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RE: https:\/\/mastodon.online\/@mastodonmigration\/115937101960287352<\/a><\/p>

Exactly. Pointing out that #Bluesky<\/a> isn't *practically* decentralized yet is not a critique, it's a statement of the work they need to do. (and I wish them luck!)<\/p>

Mastodon has its own demons to slay. No one is perfect here! We're just talking about how things should improve. I so don't want us to form a circular firing squad. We can all win.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-19:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/scottjenson\/statuses\/115937148731274449","object":{"id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/scottjenson\/statuses\/115937148731274449","objectType":"note","content":"

RE: https:\/\/mastodon.online\/@mastodonmigration\/115937101960287352<\/a><\/p>

Exactly. Pointing out that #Bluesky<\/a> isn't *practically* decentralized yet is not a critique, it's a statement of the work they need to do. (and I wish them luck!)<\/p>

Mastodon has its own demons to slay. No one is perfect here! We're just talking about how things should improve. I so don't want us to form a circular firing squad. We can all win.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@scottjenson\/115937148731274449","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"bluesky"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-01-24:objectType=thread:nonce=468b2a4578f61af4","notice_info":{"local_id":"11989472","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-01-24T07:28:48+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@scottjenson\/115937148731274449"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/users\/boris","displayName":"Boris Mann","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/110551-original-tmp20260217211702.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/110551-96-20260217212029.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/110551-48-20260217212029.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/110551-24-20260217212029.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"110551"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/110551-96-20260217212029.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Community. Decentralized Web. Co-op and Collective action.Member #CoSocialCa @coopVancouver DWeb Node https:\/\/dwebyvr.org #DWebYVR @dwebyvr.orgLikes to cook & eat.Header image is view from the causeway over Deep Bay on #BowenIsland looking towards Horseshoe Bay \/ Sea to Sky Highway.Alias @boris@bmann.ca @boris@bmannconsulting.comATProto @bmann.ca#EastVan #Vancouver #BC #Canada #searchable #coop","url":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/@boris","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"boris","displayName":"Boris Mann","note":"Community. Decentralized Web. Co-op and Collective action.Member #CoSocialCa @coopVancouver DWeb Node https:\/\/dwebyvr.org #DWebYVR @dwebyvr.orgLikes to cook & eat.Header image is view from the causeway over Deep Bay on #BowenIsland looking towards Horseshoe Bay \/ Sea to Sky Highway.Alias @boris@bmann.ca @boris@bmannconsulting.comATProto @bmann.ca#EastVan #Vancouver #BC #Canada #searchable #coop"}},"content":"

@scottjenson<\/a> once again going to ask that you say #ATProto<\/a> and not Bluesky.<\/p>

We\u2019re trying. Like many distributed open source systems, this is bottoms up community work. Pointing at Bluesky-the-company erases our work. <\/p>

It\u2019s not Bluesky\u2019s job, it\u2019s the ecosystems job.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-19:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/users\/boris\/statuses\/115937234431435474","object":{"id":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/users\/boris\/statuses\/115937234431435474","objectType":"note","content":"

@scottjenson<\/a> once again going to ask that you say #ATProto<\/a> and not Bluesky.<\/p>

We\u2019re trying. Like many distributed open source systems, this is bottoms up community work. Pointing at Bluesky-the-company erases our work. <\/p>

It\u2019s not Bluesky\u2019s job, it\u2019s the ecosystems job.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/@boris\/115937234431435474","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/scottjenson\/statuses\/115937148731274449","url":"https:\/\/social.coop\/@scottjenson\/115937148731274449"},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"atproto"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/scottjenson"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-01-24:objectType=thread:nonce=468b2a4578f61af4","notice_info":{"local_id":"11989473","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-01-24T07:28:47+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/@boris\/115937234431435474"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/dmian","displayName":"Dmian \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/150897-original-tmp20251021132319.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/150897-96-20251022095803.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/150897-48-20251022095803.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/150897-24-20251022095803.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"150897"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/150897-96-20251022095803.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"I\u2019m a Designer with way too many hobbies (guitar pedals, 8-bit computers, pixel fonts, pinball machines, playing cards\u2026) and hyperfixation. Roller derby referee \ud83e\udd93\u2029One son, two cats. Worried about climate.\u2029Humanist \u2022 Atheist \u2022 Ally","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@dmian","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"dmian","displayName":"Dmian \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa","note":"I\u2019m a Designer with way too many hobbies (guitar pedals, 8-bit computers, pixel fonts, pinball machines, playing cards\u2026) and hyperfixation. Roller derby referee \ud83e\udd93\u2029One son, two cats. Worried about climate.\u2029Humanist \u2022 Atheist \u2022 Ally"}},"content":"

@boris<\/a> @scottjenson<\/a> There\u2019s been a great effort of talking about the Fediverse, and not just Mastodon.
https:\/\/jointhefediverse.net\/<\/a> (among others)
But if we\u2019re talking about Mastodon, there\u2019s been an effort to offer different instances:
https:\/\/joinmastodon.org\/<\/a> (directly from Mastodon)
You search \u201cJoin Fediverse\u201d or \u201cJoin Mastodon\u201d, and you get offered a choice.
What do you get when you search \u201cJoin Bluesky\u201d? Or \u201cJoin ATmosphere\u201d? (Didn\u2019t know that was even a thing)<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-19:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/dmian\/statuses\/115937392741379889","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/dmian\/statuses\/115937392741379889","objectType":"note","content":"

