I just sent the final proofs of the #ActivityPub book to the editors at O'Reilly.
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@evan @everton137 ok, thanks
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Evan Prodromoureplied to Pondering my dashb-orb last edited by
@arichtman @everton137 That was a little brief.
The point of ATProto is to be different and incompatible. That's the business model.
Any benefits that come out of that primary goal are secondary. Yes, their moderation system is more distributed. I think there are precedents of doing client-side moderation, like email spam filters, that we could use for the Fediverse.
But the features aren't the point. The point is a protocol that the company owns and controls.
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@evan I'm surprised to see this level of hostility from you!
I really enjoyed your "Big Fedi, Small Fedi" post, and from reading their architecture docs, Bluesky is genuinely designed to address some of the "big fedi" challenges that you pointed out.
If you believe that Bluesky is inherently bad because it completes with ActivityPub, that's fine, but the level of FUD in this thread is disappointing.
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@mjk I care a lot about the social web. I do not want to see its growth stunted by competition at the protocol level at this crucial time.
If you found something untrue in what I said above, please let me know. I'm happy to correct it.
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@everton137 you can take a look at these https://atproto.com/guides/faq#why-not-use-activitypub https://fed.brid.gy/docs#compare
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Evan Prodromoureplied to Evan Prodromou last edited by
@mjk Here are a couple of links to give an idea of how I feel about BS and other proprietary social networking protocols.
Evan Prodromou (@[email protected])
'Prodromou, however, has strong words for any organization looking to enter social media with a new decentralized social media protocol. “I’m not interested in any protocol besides ActivityPub,” he says. “Anyone working on brand new protocols in 2023 should stop immediately. They are going to do more harm than good."' This may be surprising for people who have known me for a long time. I've generally been supportive of trying new protocols and tools.
Prodromou.pub (prodromou.pub)
http://evanp.me/2023/10/06/activitypub-the-socialcg-and-the-social-web/