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   Fediverse Report (fediversereport@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 15-Jan-2024 02:33:51 JST Fediverse Report

   New: Last Week in Fediverse - ep 51

   In this week's news:
   - WordPress ActivityPub plugin gets updated to v2.0
   - Bluesky hits 3m accounts, invites going away soon
   - Podcasting news (including WeDistribute launching a new podcast!)
   - And a whole load of other news items, bridges, more information on Thread's roadmap, updates to ActivityPods, and more!

   Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-51/

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     Andreas M. Heitmann :batman: (andyger@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 15-Jan-2024 02:56:39 JST Andreas M. Heitmann :batman:

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     @fediversereport I recently deleted my #bluesky account.

     Too many bots and not very active users with unique content...

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     phiofx (phiofx@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 15-Jan-2024 03:19:30 JST phiofx

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     • Darnell Clayton :verified:
     • Dave Clark

     @darnell @bedirthan @fediversereport my feeling is that it is now for the #fediverse to lose the battle.

     The world is not waiting for yet another old style social media walled garden.

     One external risk was (and maybe still is?) the #metaverse, in the sense of it being an orthogonal dimension (pun)

     But the biggest risk is "internal". Not delivering on the promises, in terms of performance, ease of use and the quality of experience and empowerment afforded to the early adopters

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     Darnell Clayton :verified: (darnell@one.darnell.one)'s status on Monday, 15-Jan-2024 03:19:31 JST Darnell Clayton :verified:

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     • Dave Clark

     @bedirthan @fediversereport I am not a fan of #Bluesky, but it is not due to who owns the platform.

     It is incomplete. Even #Threads seems ahead of it right now.

     That said, I believe the world will embrace #ActivityPub as the standard for Federation this year.

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     Dave Clark (bedirthan@dice.camp)'s status on Monday, 15-Jan-2024 03:19:32 JST Dave Clark

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     • Darnell Clayton :verified:

     @darnell @fediversereport owned and operated by a billionaire, limited membership in closed ecosystem until this week, no one uses their protocol

     and certainly not part of the fediverse and never intends to be.

     For all the angst that Threads gets in the Fediverse the unwavering support for Bluesky due to some future intent to be decentralized is sure something

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     Darnell Clayton :verified: (darnell@one.darnell.one)'s status on Monday, 15-Jan-2024 03:19:34 JST Darnell Clayton :verified:

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     • Dave Clark

     @bedirthan @fediversereport Technically #Bluesky is a defederated software/platform, as they use the #AuthenticatedTransferProtocol (or #ATProtocol): https://atproto.com/guides/overview

     Realistically I do not see many servers running the software, so it might as well be centralized.

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     Dave Clark (bedirthan@dice.camp)'s status on Monday, 15-Jan-2024 03:19:35 JST Dave Clark

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     @fediversereport I'm curious why the quite centralized BlueSky is part of your coverage

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     Fediverse Report (fediversereport@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 15-Jan-2024 06:26:12 JST Fediverse Report

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     • Dave Clark

     @bedirthan hey, thanks for asking!

     I write about social networks (beyond just fediverse stuff) more broadly at my personal website, which is where I first published this story about Bluesky (https://laurenshof.online/bluesky-has-3-million-accounts-invites-going-away-soon/ ). I sometimes include stories and coverage from beyond the fediverse in the weekly Fediverse Report when I feel that it has direct impact on the fediverse.
     Bluesky saying they'll remove the invite system soon is one of those cases, so thats why I included it in this weeks update

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     Fediverse Report (fediversereport@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 15-Jan-2024 07:11:17 JST Fediverse Report

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     • Dave Clark

     @bedirthan also on a more practical note, I was planning on writing about Friendica's new Bluesky connector this week as well, so there would have been more of a thematic cohesion between the stories. I simply ran out of time for this week, so that'll come soon

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     Dave Clark (bedirthan@dice.camp)'s status on Monday, 15-Jan-2024 07:11:18 JST Dave Clark

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     @fediversereport thank you!