BlueSky Protocol Review
Sam Wight,
urbanists.social,
May 18, 2023
I probably shouldn't link to this because it's a torrent of foul language, but hey, you've been warned. Let's just say Sam Wight is not a fan of the BlueSky federation protocol (BlueSky is an alternative to federated social networks like Mastodon, founded by the former CEO of Twitter). Really, really not a fan. His reasons seem sound, though. "It uses pull-based federation instead of push-based like Mastodon. You have to write a separate 'indexer' that has your 'feed' on it... (but) It is built so that Bluesky, the private company that makes the protocol, is the only 'indexer', the only one with a whole view of the network... it isn't a federation protocol. It's literally JUST the API for Bluesky. That's it."
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