Huge fan of this concept.
(2023) but worth being reposted, never got a good HN discussion. Between 8 and 12 July there's DWebCamp [0] and many experts and devs on both protocols are present, so opportunity for some good cross-pollination here.
Damn, I could've been there, if I'd known about it
Will content from dwebcamp be online for those unable to make it?
I think so, yes. The videos of the last camp are online as well at https://dwebcamp.org/videos
RSS/webmention > ActivityPub > ATProto
And how does RSS let you move your data to a new host while preserving your identity like AT Proto does?
I don't disagree with the sentiment as I love RSS, but doesn't it have a different use case than ActivityPub or ATProto?
I mean, conceptually ActivityPub is quite similar to RSS. You might be able to call it Less Simple Syndication.
I can easily install an ActivityPub server, with Glitch.
Show me the ATProto server that can integrate with BlueSky.
Never used it, but I've seen some praise for Snac as an easy to deploy activitypub server
There is no "AT Proto server" - https://overreacted.io/there-are-no-instances-in-atproto/
A PDS? Here: https://blog.bront.rodeo/setting-up-your-own-pds/
Want your own AppView so you can have nekusar.net and post your messages and people on BSky see it ? https://github.com/blacksky-algorithms/atproto
ActivityPub zealots would do well to calm down for one second, this can't be good for your heart man.
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The answer here would be "there's no such thing as a generic "server" like in ActivityPub because it's split into different components, of which a PDS is only one".
Honestly my main question here is "If you disagree with various ActivityPub instances' defederations, you can get around this by starting your own instance that federates with everything; is there an equivalent for bypassing Bluesky's moderation decisions?"
> I can easily install an ActivityPub server, with Glitch.
Can you? The same Glitch that shut down last year? https://blog.glitch.com/post/goodbye-glitch
Regardless, ActivityPub and ATProto have different designs and goals. Your question is akin to comparing a helicopter and an airplane.
There's no such thing as a "ATProto server". How complicated it is, and the trade-offs it made are valid criticisms of it. It all depends on what exactly your goal is as a participant of a distributed social network.
What does ATProto run on, if not servers? Is it fully decentralised mesh P2P that runs on phones?
There's not one server instance type, there are different components to it
To 'own your data' you just need a PDS, which should be cheaper to run than an ActivityPub server
To build an app you need some of the more expensive parts
What makes up the ATProto is more than one type of server. Compared to ActivityPub where you just run a single Mastodon instance and you're set.
If the thing you want to own is your identity and data, you can fairly easy run a PDS yourself. If the thing you care about is different moderation decisions, you can run your own labeller (moderation system) or subscribe to another someone else has made.