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   Marc Elias (marcelias@mas.to)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Jul-2023 01:26:34 JST Marc Elias

   What does it mean that Meta's new Twitter-clone will integrate with ActivityPub? Does it mean I can use my Mastodon account to connect there? Can someone explain in nontechnical terms?

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Jul-2023 01:26:33 JST Paul Cantrell

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     @markearnest @marcelias
     Yup. In principle, it it could be possible to bridge a Bluesky protocol to ActivityPub. But that protocol is currently so hypothetical, that’s hardly even a useful question.

     It’s a bit like asking whether a newly self-declared micronation on an oil platform could join the EU in 20 years: maybe an interesting thought exercise, but not a question that’s close to answerable in practical terms yet because circumstances and human context matter as much as technicalities.

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     Marc Elias (marcelias@mas.to)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Jul-2023 01:26:34 JST Marc Elias

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     Related question. I assume Twitter is not part of ActivityPub. Are Bluesky and Post? Would they (in theory) be able to connect?

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     markearnest (markearnest@mstdn.mystikos.org)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Jul-2023 01:26:34 JST markearnest

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     @marcelias No and no. Bluesky is built on a different federation protocol, but it, as yet, just a single non federated instance.