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So ATProto is about to die, in other words. It was already wayyy too complex. And this? Yeah, they (you? sorry) really need to just give it up.

• verdverm 7mo ago
  The vast majority of people don't want their activity broadcast out to the internet for anyone to grab. Permissioned / private data is non negotiable for any social media tech trying to gain mass adoption.
  • jrm4 7mo ago
    Are you serious? Y'all are so confused about what this is. The entire point of services like Bluesky and Twitter is broadcasting your activity out to the internet for anyone to see (which of, course, is technically little-or-no different from "grab")
    • verdverm 7mo ago
      ATProto is not Bluesky, the later is just one app on the former. There are many more apps like Tangled, git on ATProto, which need private repositories. You seem rather confused. I do not work for Bluesky. I am an independent developer building completely separate applications on ATProto.
      • jrm4 7mo ago
        Fair, I'm aware and I am conflating what people do with Bluesky and what ATProto can do. I absolutely do see the value in ATProto doing things that aren't "social media"
        • verdverm 7mo ago
          I hope the bluesky team can as well, as we work towards permissioned data support.
  • ghaff 7mo ago
    I would say the opposite. If you don't want your activity public, don't put it on the Internet.
    • verdverm 7mo ago
      How do you think about Google Docs? I consider that "on the internet" since it is not on my computer. Same for private channels and threads in Discord. Also, ATProto can be much more than social media tech, more like a plug-n-play distributed system https://atproto.com/articles/atproto-for-distsys-engineers https://atproto.com/articles/atproto-for-distsys-engineers