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If Meta had put Threads on the AT protocol instead of ActivityPub, things could have been so different... maybe there's still time. The engineering philosophy f
by dbbk 2mo ago
If Meta had put Threads on the AT protocol instead of ActivityPub, things could have been so different... maybe there's still time. The engineering philosophy for AT / Bluesky is incredible, being able to develop your own timeline algorithms, distributed moderation agencies, etc. But whenever I give Bluesky a try unfortunately I just can't find people talking about my interests. This seems like a scale problem, which Threads solves.
- jimmydoe 2mo agoMeta's ActivityPub is very fake, it's not only off by default and functionally limited, but also has a dark pattern to get you turn it off. It would be the same if they do ATP.
- Karrot_Kream 2mo agoNothing is stopping you from building your own AP algorithm either though, right? An "algorithm" is, ultimately, a ranking model that ranks a set of incoming posts based on some criteria no? Nothing stops someone from building their own ranking model for themselves. I agree that the Bluesky userbase doesn't really talk about the topics I care about and I think the audience is a big factor.
- singpolyma3 2mo agoAnything on AP or AT can bridge both ways anyway
- nailer 2mo agoThreads indeed could have used AT protocol to bootstrap Threads audence, but it's likely that a corporate sponsor would not want their brand associated with Bluesky's audience.