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flo-bit
@flo-bit.dev

sidenote: appview might be the worst atproto naming ever?! backend already exists as a name and while it might not be 100% accurate here (it only aggregates data from pds, not itself the source of truth) i guarantee no-one who doesnt know what an appview is would guess something even close

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Ducky 🦆
@ducky.ws

The amount of people I see who know third-party apps as "an AppView" is crazy. It even confused me for the longest of times early-on learning about Atproto. It also makes it seem like its a standard thing, whereas in reality its bespoke for every different service that has such a thing.

Jim Ray
@jimray.bsky.team

Before my time! Seriously, I also find the name a bit confusing though we might be kind of stuck with it, at least until atproto backend is popularly demanded

Trezy
@trezy.codes

viva la revolución

Trezy@trezy.codes

we got @chadtmiller.com we got @flo-bit.dev i got @happyview.dev who else is making appviews we can have an appview homies meetup at #AtmosphereConf where we plan our rebellion against the term

SharpMars
@sharpmars.space

thats why i said this, i see so many people confusing the app with the appview bsky.app/profile/shar...

SharpMars@sharpmars.space

@entire atproto community from today when you say "appview" in user facing context, you say "backend" instead Bluesky AppView -> Bluesky Backend this is not negotiable