13 days ago
- The open social media space is often divided into factions, similar to political movements, where people feel compelled to pick sides instead of collaborating.
- ActivityPub could potentially run atop the AT Protocol Personal Data Server (PDS) with some modifications, leveraging ATProto's pluggable identity and signed data repositories for user agency.
- ATProto is a generic toolbox for building social media applications, not just Bluesky, with open standards intended for the com.atproto routes.
- ActivityPub uses actor documents to specify API endpoints via URLs, allowing indirection to point to an ATProto PDS, though issues like XRPC method limitations and identity alignment need bridging.
- Combining ActivityPub and ATProto could break social media siloes by merging ActivityPub's URL-based federation with ATProto's user-centric data control and credible exit guarantees.