Did you know that I have a website where I curate apps, websites, and resources for not only the Fediverse (ActivityPub) but for ATProto as well?
Check it out here: https://qrurls.app/fediverseresources/
I'm always looking for contributors and assistant curators. Reach out if you're interested.
#FediverseResources #ATProtoResources #BlueskyResources #fediverse #atproto #activitypub
If I try to view a post on Bluesky web-based app, while being logged in, I see the following age-gate (in the attached screen-shots) — and am prevented from seeing the post.
If I try to view the post without being logged in, I don't get the age-gate, and can just see the post.
![[Age Assurance]
Hi there!
In order to provide an age-appropriate experience, we need to know your birthdate. This is a one-time thing, and your data will be kept private.
Set your birthdate below and we'll get you back to posting and exploring in no time!
[Add your birthdate]
🦋 Bluesky
To log out, click here.](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/732/271/759/074/200/original/ffab32b4e514d154.png)
Bluesky "weakened" their age gate in their mobile app.
I can now see posts in the Bluesky app again.
The Bluesky Android mobile app is telling me I cannot use Bluesky unless I provide my date of birth.
(I haven't looked at Bluesky in a while — so, this might not be a new thing.)
I wonder if you can get around this by just installing an alternative (3rd party) Bluesky mobile app.
![[Age Assurance]
It looks like you haven't added your birthdate. You must provide an accurate date of birth to use Bluesky.
[Add your birthdate]
🦋 Bluesky
To log out, click here.](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/703/858/748/257/971/original/d538d60bff73ce3a.jpg)
If I try to view a post on Bluesky web-based app, while being logged in, I see the following age-gate (in the attached screen-shots) — and am prevented from seeing the post.
If I try to view the post without being logged in, I don't get the age-gate, and can just see the post.
I think Matrix still has my favorite decentralized service username schema. 
@user:domain.tld makes a lot of intuitive sense to me and looks really clean. It's really clear which part is the username and which is the domain without looking repetitive. It starts with an @ so it tells clients to pull up the username lookup when you start typing, but it doesn't get kludgy like other username schemas do.
user@domain.tld makes sense for email I guess because you can't really @ people inline, but it doesn't work well for other services because it doesn't start with an @ so it doesn't indicate to the client to pull up the username lookup. I'm curious how XMPP handles this. 
@user@domain.tld that Fedi uses looks awful to me. I hate the double @'s, it just doesn't scan very well and looks silly. Maybe it's just me, but I feel like my username is being flanked by boobies. 
(Technically Fedi uses WebFinger/the email schema under the hood from the last example and the double @'s are just user-facing in order to trigger the inline username lookup, but meh, I'm including it.)
@domain.tld that Bluesky uses seems clean on the surface, but then you realize your username is (usually) just a domain name which is... weird. 
Then you're stuck making a subdomain for your username if you couldn't get a dedicated domain for it, so then it becomes @user.domain.tld or even @user.subdomain.domain.tld which is just, like, idk a lot of dots. 
It makes sense for ATProto because of how the DIDs work, but it's still not my favorite.
I know I've made this ramble before but I'm like Fedi handles where I'm hopelessly repetitive 
#Matrix #MatrixChat #Federation #Fedi #Mastodon #ActivityPub #Bluesky #ATProto
If you are bridging your Fediverse account with https://fed.brid.gy/ to bluesky, you can also make a custom username for the bridged bluesky handle, if you have a domain.
This is my bridged Pixelfed account:
https://bsky.app/profile/punk.photos
I still have to do this for my Mastodon account...
#mastodon #pixelfed #bridge #bridging #bluesky #fedibridge #decentralization #atproto #activitypub #FediHint #fedihints
Bluesky is becoming worse than X
(clicked on a link provided by another Bluesky person whose post was bridged here through 
@bsky.brid.gyBridgy Fed for Bluesky )
看了这几篇文章，我又想重新托管部署bluesky了 
虽然bluesky的invaild handle让我在深夜两点还在用termius的我崩溃 
1. pds 个人数据服务器 https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds 继续选择docker部署
2. bsky.app在中国大陆被墙了，https://whtwnd.com/ 是类似bsky.app的AppView，但是功能风格大不一样
3. AppView自托管 每天大约需要 2.2GB 的磁盘空间，感觉开销还是有点大的 https://github.com/alnkesq/AppViewLite
4. 最好的关于bsky的解释，很高兴看到某些社交软件慢慢能够互通，又与第五条有些冲突了 https://www.reddit.com/r/Mastodon/comments/1lic376/bluesky_is_more_open_than_you_think/
5. 非常好的介绍各种去中心化服务的去中心化程度reddit例外，我很喜欢lemmy，但是单人lemmy实在太难运行下去了，除非将lemmy作为博客来写，就算这样我也只坚持了3个月 https://github.com/NoBadDays/decentralization-score/blob/main/decentralization_score_2025.04.md
在我看来bsky的自托管和去中心化确实很低，大多数都是用于逃离twitter的普通用户
Mastodon/fediverse peeps who come across Bluesky accounts that are bridged (i.e. using Bridgy Fed), how do you feel about them and their posts?
