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How does ActivityPub differ from what BlueSky is using? (AT) (lemmy.ca)
submitted 10 months ago by otter@lemmy.ca to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
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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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[–] timconspicuous@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

unfortunately it’s limited to what Bluesky wants which is just microblogging while ActivityPub is more flexible (see: Mastodon, Lemmy, Funkwhale, PeerTube, Wordpress, etc.)

One of the bsky devs has clarified that they do want peertube/wordpress/lemmy type sites to exist on the protocol as well

[–] Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyi 2 points 10 months ago

Guess I fell for what the fediverse said about that, lol whoops. But thanks!