Nice article about really owning your own data: « The Everything Account ». #fediverse A bit more imagination and this could work with #ActivityPub too. (See also: #atproto, @Solid )
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Blacksky has already built their own ATProto stack that's fully independent from Bluesky.
Now Eurosky is making progress as they roll out their own PDS.
I see more independent infrastructure springing up on https://atp.fyi/network, including AppViews.
For anyone hoping that we'll get another wave of people coming to the fediverse once Bluesky folds/enshittifies, that might not necessarily be the case as people will have more options to stay in the Atmosphere.
Sympa ce concept https://popfeed.social/
les apps basée sur #atproto, le protocol derrière #bluesky continue de croître, comme Leaflet, Offprint et Pckt ou encore Greengale ou Smoke Signal ou Stream.place ou encore Plyr et Tangled pas mal de chose encore expérimentale mais ça se construit petit à petit et c’est sympa à voir comment l’écosystème se développe. https://tangled.org/
https://rmendes.net/content/notes/2026-02-04-bluesky-atmosphere
Blacksky has already built their own ATProto stack that's fully independent from Bluesky.
Now Eurosky is making progress as they roll out their own PDS.
I see more independent infrastructure springing up on https://atp.fyi/network, including AppViews.
For anyone hoping that we'll get another wave of people coming to the fediverse once Bluesky folds/enshittifies, that might not necessarily be the case as people will have more options to stay in the Atmosphere.
Reading notes from the event that mention how Twitter was an improvement over RSS in terms of user experience.
Another good example would be people switching from pirating media over to signing up for streaming services. It was the easier option.
With Blacksky recently achieving full independence from Bluesky, and other projects following behind, it'll be interesting to see who will handle federation better.
http://scripting.com/2026/01/30/150403.html
#fediverse #federation #SocialMedia #bluesky #atmosphere #ATProto
Case in point, from a recent AT Protocol developer call:
> "choose a PDS host" is a surefire way to lose the user
Also interesting, some thoughts on sustainability and funding for ATProto apps:
> "I think eventually there are going to have to be more paid levels of atproto apps. I know I can't logically continue to burn money to support the infra indefinitely."
https://nate.leaflet.pub/3mdtlv2422c2i
#fediverse #bluesky #atmosphere #ATProto #SocialMedia #sustainability
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Just learned from @quillmatiq that @msonnberger is working on #FediSky, a new project "that adds an #ActivityPub instance sidecar to a PDS"
https://bsky.app/profile/quillmatiq.com/post/3mdlcquxuab26
https://github.com/msonnb/fedisky
#atproto #fedidev
Some interesting fediverse-related talks at this year's #FOSDEM open-source conference.
Live stream: https://live.fosdem.org/watch/h2215
Schedule: https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/track/social-web/
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Reading notes from the event that mention how Twitter was an improvement over RSS in terms of user experience.
Another good example would be people switching from pirating media over to signing up for streaming services. It was the easier option.
With Blacksky recently achieving full independence from Bluesky, and other projects following behind, it'll be interesting to see who will handle federation better.
http://scripting.com/2026/01/30/150403.html
#fediverse #federation #SocialMedia #bluesky #atmosphere #ATProto
In a more serious note, time for Felix Reda et al. talk about EU funding for open source #FOSDEM
Change of pace. Now I’m listening to @iameli of Streamplace fame #FOSDEM #ATmosphere #ATProto
#owncast is FOSS and awesome. so why did #ATproto people build smoke signals? same reason #bluesky didn't just build off #ActivityPub I assume. something something don't mention VC etc.
Just learned from @quillmatiq that @msonnberger is working on #FediSky, a new project "that adds an #ActivityPub instance sidecar to a PDS"
https://bsky.app/profile/quillmatiq.com/post/3mdlcquxuab26
https://github.com/msonnb/fedisky
#atproto #fedidev
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#Roomy is a chat platform, alternative to #Discord, uses #ATProto & planned to use #ActivityPub, so that you can log in with your #Mastodon ID . Might eventually be useful for a #WatchParty
#Roomy is a chat platform, alternative to #Discord, uses #ATProto & planned to use #ActivityPub, so that you can log in with your #Mastodon ID . Might eventually be useful for a #WatchParty
Re: I love #activitypub but seeing how slow its development is compared to #atproto makes it hard to be excited about it.
@evan@cosocial.ca 100% agreed on the heavy(-ier) lift that is AP development.
However that's how standalone apps have always been developed, and there is a reason why.
When you rely on someone else's tech, then when they sunset the tech or it otherwise becomes unfavourable, you're fucked (pardon my french)
I've seen entire businesses jump head first into building "Facebook apps" after Farmville exploded. None of them are around now and Zynga is currently worth $8 on the NASDAQ.
Though there is a risk that the #ActivityPub ecosystem becomes so much of a straggler that #fediverse goes the way of bulletin boards and newsreaders (forever niche), overall the slow organic growth and evolution on the fediverse is a good thing. And #ATProto being the lightning rod for hasty commercial growth-hacking helps keep the ecosystem on that path, able to - in more protected territory - build robust foundations for interoperable standards-based social networking.
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I love #activitypub but seeing how slow its development is compared to #atproto makes it hard to be excited about it. This goes for both protocol development and ecosystem development.
ATproto has many cool projects popping up every month, the vision is clear and platforms integrate with each other.
I don't see this excitement and work on the ActivityPub side :(