#AskFedi

[txtx@mastodon.social]

@mapache @_elena I'm guessing the reason is less technical and more business:

They're positioning themselves as a European platform. Had they chosen ActivityPub, they have no unique selling point versus Mastodon.

So they are going with "Bluesky but Europe".

And with that they can pitch those aspects you mentioned.

Maybe an investor will bite.

[gunchleoc@mastodon.scot]

@_elena @mapache They also want to require identity verification for their users, so that fits https://www.t-online.de/digital/internet/id_101092238/soziales-netzwerk-aus-europa-will-elon-musk-konkurrenz-machen-w-statt-x.html

Otherwise, they could just go for EuroSky if they want an ATProto network

[gunchleoc@mastodon.scot]

@_elena Speaking of which, maybe you could ask somebody working on the BlackSky/NorthSky/EuroSky projects?

[pfefferle@mastodon.social]

@_elena @laurenshof are you in Brussels? Maybe this might be interesting for you https://luma.com/9f10yt6f!?

[mapache@hachyderm.io]

@_elena sure

[mapache@hachyderm.io]

@_elena sure. And out of curiosity what is the question

[_elena@mastodon.social]

@mapache all good now, Laurens answered for me. It was about Bluesky's "dataplane implementation" and PostgreSQL

[lqdev@toot.lqdev.tech]

@mapache @_elena 💯💯💯THIS

[mapache@hachyderm.io]

@_elena sure

[feyter@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@philvuchetich @_elena @mapache @cwebber
I think everyone that is going to write anything about bluesky and AT Protocol in relation to "federation" should read this first.

[_elena@mastodon.social]

@philvuchetich yes of course I’m familiar with this piece by the legend @cwebber - when she first published it, I shared it with sooo many people. Absolutely brilliant.

In my exposé of W Social I won’t get too deep into protocols, but I may mention this when discussing the costs involved in setting up a fork with its own appview. So thanks for the reminder 🙏

@mapache