Comment on How decentralized Bluesky is compared to the Fediverse.

• tfm@europe.pub ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  PDSes only store user data. These are full instances that can be used to browse the network. The idea is to make your account really yours. Bluesky is hosting most of them. But there are some people who do it on their own.

  But bluesky controls much more important components in the network, namely the Relay and AppView.

  If Bluesky decides to cut off your PDS you are pretty much alone.

  Bluesky is pretty much a centralized platform like Twittler.

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  • Natanael@infosec.pub ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Zeppelin.social is 3rd party appview and you can host your own

    whtwnd.com/bnewbold.net/3lo7a2a4qxg2l

    A Full-Network Relay for $34 a Month

    Add using DID:Web and you’re now fully self hosted

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• Rivalarrival@lemmy.today ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yes. The relevant metric:

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  99.55% of posts are on a single instance. That is not “federated” in any meaningful sense.

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  • Kirk@startrek.website ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m moreso curious if it federated in a literal sense. Is it even possible to participate without using bsky.app’s servers?

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    • f314@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Self-hosting a Bluesky PDS means running your own Personal Data Server that is capable of federating with the wider Bluesky social network.

      Seems like it

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      • Kirk@startrek.website ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        A PDS still requires BlueSky’s servers

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    • roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yes, very recently Black Sky launched. Much too late to make any difference.

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