I'm writing an article about W Social and I'm mentioning how it's basically a fork of Bluesky / is using its open source code.
Are there any Bluesky / ATProto experts on here willing to help me under...
@nprofile1q... I am not an expert but if I can help let me know. I have strong suspicions about why W selected atproto instead of activitypub.
Basically there is more power in the biggest actors, a more "centralized" control, to ban/shadow-ban/censure and pull the plug.
In other words it is more impactful when bluesky sidebanned someone or some community than if mastodon.social would do it. The firehose/relay is a the biggest point of control.
Basically there is more power in the biggest actors, a more "centralized" control, to ban/shadow-ban/censure and pull the plug.
In other words it is more impactful when bluesky sidebanned someone or some community than if mastodon.social would do it. The firehose/relay is a the biggest point of control.
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