Please boost widely, I’m trying to get input from more than just my followers. 🙏
The Bluesky Android mobile app is telling me I cannot use Bluesky unless I provide my date of birth.
(I haven't looked at Bluesky in a while — so, this might not be a new thing.)
I wonder if you can get around this by just installing an alternative (3rd party) Bluesky mobile app.
arstechnica.com/information-...
Excellent move!
if only they would use #mastodon / #activitypub or #atproto would beeven more amazing...
would love to see #musk fuming with anger if he would lose #twitter 👌😎🤭
Operation Bluebird wants to re...
Bluesky's role in the ATmosphere is somewhat analogous to Mastodon's in the Fediverse back in 2022: it's the biggest and best-known app, and gets almost all the press, but isn't the main source of innovation.
So when I look at the interesting stuff happening in the ATmosphere, it's Blacksky (creating intercommunal software with a strong mutual aid focus), Germ (E2EE messaging integrated with ATProto accounts), Aendra's XBlock labeler, Anisota (a reallllly different UI for microblogging), microcosm (refactoring the underlying architecture), the feed that Graze put together for the New York mayor's election ... etc etc. They're all experimental, adept at circumventing limitations, community-focused, self-driven. None of them are employed by Bluesky (EDIT: although a couple of them have gotten small grants froim Bluesky).
But just as people outside fedi tend to reduce it to Mastodon, people outside the ATmosphere tend to reduce it to Bluesky. And just as that leads people outside fedi to overlook all the interesting and promising things here (and irritates and marginalized everybody where who's working on stuff other than Mastodon), people in fedi wind up overlooking all the interesting and promising things happening in the ATmosphere (and irritate and marginalize everybody there who's working on stuff other than Bluesky). And that specifically includes some of the high-profile fedi influencers who have been especially hostile to the ATmosphere.
As for Bluesky PBC, no of course I don't trust them. They're a venture-funded startup, of course they're going to put their own interests first; they've shown they don't prioritize safety or community; etc etc etc. Then again, back in 2022 Mastodon gGmbH's was completely controlled by a BDFL who had a track record of putting Mastodon's instances first and not prioritizing safety and community. But just as Mastodon gGmbH's issues weren't the only thing going on in fedi as a whole back then, I don't see Bluesky PBC's issues as the only thing going on in the ATmosphere these days.
(Of course, Mastodon's recent organizational changes are very encouraging, and hopefully they'll start prioritizing safety and community and working to advance fedi's interests as a whole. Still, that hasn't happened yet, and they're still by far the largest platform and user base ... so let's not go patting ourselves on our collective back too hard on this front yet!)
Back to @captaincalliope.blueLyre Calliope's original pointsin this thread:
I want a new flagship #atproto app that isn't a Twitter clone on the surface.
Indeed -- Rudy Fraser talked a lot about this in his ATmosphereConf presentation. And the same is true here in fedi, where Mastodon is still dominant. I think of this in a couple dimensions
getting beyond microblogging, but still skeumorphic to well-known centralized systems (Pixelfed and Lemmy here; Flashes, Skylight, and Streamplace in the ATmosphere). If done well, that's valiuable in terms of getting people to the ecosystem (from an activism perspective, the lack of a skeumorphic approximation to Facebook groups is a huge barrier) but my guess this is still likely to have somewhat limited impact. When was the last time when a better skeumorphic app ever really caught on and displaced an incumbent>
less-skeumorphic software is where it really gets exciting. There's a lot of momentum here -- Bonfire, Bandwagon, Piefed are three good examples here in fedi, the stuff Blacksky is working in the ATmosphere -- but it's very hard to predict what will and won't catch on.
"I also want to see #activitypub get some of the primitives that #atproto has such as decentralized identifiers (except for real), personal data stores, content addresses, etc.
I want to see both protocols cross-pollinate with each other's strengths. And perhaps share infrastructure like identities."
Yeah, totally agree. I think t here's been some cross-pollination in both directions (Blacksky's local-only posts were directly inspired by Hometown, Mastodon's FASP and Fedisovery are somewhat influenced by AT's Relay-based architecture) but there's certainly a lot of room for improvement.
