like the contracts so in that regard some implementation is indeed tied to apps but data always is separated

deebloo.dev•190 days ago

Hmmm ok. I spent cycles understanding AP. Sounds like I need to do the same for AT :)

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