The AT Protocol Harkens An Old Web Ethos
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Out with the new and in with the old.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/70749935

An interesting blog post about how the AT protocol has it’s own cool little ecosystem next to the fediverse.

It’s really interesting how the way ATproto is both more and less as every service must follow a strict format to interact with others using the same format.

Like, ATproto has more variety than the fediverse, but the way they interact is a bit more strict, which means that a post from a lemmy analogue wouldn’t show up on bluesky, but it also means that each platform often seems more polished.

  • iltg@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    for a protocol, being more strict is a virtue and leads to better interop. activitypub is a mess of vague definitions which everyone interpreted differently before eventually doing what mastodon does