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How does ActivityPub differ from what BlueSky is using? (AT) (lemmy.ca)
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I don't quite understand a lot of the details on how the implementations work.

In what ways is AT better or worse than ActivityPub? Are there different versions of ActivityPub? Are there improvements coming to either to make them better (or compatible)?

My current understanding is

  • AT makes it easier to move accounts (according to them), but AT is controlled and maintained by BlueSky, and they are a for-profit company that can mess with the protocol in the future, which goes against the central idea of decentralized social media

What other cool technical details are there?

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[–] Die4Ever@programming.dev 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The first is that listed subscriber numbers are for your server only

For your first issue, subscriber counts will be fixed in Lemmy v0.19.0

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/1440

Preview here: https://voyager.lemmy.ml/communities?listingType=All&sort=TopMonth&page=1

The second is that there are many redundant communities, which makes it difficult for onboarding new users. There should be some way to group like-communities into super-groups based on topics

Yeah this one has an issue open, you could join the discussion if you have any ideas, this is a big one

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/818