@boris<\/a> @scottjenson<\/a> There\u2019s been a great effort of talking about the Fediverse, and not just Mastodon.
https:\/\/jointhefediverse.net\/<\/a> (among others)
But if we\u2019re talking about Mastodon, there\u2019s been an effort to offer different instances:
https:\/\/joinmastodon.org\/<\/a> (directly from Mastodon)
You search \u201cJoin Fediverse\u201d or \u201cJoin Mastodon\u201d, and you get offered a choice.
What do you get when you search \u201cJoin Bluesky\u201d? Or \u201cJoin ATmosphere\u201d? (Didn\u2019t know that was even a thing)<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@dmian\/115937392741379889","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/users\/boris\/statuses\/115937234431435474","url":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/@boris\/115937234431435474"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/scottjenson"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/users\/boris"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-01-24:objectType=thread:nonce=468b2a4578f61af4","notice_info":{"local_id":"11989474","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-01-24T07:28:46+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@dmian\/115937392741379889"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/users\/boris","displayName":"Boris Mann","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/110551-original-tmp20260217211702.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/110551-96-20260217212029.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/110551-48-20260217212029.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/110551-24-20260217212029.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"110551"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/110551-96-20260217212029.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Community. Decentralized Web. Co-op and Collective action.Member #CoSocialCa @coopVancouver DWeb Node https:\/\/dwebyvr.org #DWebYVR @dwebyvr.orgLikes to cook & eat.Header image is view from the causeway over Deep Bay on #BowenIsland looking towards Horseshoe Bay \/ Sea to Sky Highway.Alias @boris@bmann.ca @boris@bmannconsulting.comATProto @bmann.ca#EastVan #Vancouver #BC #Canada #searchable #coop","url":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/@boris","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"boris","displayName":"Boris Mann","note":"Community. Decentralized Web. Co-op and Collective action.Member #CoSocialCa @coopVancouver DWeb Node https:\/\/dwebyvr.org #DWebYVR @dwebyvr.orgLikes to cook & eat.Header image is view from the causeway over Deep Bay on #BowenIsland looking towards Horseshoe Bay \/ Sea to Sky Highway.Alias @boris@bmann.ca @boris@bmannconsulting.comATProto @bmann.ca#EastVan #Vancouver #BC #Canada #searchable #coop"}},"content":"

@dmian<\/a> @scottjenson<\/a> there\u2019s a just kicking off UX research project (that Scott just became aware of) that is doing work on the best messaging for this. <\/p>

Bluesky is one product but also a microblog data type (like ActivityPub Notes type that Mastodon and others implement).<\/p>

You can choose your account host completely separate even from your app with ATProto, so it\u2019s different.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-19:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/users\/boris\/statuses\/115937419842626841","object":{"id":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/users\/boris\/statuses\/115937419842626841","objectType":"note","content":"

@dmian<\/a> @scottjenson<\/a> there\u2019s a just kicking off UX research project (that Scott just became aware of) that is doing work on the best messaging for this. <\/p>

Bluesky is one product but also a microblog data type (like ActivityPub Notes type that Mastodon and others implement).<\/p>

You can choose your account host completely separate even from your app with ATProto, so it\u2019s different.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/@boris\/115937419842626841","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/dmian\/statuses\/115937392741379889","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@dmian\/115937392741379889"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/scottjenson"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/dmian"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-01-24:objectType=thread:nonce=468b2a4578f61af4","notice_info":{"local_id":"11989475","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-01-24T07:28:45+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/@boris\/115937419842626841"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/users\/evan","displayName":"Evan Prodromou","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77066-original-tmp20260714164749.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77066-96-20260714164819.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77066-48-20260714164819.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77066-24-20260714164819.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"77066"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/77066-96-20260714164819.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"He\/him. Board member at CoSocial.ca.Research Director, Social Web Foundation.Author of "ActivityPub: Programming for the Social Web" from O'Reilly Media.Founder of Wikitravel, StatusNet, identi.ca, Fuzzy.ai.Creator of pump.io. Co-creator of GNU social.Former co-chair of the Social Web Working Group at W3C. Co-author of Activity Streams 2.0. Co-author of ActivityPub. Co-author of OStatus.Grad student in CS at Georgia Tech.Greek, Arab, Palestinian, American, Canadian, Montr\u00e9alais.","url":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/@evan","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"evan","displayName":"Evan Prodromou","note":"He\/him. Board member at CoSocial.ca.Research Director, Social Web Foundation.Author of "ActivityPub: Programming for the Social Web" from O'Reilly Media.Founder of Wikitravel, StatusNet, identi.ca, Fuzzy.ai.Creator of pump.io. Co-creator of GNU social.Former co-chair of the Social Web Working Group at W3C. Co-author of Activity Streams 2.0. Co-author of ActivityPub. Co-author of OStatus.Grad student in CS at Georgia Tech.Greek, Arab, Palestinian, American, Canadian, Montr\u00e9alais."}},"content":"

@boris<\/a> @dmian<\/a> @scottjenson<\/a> this is something that was designed into ActivityPub and has largely been ignored. We're doing a lot of work on it at the W3C SocialCG group. <\/p>

https:\/\/swicg.github.io\/activitypub-api\/README<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-19:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/users\/evan\/statuses\/115941491069734071","object":{"id":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/users\/evan\/statuses\/115941491069734071","objectType":"note","content":"

@boris<\/a> @dmian<\/a> @scottjenson<\/a> this is something that was designed into ActivityPub and has largely been ignored. We're doing a lot of work on it at the W3C SocialCG group. <\/p>

https:\/\/swicg.github.io\/activitypub-api\/README<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/@evan\/115941491069734071","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/users\/boris\/statuses\/115937419842626841","url":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/@boris\/115937419842626841"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/social.coop\/users\/scottjenson"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/users\/boris"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/dmian"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-01-24:objectType=thread:nonce=468b2a4578f61af4","notice_info":{"local_id":"11989476","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-01-24T07:28:44+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/cosocial.ca\/@evan\/115941491069734071"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/6088056","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}