Welcome to the fediverse: Your guide to Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky, and more

Die4Ever@programming.dev to Fediverse@lemmy.world – 99 points – Welcome to the fediverse: Your guide to Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky and more | TechCrunch
techcrunch.com

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/18019157

Once upon a time, in a galaxy not so far away (this one, in fact), a few internet rebels decided that they were tired of the corporate overlords controlling their online lives. Thus, the fediverse was born — an attempt to wrest control of microblogging services, such as Twitter and its ilk, away from centralized powers and into the hands of the people.

33

You are viewing a single comment
View all comments

Fuck blue sky

I may have missed something: what's the issue with Blue Sky?

  • doesnt use ActivityPub, so it federates on its own protocol...
  • is not fully decentralized, in that it requires 'routers' managed by big companies for some core features