Post

Free Our Feeds! What is it! @freeourfeeds.com F.O.F. is an independent group with the goal of running THIS👇 social network totally outside of Bluesky. It's not us. It's a fully independent version of the network. All the same users and posts. Running cooperatively with us and others.

Marcomerican

@marcomerican.bsky.social

13 Jan 2025

Isn’t this just a call to complete the AT Protocol implementation so it would function like ActivityPub? All for it, if so. It’s past time to open it up. www.zdnet.com/article/7-th...

zdnet.com7 things to know about Bluesky before you join - and why you shouldIt's not a direct replacement for Twitter (X), but Bluesky has a lot to offer those who want a fresh start in a decentralized, privacy-minded network.

P(aul) Frazee

@pfrazee.com

13 Jan 2025

...no? The AT Protocol is already federated

Marcomerican

@marcomerican.bsky.social

13 Jan 2025

To use Mastodon terminology, will this be setting up a new server/instance?

Steve Klabnik

@steveklabnik.com

The two systems are organized completely differently, so the answer is both “yes” and “no” depending on exactly what you mean

13/1/25, 11:48 pm0 reposts8 likes

Marcomerican

@marcomerican.bsky.social

13 Jan 2025

Greatly appreciate entertaining the question. Trying to grasp how this initiative fits into the overall architecture.

Steve Klabnik

@steveklabnik.com

14 Jan 2025

i wrote this a year ago steveklabnik.com/writing/how-... this is basically adding a copy of all of the infrastructure on top of the personal data servers, which are already meaningfully federated

steveklabnik.comHow Does BlueSky Work?

Steve Klabnik

@steveklabnik.com

14 Jan 2025

(And since it’s year old, it’s missing out on lots of changes, like lists and moderation you can run your own now, nothing is *wrong* but maybe incomplete, and the most relevant stuff to this discussion is there)