Bluesky backs a project that would let Mastodon apps, like Ivory, work with its network (techcrunch.com)
from Wilshire@lemmy.world to fediverse@lemmy.world on 26 Apr 2024 01:53
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autotldr@lemmings.world on 26 Apr 2024 01:55 next collapse

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Bluesky had announced last month that it would use some portion of its funds to fuel efforts in the developer ecosystem via the AT Protocol Grant program.

Notes SkyBridge’s developer @videah.net on Bluesky, the project is currently undergoing a significant rewrite from Dart to Rust, which is why its GitHub repo hasn’t seen much activity lately.

“It’s already proving to be much more stable, hoping to show it off soon,” videah posted on Bluesky when sharing the news of the grant.

Instagram Threads (which is integrating with ActivityPub) now has more than 150 million monthly active users, Meta announced this week during earnings.

Another software developer, Ryan Barrett, was the recipient of some backlash on GitHub when building another bridge called Bridgy Fed, which would be opt-out by default — meaning Mastodon posts would show up on Bluesky even if the post’s author hadn’t opted into this.

He readjusted his plans to build a discoverable opt-in instead, which would allow users to request to follow accounts on the different networks.


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JimboDHimbo@lemmy.ca on 26 Apr 2024 02:11 next collapse

…or BlueSky could stop being lame af and integrate activitypub.

cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 26 Apr 2024 04:35 next collapse

except atproto solves a ton of problems that activitypub refuse to fix, especially around portability

Fisch@discuss.tchncs.de on 26 Apr 2024 12:27 next collapse

ActivityPub doesn’t refuse to fix them, it’s just not that simple. Solutions have been worked on for a while.

matcha_addict@lemy.lol on 26 Apr 2024 21:24 collapse

Can you give examples please?

cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 27 Apr 2024 11:49 collapse
onlinepersona@programming.dev on 26 Apr 2024 08:16 next collapse

Much cheaper if somebody else does it for you 🧠 By the power of opensource!

Anti Commercial-AI license

julianh@lemm.ee on 26 Apr 2024 02:48 collapse

Tbf I think the way its federation works is inherently incompatible.

I could be entirely wrong though

aeronmelon@lemmy.world on 26 Apr 2024 03:29 next collapse

Federate, you cowards!

Unlike Threads, there’s people on BlueSky I actually want to follow.

aasatru@kbin.earth on 26 Apr 2024 07:25 next collapse

They should have been giving their money to Bridgy Fed, which is working to bridge the actual content of social media rather than the app APIs.

Well, actually, I would much rather Bridgy remains independent from Dorsey's blood money. Bluesky should just enable federation on a large scale so that it'll actually be possible to build services around it. Right now they cap federated instances at ten users, which is a complete joke.

cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 26 Apr 2024 12:15 collapse

i believe they’ve endorsed bridge fed before; i’m not sure what the legalities of grants are and/if bridge fed asked for it

dameoutlaw@lemmy.ml on 26 Apr 2024 13:43 collapse

They are federating since February

wisdomchicken@piefed.social on 26 Apr 2024 09:38 next collapse

So confused that skybridge is now getting all the media attention lol. Its been around for over a year and hasnt been updated for 3 months. It works fine, its just that nobody actually bothered to use it. Not really clear how 800 dollars is going to make a difference here.

They couldve just checked the repo lol.

https://github.com/videah/SkyBridge

CatTrickery@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 27 Apr 2024 11:48 collapse

It basically works with nothing to a reasonable extent on Android.

Kyoyeou@slrpnk.net on 26 Apr 2024 12:07 next collapse

Talking about that, can Lemmy users now check Mastodon ? I’d be curious to try it out although I don’t know who to follow really

Fisch@discuss.tchncs.de on 26 Apr 2024 12:28 collapse

You mean from your Lemmy account? Some things federate between Mastodon and Lemmy but I’m not sure if you can follow people

Kyoyeou@slrpnk.net on 26 Apr 2024 12:54 collapse

Checked but couldn’t find it yet

Delusion6903@discuss.online on 27 Apr 2024 00:15 collapse

But you can follow Lemmy accounts from Mastodon

aniki@lemm.ee on 26 Apr 2024 12:13 next collapse

Fuck Billionaires.

big_slap@lemmy.world on 26 Apr 2024 20:49 next collapse

theyre sinking too much money trying to avoid using activitypub

MashedTech@lemmy.world on 27 Apr 2024 13:22 next collapse

What’s the point? Mastodon should work with them but they shouldn’t work with mastodon?

cyrus@wetdry.world on 30 Apr 2024 09:41 collapse

@big_slap

Fun fact:
The entirety of bluesky was supposed to be an activity pub extension at some point.

https://gitlab.com/-/snippets/2535398

matcha_addict@lemy.lol on 26 Apr 2024 21:21 collapse

The biggest weakness of using activityPub is it is harder to control compared to rolling out your own incompatible variant.