Open Social
4 hours ago
- #AT-Protocol
- #decentralization
- #open-social
- Open source has become the foundation of shared digital infrastructure, despite early skepticism.
- The concept of 'open social' is emerging, similar to open source, aiming to decentralize social media data ownership.
- AT Protocol (atproto) by Bluesky is highlighted as a promising approach to open social, enabling user control over data.
- Traditional social media platforms centralize user data, making it difficult for users to migrate without losing connections or content.
- Open social proposes that users own their data in personal repositories, allowing them to switch platforms without losing their social graph.
- The AT Protocol uses decentralized repositories for user data, linked via JSON records with at:// URIs, enabling data portability and interoperability.
- Open social apps can aggregate and remix data from different sources, reducing the 'cold start' problem for new platforms.
- Decentralized data ownership in open social ensures that users' content remains accessible even if a platform shuts down.
- The shift to open social relies on community effort and infrastructure development, similar to the early days of open source.
- The vision is for open social to become the default, offering users freedom from platform lock-in and data silos.