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.

    • The Nexus of PrivacyOP
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      10 hours ago

      Personally I think that the connectivity via Bridgy Fed and Friendica are strong enough that it makes sense to consider Bluesky an instance on the ActivityPub Fediverse. Threads currently has less connectivity, and people in general consider it part of the Fediverse. For what it’s worth, in a discussion on Social Hub, Evan Prodromou also said he saw Bluesky as an instance in the ActivityPub Fediverse.

      I also think that the ATmosphere is fediverse (descentralized social network) in its own right. So is Bluesky, as well as being part of the AcivityPub Fediverse and the ATmosphere.

      But others define the Fediverse differently, https://privacy.thenexus.today/is-bluesky-part-of-todays-fediverse/ goes into a lot of detail on the different views.

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          9 hours ago

          I personally wouldn’t say so – crossposting isn’t the same as two-way communications – but others might.

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          @thenexusofprivacy To me, bluesky is currently a standalone social network with weird tricks to say they belong to the fediverse. For instance, I think threads belong 100 times more to the activitypub fediverse than bluesky (I followed bridgyfed with bluesky but it’s so complicated I’ve never found my bluesky mirror account)