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What are the advantages of ATProto over ActivityPub? I don't get it, if you want to make a decentralized social network why not go with the standardized, workin

What are the advantages of ATProto over ActivityPub? I don't get it, if you want to make a decentralized social network why not go with the standardized, working, protocol? What does ATProto offer over ActivityPub?

Hamuko 3y ago
Character limits for one thing. "text": { "type": "string", "maxLength": 3000, "maxGraphemes": 300 } https://atproto.com/lexicons/app-bsky-feed#appbskyfeedpost https://atproto.com/lexicons/app-bsky-feed#appbskyfeedpost
- detaro 3y ago
  How is that a benefit over ActivityPub? Hard-coding a post size limit in the protocol seems like a negative thing to me?
  - Hamuko 3y ago
    Because it's a microblog like Twitter.
    - glenstein 3y ago
      I'm still not clear on why that's a benefit? Nothing about the architecture of the protocol itself? Or better account migration or improved design of name conventions, or improved server performance?
- citruscomputing 3y ago
  The mastodon server I use has a max length of 5k characters, so not really.
  - Hamuko 3y ago
    That's not part of the ActivityPub protocol.
doublepg23 3y ago
I’m sure it will make them a lot of VC money.
- steveklabnik 3y ago
  There aren’t any VCs involved, so.