tfm@europe.pub to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoHow decentralized Bluesky is compared to the Fediverse.europe.pubexternal-linkmessage-square144fedilinkarrow-up1275arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1272arrow-down1external-linkHow decentralized Bluesky is compared to the Fediverse.europe.pubtfm@europe.pub to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square144fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·edit-21 month agoYes. The relevant metric: 99.55% of posts are on a single instance. That is not “federated” in any meaningful sense.
minus-squareJames R Kirk@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoI’m moreso curious if it federated in a literal sense. Is it even possible to participate without using bsky.app’s servers?
minus-squaref314@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month ago Self-hosting a Bluesky PDS means running your own Personal Data Server that is capable of federating with the wider Bluesky social network. Seems like it
minus-squareJames R Kirk@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoA PDS still requires BlueSky’s servers
minus-squaref314@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoOh, I misunderstood. So you mean federating with their network from other software implementing the AT Protocol? From skimming the docs it looks like it should be possible as long as you implement the correct schemas, but I didn’t dive very deep.
minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoYes, very recently Black Sky launched. Much too late to make any difference.
Yes. The relevant metric:
99.55% of posts are on a single instance. That is not “federated” in any meaningful sense.
I’m moreso curious if it federated in a literal sense. Is it even possible to participate without using bsky.app’s servers?
Seems like it
A PDS still requires BlueSky’s servers
Oh, I misunderstood. So you mean federating with their network from other software implementing the AT Protocol? From skimming the docs it looks like it should be possible as long as you implement the correct schemas, but I didn’t dive very deep.
Yes, very recently Black Sky launched. Much too late to make any difference.