I think Matrix still has my favorite decentralized service username schema.

@user:domain.tld makes a lot of intuitive sense to me and looks really clean. It's really clear which part is the username and which is the domain without looking repetitive. It starts with an @ so it tells clients to pull up the username lookup when you start typing, but it doesn't get kludgy like other username schemas do.

user@domain.tld makes sense for email I guess because you can't really @ people inline, but it doesn't work well for other services because it doesn't start with an @ so it doesn't indicate to the client to pull up the username lookup. I'm curious how XMPP handles this.

@user@domain.tld that Fedi uses looks awful to me. I hate the double @'s, it just doesn't scan very well and looks silly. Maybe it's just me, but I feel like my username is being flanked by boobies. (Technically Fedi uses WebFinger/the email schema under the hood from the last example and the double @'s are just user-facing in order to trigger the inline username lookup, but meh, I'm including it.)

@domain.tld that Bluesky uses seems clean on the surface, but then you realize your username is (usually) just a domain name which is... weird. Then you're stuck making a subdomain for your username if you couldn't get a dedicated domain for it, so then it becomes @user.domain.tld or even @user.subdomain.domain.tld which is just, like, idk a lot of dots. It makes sense for ATProto because of how the DIDs work, but it's still not my favorite.

I know I've made this ramble before but I'm like Fedi handles where I'm hopelessly repetitive

#Matrix #MatrixChat #Federation #Fedi #Mastodon #ActivityPub #Bluesky #ATProto

The vision of #ActivityPub AFAIK is that social media servers would be as ubiquitous as websites and email servers and just as independent. That's not the goal of #bluesky relays or any other social media model I'm aware of.

Am I wrong to think that matters in regards to free speech and #DemocracyOfReach? Is it somehow unworkable? Or are there other goals that people think matter more? What am I missing? #SocialWeb

There was never any reason to trust #Bluesky , you just move from one shitty trend to another.

I am honest with you because I love you.

Hey Bluesky, why not simply have users confirm they are above a certain age?

Today this is what #Bluesky users are seeing when they try to access their accounts.

First, this is not a necessary measure. There is no general regulation that requires Bluesky to do 'age assurance.'

Second, even if you accept that it is for 'age assurance', why not simply, as most such online platforms do, have users confirm they are old enough? Why ask for a specific birthdate?

Nah, I don't think I will. Guess that means I no longer have a Bluesky presence. Oh well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWxY7_iHp0g

#bsky #bluesky

Did you know Bluesky's login-required wall is bullshit, entirely UI-based, and easy to work around?

Neither did I!

Enjoy this little how-to:

https://infosec.exchange/@jernej__s/115686092341587243

#Bluesky #privacy #oNoes

@pallenberg Hab ich doch gleich gesagt, dass das nix wird mit #Bluesky … einfach #prinzip-bedingt.

nate.mecca1.net/posts/2025-12-…

New blog post, a bit of an addendum to my older microblogging protocols comparison post(s) until I do an updated version at some point. It mostly just goes over a handful of big events and shifts I've personally noticed since my last post in the summer of 2024.

#activitypub #fediverse #nostr #at #bluesky

Is it correct to say the #Fediverse and #BlueSky are "federated" by protocol bridges? I have similar question related to #Nostr and #Threads and other bridged protocols. Given the #Fediverse is #ActivityPub, what this larger federated social web called?

If you are bridging your Fediverse account with https://fed.brid.gy/ to bluesky, you can also make a custom username for the bridged bluesky handle, if you have a domain.
This is my bridged Pixelfed account:
https://bsky.app/profile/punk.photos

I still have to do this for my Mastodon account...

#mastodon #pixelfed #bridge #bridging #bluesky #fedibridge #decentralization #atproto #activitypub #FediHint #fedihints

"Enquanto aprecio que o #Bluesky tenha apresentado a muitas pessoas o conceito de mídia social descentralizada, ele não resolve os problemas estruturais que afligem as redes comerciais. É uma interface mais amigável sobre o mesmo sistema orientado para o lucro que nos deu a enshittificação do feed de notícias, a podridão algorítmica e o capitalismo de vigilância.
O futuro das mídias sociais reside na verdadeira propriedade comunitária."
#Mastodon
https://josemurilo.com/2025/04/23/a-rede-social-que-nao-pode-ser-vendida-porque-mastodon-e-nao-bluesky/

Welches Microblogging-Netzwerk führt bei der Anzahl an Posts unter den Hashtags der Landeshauptstädte?

Hier die Karte dazu! 📍

Erfasst wurden die Daten vom 01.07. bis 30.11.2025 in den Netzwerken X, Mastodon (Fediverse*) und Bluesky. Alle Posts unter #Berlin, #Hamburg etc. wurden jeweils erfasst.

#Berlin #Hamburg #München #Kiel #Bremen #Schwerin #Hannover #Wiesbaden #Mainz #Magdeburg #Saarbrücken #Potsdam #Erfurt #Düsseldorf #Dresden #Stuttgart

#Mastodon #Xit #Bluesky #netzbegrünung

Is it correct to say the #Fediverse and #BlueSky are "federated" by protocol bridges? I have similar question related to #Nostr and #Threads and other bridged protocols. Given the #Fediverse is #ActivityPub, what this larger federated social web called?

If I try to view a post on Bluesky web-based app, while being logged in, I see the following age-gate (in the attached screen-shots) — and am prevented from seeing the post.

If I try to view the post without being logged in, I don't get the age-gate, and can just see the post.

#ATProto #ATProtocol #Bluesky #bsky #Privacy