New: ATmosphere Report 145, with collections of links to interesting #atproto stuff for November
This time, all the links are on-protocol, as a Semble.so collection, with a custom page that also shows you comments on Leaflet and posts on Bluesky
Are there any combination #ActivityPub servers and #ATProto PDSs?
So one can post on both networks simultaneously?
I want a new flagship #atproto app that isn't a Twitter clone on the surface. As much as I loved Twitter, I see what the result has been societally and want to move forward. Bluesky is almost a skeumorphic interface on top of atproto and I can't wait to see what's truly possible with this platform.
I also want to see #activitypub get some of the primitives that #atproto has such as decentralized identifiers (except for real), personal data stores, content addresses, etc. I want to see both protocols cross-pollinate with each other's strengths. And perhaps share infrastructure like identities.
#atproto Has anybody tried loading the Atmosphere into column stores like DuckDB or Clickhouse? Esp social graphs or backlinks? Column stores have an advantage with compression on the primary sort keys, and I'm curious how it compares against special-built indexes like Jaz's roaring bitmaps
Hamish Campbell @info@hamishcampbell.com
Let's look at this. #ActivityPub is not a product. It’s not even really a “protocol” in the narrow, rigid sense that vertical tech likes to imagine. ActivityPub is a shared vocabulary, a public language for moving meaning and connection across the #openweb. It gives you nouns and verbs, and the community defines the grammar through lived use. This is why the #OMN works with ActivityPub, a metadata and meaning layer, not a platform, flows, not silos. ActivityPub is the widely deployed […]
Read more →sharing my experiments with using "services" in DID doc. Say I'm going to add a new non-PDS service for atproto users. The registration step should be done from the service, and not from appview or via xrpc calls. The service itself should be able to perform as #atproto client. Two reasons:
In a wide-ranging interview with 
@GargronEugen Rochko, creator of the decentralized social network 
@Mastodon, Rochko shared why Threads federation fell flat, why #ActivityPub and #ATProto will likely never merge, and what it will take to grow the #Fediverse.
Are rustaceans still discussing about better abstraction for #atproto? Which one should I choose 🤔
#atproto question: so I can add a new service other than atproto PDS by simply editing the DID doc. But how can that new service trust the self-registered user? In other words, how can non-PDS service authorize new user.
Good to know your options while you’re still in control. Being able to take your data & identity across platforms really matters now. But @bellack.com@bsky.brid.gyJonathan Bellack’s piece also hits the real question - who’s watching the watcher?
#Decentralization #DigitalRights #OpenSocialWeb #ActivityPub #ATProto #SocialMedia
Exit and Interoperability Exis...
And this is why @tangled.org@bsky.brid.gyTangled and #atproto in general is really promising. They provide centralized indexer over decentralized data. So someday, if bsky or Tangled becomes an evil, we can still opt-out and choose different indexer to view the *our* data.
(3/3)
@ntnsndrNathan Schneider
To my mind, an example of an elite internet protocol and a corresponding vernacular one is #ActivityPub versus #Nostr.
AP was created by the W3C whereas Nostr was created by some random guy under a pseudonym whose real name is a mystery.
@ntnsndrNathan Schneider
They are different in how they empower people as well.
#ActivityPub is based around servers whose admins have the power to do literally anything at their whim, as they are the source of truth.
#Nostr, OTOH, (and perhaps #ATProto as well; I need to learn more about it) is based around servers that are dumb relays that simply pass signed data between users' devices.
ATmosphere Report 142 (in two parts) - this weeks #atproto and #bluesky news
- atproto platform Gander raises 1.3M CAD in fundraiser to build Canadian platform interoperable with Bluesky
- first step set for atproto becoming part of the IETF
- Semble.so is a new knowledge sharing platform, similar to platforms like are.na
https://connectedplaces.leaflet.pub/3m5gygipuxc2q
and
https://connectedplaces.leaflet.pub/3m5jl22iiic2b
Decentralisation and blogging on atproto - Connected Places https://connectedplaces.leaflet.pub/3m4qgpc7h3223
沒想到除了 leaflet 跟 WhiteWind 之外，還有這麼多基於. #atproto 開發中的寫作平台 👍
Decentralisation and blogging ...
nah, it really doesn't makes sense to live on two different open social platforms separately. #activitypub & #atproto both great, but lacking proper interactions, so really #wafrn it is. hands down. now i'll migrate the follows from all the wanderings i had on those platforms.
btw however niche, it would be nice if we had #movim support too (
@movim). but that is #xmpp based, which would require a #jabber server, which wouldn't be that bad for users, but afaik there are no messaging bridges/gateways for #atproto and #activitypub. only #bluesky on #matrix. but #xmpp-#matrix exists.
nah, it really doesn't makes sense to live on two different open social platforms separately. #activitypub & #atproto both great, but lacking proper interactions, so really #wafrn it is. hands down. now i'll migrate the follows from all the wanderings i had on those platforms.
