It seems like you’d say that Matrix isn’t included? It’s not ActivityPub/AT/nostr
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ExtravagantEnzyme@lemm.ee 3 days ago
So, the term Fediverse basically refers to the ActivityPub protocol and the associated server software. Technically, it’s not just ActivityPub, but also the AT protocol and nostr. But another layer to the Fediverse, at least in my mind, is having some federation. Meaning Bluesky isn’t apart of the Fediverse, even though it’s built on the AT Protocol, because of it’s isolation. Since there’s no interaction with Lemmy, Mastodon, PixelFed, or other federated social networks, it’s not part of the Fediverse.
m_f@discuss.online 3 days ago
frisbeedude@feddit.org 3 days ago
Matrix is not federated, is has nothing to do with the whole ActivityThing. They are two separate universes. Maybe there are bridges that I don’t know of, but eseentially they are not interconnected.
m_f@discuss.online 3 days ago
It’s federated, just not to the ActivityPub universe, right? People have been able to join rooms on discuss.online using their matrix.org accounts, which to me counts as federated.
meldrik@lemmy.wtf 3 days ago
Matrix servers can talk to each other, so yes, they are federated. But Matrix is not ActivityPub.
breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
I think that ATP and nostr are sometimes included as part of the Fediverse because they both have bridges that allow connection. Without the bridges they’re isolated.
Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
ATP still requires millions to host a relay theverge.com/…/free-our-feeds-social-media-ecosys…
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
This isn’t the same thing.
Bluesky has something called fedibridge (third party), where your entire account is forwarded to mastodon and acts like a native mastodon account when viewed from mastodon.
A relay is something that hosts the viewable content on the ATprotocol. Currently, the only relay that encompasses the entire AT protocol is hosted by bluesky PBC, though there are a few very small relays for specific niches.
Irelephant@lemm.ee 2 days ago
Are you talking about bridgy fed?
Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
I was mostly referring to the fact that the day Bluesky decides to ban bridges, ATProto won’t be part the Fediverse as per the definition of the comment above.
I personally prefer to just consider them as out from the start.
poVoq@slrpnk.net 3 days ago
XMPP also has a working ActivityPub bridge. But I think at some point these bridges are a bridge too far.
Software like Friendica or Hubzilla that can speak multiple protocols including AP are clearly part of the Fediverse, but things that need 3rd party bridges IMHO are not, as the creators clearly do no intend them to be part of it. Otherwise Xhitter would be also part of the Fediverse as bridges exist(ed in the past at least).
breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
Wasn’t the Twitter “bridge” just bot accounts though? It’s a bit different with Bluesky because they’ve said that they completely support bridges between AT and AP but just don’t have the resources to work on them themselves. Anyway, ActivityPub co-author Even Prodromou gave an interview yesterday where he included Bluesky as part of the Fediverse because of the bridge.
Personally, I consider them to be both part of and not part of the Fediverse, I guess. I wouldn’t send someone there and I also kind of think they’re a bunch of dicks for re-inventing the wheel instead of contributing improvements here.