clgoh@lemmy.ca to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoBluesky opens up federation, letting anyone run their own server | TechCrunchtechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkBluesky opens up federation, letting anyone run their own server | TechCrunchtechcrunch.comclgoh@lemmy.ca to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square21linkfedilink
minus-squarerglullis@communick.newslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year ago Why bother with BlueSky over Mastodon? Bluesky’s model of federation fixes the whole “if my instance goes down I lose everything”. Your Identity and your data is portable, which means that each server on Bluesky is “merely” a service provider.
minus-squareFedizen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoAre you saying its like the identity server model like matrix uses? Isnt that kind of model horribly complicated?
minus-squareCaptainSpaceman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoCan you not just backup the instance on Mastodon?
minus-squarerglullis@communick.newslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI mean as a non-admin. Users on Mastodon are at the mercy of the instance owner. On Bluesky (and nostr) they are not.
Bluesky’s model of federation fixes the whole “if my instance goes down I lose everything”.
Your Identity and your data is portable, which means that each server on Bluesky is “merely” a service provider.
Are you saying its like the identity server model like matrix uses? Isnt that kind of model horribly complicated?
Can you not just backup the instance on Mastodon?
I mean as a non-admin. Users on Mastodon are at the mercy of the instance owner. On Bluesky (and nostr) they are not.