On Discourse and Decentralisation

The Community Group for #ActivityPub is drafting an open letter calling for respect and collaboration between the people working on the different protocols in the open social web.

I’m signing the letter, and with it, I have some thoughts regarding discourse, decentralisation and why I think this space matters.

          • irelephant [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            3 months ago

            Checking this one: blacksky.app

            It returns this:

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            This is an AT Protocol Personal Data Server (aka, an atproto PDS) operated by Blacksky Algorithms
            
            Most API routes are under /xrpc/
            
                  Code: https://github.com/blacksky-algorithms
               Support: https://opencollective.com/blacksky
              Protocol: https://atproto.com/
            

            which isn’t blank, and describes what it is.

            That specific repo indexes PDSes only.
            If you’re looking for something closer to a full instance (like on activitypub) wafrn may interest you, it’s a bit more niche though.

            • Ulrich@feddit.org
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              3 months ago

              which isn’t blank, and describes what it is.

              But nothing about what to do with it. What is a prospective user supposed to do with this?