cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/17686207

It’s a very long post, but a lot of it is a detailed discussion of terminology in the appendix – no need to read that unless you’re into definitional struggles.

  • originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com
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    bluesky is run by a single org, and you have to beg them to let their router include your ‘independent’ instance. it is a closed garden.

    it is like federating with facebook (not threads) by begging facebook to include your server and content into their garden.

    thats not open federation. even after they let you in, they could take their ball home and lock it down at any moment.

    • The Nexus of Privacy@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
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      11 days ago

      Agreed that Bluesky’s run by a single corporation so it’s different than today’s ActivityPub Fediverse, but the Fediverse’s historical approach to “open federation” isn’t the only approach. Even in the ActivityPub world we’re seeing more and more experimentation with allow-list federation.