Should ActivityPub and ATProtocol be Potentially Merged into a Single Protocol?
from Teknevra@lemmy.world to fediverse@lemmy.ml on 04 Oct 17:25
https://lemmy.world/post/36885299

I know that this will most likely get me a ton of downvotes, but I’m genuinely curious: should ActivityPub and ATProtocol potentially be merged into one unified protocol?

If they were combined, Fediverse users and ATmosphere users could enjoy the benefits of each other’s ecosystems—like richer content interaction, better moderation tools, and more seamless identity management.

Bluesky and Mastodon users could interact natively without relying on bridging bots like Bridgy Fed.

Would merging the protocols strengthen decentralized social media, or would it create more complexity and friction between communities?

I’d love to hear your thoughts.

#fediverse

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mrdown@lemmy.world on 04 Oct 17:38 next collapse

The two side philosophy and ideology is too different to for this to happen

desmosthenes@lemmy.world on 04 Oct 17:51 next collapse

i’m fine with a bridge

TootSweet@lemmy.world on 04 Oct 19:33 collapse

This is the way.

SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world on 04 Oct 17:51 next collapse

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schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de on 04 Oct 23:58 collapse

That is the opposite of what this thread is about.

4am@lemmy.zip on 05 Oct 01:42 collapse

No, it’s really not; this is exactly what this thread is about if you apply a little foresight

desmosthenes@lemmy.world on 04 Oct 17:53 next collapse

both do have scaling issues it seems, maybe some large scale investment would be nice - surely there’s some rich tech bros out there with cash burning a hole in their wallets

railway692@piefed.zip on 04 Oct 19:48 collapse

They’d use that money to turn it back into twitter.

LambdaRX@sh.itjust.works on 04 Oct 18:07 next collapse

I don’t know, if this is technically feasible.

db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 04 Oct 23:22 collapse

It’s not

utopiah@lemmy.ml on 04 Oct 18:26 next collapse

For my own project I’m looking for a way to be protocol agnostic and support either, and ideally more. If you have ideas git.benetou.fr/utopiah/biggu_s_gate/issues/24 please let me know.

WatDabney@sopuli.xyz on 04 Oct 18:28 next collapse

I think ATProtocol is doomed, so no.

Bluesky got too big too fast and has too many greedy corporate weasels already involved. For the time being, they’re pretending to actually prefer an open protocol, but I think that’s just a marketing ploy and it will never last. They’re going to EEE it sooner or later.

abeorch@friendica.ginestes.es on 04 Oct 19:21 next collapse

@Teknevra What about just using both #friendica has a plugin to support #at (as well as #rss and others)

jinx@lemmy.zip on 05 Oct 04:34 collapse

wafrn connects to both too

mesamunefire@piefed.social on 04 Oct 19:25 next collapse

No. You don’t want bluesky making decisions on ap. It will end up in a Microsoft situation.

MinekPo1@lemmygrad.ml on 04 Oct 20:57 collapse

this question is basically equivalent to asking “should Rust and Kotlin be merged into a single language?”. the two protocols are VERY different on a foundamential level, merging them is just not possible without very deep changes. the closest one can get is either using an application which implements both protocols, or use a bridge.