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Connected Places gives you an in-depth overview of the world of decentralised social networks.

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From a few days ago: https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-report-106/

and the link on why I think federation is not a good term to describe how atproto works: https://fediversereport.com/a-conceptual-model-of-atproto-and-activitypub/
One criticism that often gets put at Bluesky from people within the fediverse is that it has not federated yet. I do not think that ‘federation’ is a helpful term to help understand ATProto actually works, see this article for more context. However, the interoperability between Bluesky and Wafrn does involve interoperability between servers over ATProto, making that Bluesky and Wafrn are federated in the way people on the fediverse understand the term federation. The fact that an app called “We Allow Female Representing Nipples” is what makes Bluesky federated is honestly extremely funny to me.
March 7, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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New: A Conceptual Model of ATProto and ActivityPub

You might want to know a little bit more about how #bluesky and #atproto works, without needing to know all the technical details. This is a high level overview of how to think about how atproto works, and […]

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One of the main subjects of discussion recently has been whether Bluesky is decentralised and if it is federated. I think answering these questions requires a clarity on how ATProto differs conceptually from ActivityPub. Decentralisation and federation are valued for how they impact power structures, but there are multiple ways to build other power structures in open social networks. A bit of the summary at the top, since that might help during reading: The conceptual model of ActivityPub resembles that of email: independent servers sending messages to each other. The conceptual model of ATProto resembles that of the web: independent sites publish data, and indexers aggregate this data into different views and apps.
November 4, 2024 at 8:06 PM
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Torment Nexus on the blockchain
A short history of the name Farcaster: 1989: The Hyperion Cantos is a science fiction novel series from the 1990’s, in which a farcaster network allows instantaneous travel between different worlds. The farcaster network is build and maintained by an AI Civilization called the TechnoCore. In later books it is revealed the TechnoCore was planning to use the farcaster network to destroy humankind. 2020: 2 ex-Coinbase directors, Dan Romero and Varun Srinivasan, start their own company, and start working on a product called RSS+. Late 2021: a viral tweet sets a new standard for naming tech products. Summer 2022: Romero and Srinivasan rebrand their product Farcaster, and announce a 30M funding around led by a16z. May 2024: Farcaster announces a 150 million USD investment with a valuation of 1 billion USD.
May 29, 2024 at 2:05 PM