🤔 #atproto
Today, I got to introduce #atproto at the #FOSSforAll2025 conference in Korea - probably one of the first times it's been presented here! The open source devs there were amazing. So talented and passionate people around #FOSS Hope we have more events like this in future!
How much does running an #atproto indexer/relay cost nowadays?
Launch: New Blocking Features on Bridgy Fed. #activityPub #ATproto
Posted into THE FEDIVERSE VS. CORPORATE SOCIAL MEDIA 
@the-fediverse-vs-corporate-social-media-mobileatomTHE FEDIVERSE VS. CORPORATE SOCIAL MEDIA
Have someone successfully packaged #plc directory to #nix? #atproto #atprotodev
Finished making slides for my #FOSSforAll2025 #atproto talk. And Bluesky just got 40M users! What a good timing.
Pretty sure I've seen this before in bsky, but couldn't find it. So I recreated. The Power of #atproto
icymi, in the Matrix State of the Union they said they didn't plan on pursuing decentralized social media, but they do hope to make it easier for those ecosystems to use Matrix so they don't have to reinvent what Matrix has already done
Okay, so, I finally built that OAuth Client ID Metadata Service that I've been talking about on an off, and also verified it works with bluesky: cimd-service.fly.dev
I did have to change my application_type to native to use localhost redirect URIs, which was annoying.
#oauth #atproto
https://cimd-service.fly.dev/
PDS Instances by Country #atproto 1. 🇺🇸 United States - 1694 (59.9%) 2. 🇩🇪 Germany - 325 (11.49%) 3. 🇫🇷 France - 118 (4.17%) 4. 🇨🇦 Canada - 111 (3.93%) 5. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom - 106 (3.75%) 6. 🇫🇮 Finland - 83 (2.93%) 7. 🇯🇵 Japan - 66 (2.33%) Full leaderboard and other stats coming soon at @atscan.net ;)
when will we have #atproto version of Notion?
seems like it is one of the best place where lexicons can shine.
Notion sucks as we can't own our data.
Markdown isn't proper replacement for Notion. (no unified syntax)
Local first note apps can't be used as a collaboration tool.
From the Notion community on R...
WIRED: Would you welcome president Trump if he was debating joining bluesky?
@jay.bsky.teamJay 🦋: Yeah, #bluesky is for everyone.
...
I understand that #ATproto should be for everyone, but decentralization means you don't have to allow everyone on your server. They can run their own and everyone can decide how to deal with that. The company doesn't need to make these decisions. She knows this.
I doubt @GargronEugen Rochko would welcome him on #mastodon infrastructure.
https://bsky.app/profile/homelandgov.bsky.social/post/3m3g7vwkokk2i
Quick question to all #activitypub and #atproto experts:
Would it theoretically be possible to host a web server + database that serves both as an AP server as well as a PDS for atproto? 🤔
11월 8일에 개최되는 #fossforall2025 행사에서 #atproto 를 주제로 발표를 할 예정입니다! 세션: 2025.fossforall.org/sessions/ 티켓: event-us.kr/fossforall/e...
btw I'm going to give a talk about #atproto at the #fossforall2025 conference in Korea! 2025.fossforall.org/sessions/
i'm thinking of joining #bluesky since a few of my friends are there. from what i can tell, it works quite differently to mastodon/fedi.
Missed 
@benWerd I/O's keynote at this year's 
@fediforum? Here's the full transcript. "The opportunity right now isn't to build a better Twitter or to provide a nice place for people who care about Linux to chat: it's to build infrastructure that vulnerable people can actually use to organize, to communicate safely, and to build community. But we can only do that if we're building with those communities from day one, not building for them based on our assumptions about what they need."
#OpenSocial #OpenSocialWeb #Community #CommmunityBuilding #FediForum #Fediverse #Media #ActivityPub #ATProto #Protocols #Technology #Tech
Fediverse Report 138 - this week's #fediverse news
- a closer look at the Tumblr-like platform Wafrn, which connects to both #activitypub and #atproto. Their latest update allows people to migrate their #bluesky account to wafrn, joining the fediverse while staying connected to their bluesky network
- 
@loops is getting closer to joining the fediverse
Read at: https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-138/
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