an interesting thread on Bluesky about why people are choosing to build on #ATProto instead of #ActivityPub
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@stefan hmm here are both login screens, one from witchsky and one from blacksky. witchsky is currently just a client app. so there is no such thing as a witchsky account. but blacksky has all the different parts of the network. so you can sign into your blacksky account with their own client app also called blacksky BUT you can also sign into the blacksky client with your bluesky account. yeah this all gets confusing fast...
@liaizon Honestly, this does make me feel a bit better. As the Atmosphere continues to decentralize, maybe "pick a server" won't seem as confusing and daunting!
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@stefan hmm here are both login screens, one from witchsky and one from blacksky. witchsky is currently just a client app. so there is no such thing as a witchsky account. but blacksky has all the different parts of the network. so you can sign into your blacksky account with their own client app also called blacksky BUT you can also sign into the blacksky client with your bluesky account. yeah this all gets confusing fast...
@liaizon@social.wake.st alternative ATProto stacks speeding head-first into instance choosing.
Mm... It'd be sad if it wasn't so funny.
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@liaizon Honestly, this does make me feel a bit better. As the Atmosphere continues to decentralize, maybe "pick a server" won't seem as confusing and daunting!
@stefan@stefanbohacek.online I remember when you first signed up for hotmail you could choose from a number of vanity domains. Or maybe that was MSN... anyway.
It's not really a novel idea, we've all just collectively forgotten
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@liaizon Honestly, this does make me feel a bit better. As the Atmosphere continues to decentralize, maybe "pick a server" won't seem as confusing and daunting!
@stefan this is sorta my favorite optimistic hot take... that eventually down the line the atmosphere just keeps adding new layers of complexity and then we start to look more appealing again
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@stefan this is sorta my favorite optimistic hot take... that eventually down the line the atmosphere just keeps adding new layers of complexity and then we start to look more appealing again
@liaizon Yes, plus things like FASPs and Fediscovery, plus various UX improvements that are already in the pipeline, all of this will make things a lot simpler.
Fun stuff to look forward to!
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