I recently had a discussion with a friend on Bluesky who knows more about the inner workings of the platform, and it pretty much solidified what I already thought was going on behind the scenes with ATproto, which seems to be a lot more complex than the system behind AP, however it did seem to improve on it to an extent simply by splitting up different parts of the “social media pipeline”. I was curious what people here think of it
Ps: I really don’t mean to proselytize about one or the other!! I think it’s good that both exist. Although it does raise me the question of wether protocol diversification is good…
The protocol is basically irrelevant. It’s about the user population and their dependence on particular hosts.
To an extent. I can’t say I’m well-versed in how to make a successful social media platform but I think having a solid protocol underneath is essential. I’ve been bothered a couple of times by a Mastodon user with an empty account because nobody had followed them previously
This place has federation issues a few times a year. Irrelevant 🤣.