Federation with #Bluesky (via #ATprotocol) is getting closer.
The sandbox environment has now been launched, which means you can set up your own AT protocol-enabled server.
It's possible that Bluesky will finally start federating by the end of summer. However, knowing how most dev teams work, this launch is not a certainty. It always takes time to iron out bugs.
How successful do you think Bluesky's federation will be? And how will it impact the current userbase using Bluesky?
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This week, the biggest news is the launch of the developer sandbox that allows to start testing the federation functionality of the AT Proto! I’m excited to see the first round of servers popping up and, now that all the pieces are being putted toget…Ferran (Beyond the Blue - Week in Bluesky)
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •Their federation might work, technically, but I'm not so sure their users are open to communicate with others. After I've tested Bluesky for a while, I sense that people on that platform might appreciate being in their own little environment.
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in reply to Chris Trottier • • •I expect a small amount of servers. A very small amount of BGS in particular. I wish good luck to anyone who tries to run a BGS because it seems like this particular service is going to be very costly to run.
I also expect a lot of confusion with all the different services and questions about who runs what.
For those who don’t know how AT protocol works, there isn’t a AT server, that’s not a thing. You have a PDS (that holds your account and knows your email/password), a BGS which index ALL posts from the ENTIRE NETWORK, an AppView that specifies what to do with the data (the microblog appview is called bluesky), Search is a different service, moderation and filters is a different service, there are as many servers as there are custom feeds and then there is the "placeholder" DID service (DID for Decentralized ID) which is just one server you cannot run your own.
So I expect a lot of "Hey admin, search seems to be broken − Ha, sorry, I don’t run the search service".
I also can’t see how the BGS are going to be community-r
... show moreI expect a small amount of servers. A very small amount of BGS in particular. I wish good luck to anyone who tries to run a BGS because it seems like this particular service is going to be very costly to run.
I also expect a lot of confusion with all the different services and questions about who runs what.
For those who don’t know how AT protocol works, there isn’t a AT server, that’s not a thing. You have a PDS (that holds your account and knows your email/password), a BGS which index ALL posts from the ENTIRE NETWORK, an AppView that specifies what to do with the data (the microblog appview is called bluesky), Search is a different service, moderation and filters is a different service, there are as many servers as there are custom feeds and then there is the "placeholder" DID service (DID for Decentralized ID) which is just one server you cannot run your own.
So I expect a lot of "Hey admin, search seems to be broken − Ha, sorry, I don’t run the search service".
I also can’t see how the BGS are going to be community-run. If bluesky continues to grow, only big companies are going to run BGS servers. Sure it’s going to scale, but not in a very decentralized way.
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Jupiter Rowland
in reply to Chris Trottier • • •@Chris Trottier Food for thought because I haven't seen anyone mention this yet:
This means that #Bluesky will be able to federate with #Threads a.k.a. #Barcelona a.k.a. #P92.
Dis gon b gud. /me grabs a folding chair and a bag of popcorn.
Tokyo Outsider (337ppm)
in reply to Jupiter Rowland • • •Jupiter Rowland
in reply to Tokyo Outsider (337ppm) • • •@Tokyo Outsider (337ppm) No, it was just an idea of mine.
But I guess that Bluesky itself won't develop its own ActivityPub federation, so everything would have to be done by those projects that desire to federate with Bluesky for one reason or another.