@mike<\/a> This is untrue. There are a number of independent apps across various verticals. 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Canadian ambassador to Mastodon. Admin of https:\/\/thecanadian.social and https:\/\/journa.hostNOTICE: All content posted from this account is copyright Michael L Fraser. Any commercial reproduction or redistribution, including but not limited to AI learning models is strictly prohibited.","url":"https:\/\/thecanadian.social\/@mike","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"mike","displayName":"Mike Fraser","note":"Winnipeg Jets fan, New Westminster Royals fan, liberal, curmudgeon in training. Canadian ambassador to Mastodon. Admin of https:\/\/thecanadian.social and https:\/\/journa.hostNOTICE: All content posted from this account is copyright Michael L Fraser. Any commercial reproduction or redistribution, including but not limited to AI learning models is strictly prohibited."}},"content":" @mastodonmigration<\/a> @quillmatiq<\/a> @mmasnick<\/a> Mike always talks about decentralized social media but BlueSky and AT protocol haven't really moved the needle. Meanwhile in the fediverse there's Mastodon, Loops, Pixelfed, Lemmy, Miskey, etc, etc, etc...<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-18:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/thecanadian.social\/users\/mike\/statuses\/115937020313209728","object":{"id":"https:\/\/thecanadian.social\/users\/mike\/statuses\/115937020313209728","objectType":"note","content":" @mastodonmigration<\/a> @quillmatiq<\/a> @mmasnick<\/a> Mike always talks about decentralized social media but BlueSky and AT protocol haven't really moved the needle. 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And there may be small scale projects which test this potentiality. But the fact remains that it remains highly centralized.<\/p> Rob Ricci @ricci<\/a> has developed a metric to address this matter <\/p> https:\/\/arewedecentralizedyet.online\/<\/a><\/p> The purpose is not to dump on #Bluesky<\/a>, but rather to establish meaningful context for these discussions.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-18:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/users\/mastodonmigration\/statuses\/115937101960287352","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/users\/mastodonmigration\/statuses\/115937101960287352","objectType":"note","content":" @quillmatiq<\/a> @mike<\/a> @mmasnick<\/a> <\/p> Feel like whenever this discussion is joined people start talking past each other.<\/p> It may be the case that the ATmosphere can be decentralized. And there may be small scale projects which test this potentiality. 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There are a number of independent apps across various verticals. Blogging: leaflet, pckt, offprint; Streaming: stream.place; Short-form video: spark; Git: tangled; and so many more, and none of them are directly dependent on Bluesky whatsoever.<\/p> This doesn't even count the microblogging competitors coming up that are full-stack independent of Bsky as well (Blacksky, Northsky, Gander, Eurosky etc.)<\/p> @mastodonmigration<\/a> @mmasnick<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-18:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/quillmatiq\/statuses\/115937046566998928","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/quillmatiq\/statuses\/115937046566998928","objectType":"note","content":" @mike<\/a> This is untrue. There are a number of independent apps across various verticals. Blogging: leaflet, pckt, offprint; Streaming: stream.place; Short-form video: spark; Git: tangled; and so many more, and none of them are directly dependent on Bluesky whatsoever.<\/p> This doesn't even count the microblogging competitors coming up that are full-stack independent of Bsky as well (Blacksky, Northsky, Gander, Eurosky etc.)<\/p> @mastodonmigration<\/a> @mmasnick<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@quillmatiq\/115937046566998928","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/thecanadian.social\/users\/mike\/statuses\/115937020313209728","url":"https:\/\/thecanadian.social\/@mike\/115937020313209728"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/mmasnick"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/users\/mastodonmigration"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/thecanadian.social\/users\/mike"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-01-22:objectType=thread:nonce=4ef334491ab925c1","notice_info":{"local_id":"11978499","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-01-22T09:57:20+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@quillmatiq\/115937046566998928"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/users\/mastodonmigration","displayName":"Mastodon Migration","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/18692-original-tmp20221107055048.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":374,"height":374},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/18692-96-20221107055048.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/18692-48-20221107055048.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/18692-24-20221107055048.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"18692"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/18692-96-20221107055048.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Sharing advice and assisting with the great migration, plus various thoughts and perspectives.Banner Artwork: Julio Lacerda https:\/\/linktr.ee\/julio.lacerdaAvatar Artwork: Brandon Pilcher https:\/\/brandonpilchersart.comIndividual account not representing any entity or organization.Curates: @AIFree#mastodonmigration #twittermigration","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/@mastodonmigration","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"mastodonmigration","displayName":"Mastodon Migration","note":"Sharing advice and assisting with the great migration, plus various thoughts and perspectives.Banner Artwork: Julio Lacerda https:\/\/linktr.ee\/julio.lacerdaAvatar Artwork: Brandon Pilcher https:\/\/brandonpilchersart.comIndividual account not representing any entity or organization.Curates: @AIFree#mastodonmigration #twittermigration"}},"content":" Really interesting things afoot in social media. It seems like \"W\", a newly announced \"European alternative to X\" is actually a fork of the Bluesky code, and is, at least for now, kind of part of the Bluesky AT Proto network. (Thanks to @quillmatiq<\/a> for the explainer.)<\/p> And, apparently #Bluesky<\/a> board member @mmasnick<\/a> really doesn't like the idea.<\/p> It will be fascinating to see how this develops.<\/p> https:\/\/atprotocol.dev\/w-for-atproto\/<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-18:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/users\/mastodonmigration\/statuses\/115936440744323215","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/users\/mastodonmigration\/statuses\/115936440744323215","objectType":"note","content":" Really interesting things afoot in social media. It seems like \"W\", a newly announced \"European alternative to X\" is actually a fork of the Bluesky code, and is, at least for now, kind of part of the Bluesky AT Proto network. (Thanks to @quillmatiq<\/a> for the explainer.)<\/p> And, apparently #Bluesky<\/a> board member @mmasnick<\/a> really doesn't like the idea.<\/p> It will be fascinating to see how this develops.<\/p>