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<p>Decentralization and erasure: Blacksky, Bluesky, and the ATmosphere</p><p><a href="https://privacy.thenexus.today/decentralization-and-erasure-blacksky-bluesky-and-the-atmosphere-2/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="privacy.thenexus.today/decentralization-and-erasure-blacksky-bluesky-and-the-atmosphere-2/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">privacy.thenexus.today/decentr</span><span class="invisible">alization-and-erasure-blacksky-bluesky-and-the-atmosphere-2/</span></a></p><p>There&#x27;s been a lot of discussion about whether or not Bluesky and the ATmosphere (the ecosystem using the AT protocol) are decentralized. <a href="https://hyfin.org/2024/11/29/could-blacksky-emerge-as-black-twitters-spiritual-successor-on-bluesky/" rel="nofollow">Blacksky</a> runs three feed generators, a moderation service, and a work-in-progress personal data store (PDS) as well as providing a starter pack. And the vision for Blacksky &quot;extends beyond any single platform&quot;.</p><p>That sounds pretty decentralized to me!</p><p>But as far as I can tell, nobody else in the discussion is talking about Blacksky as an actually-existing example of decentralization. What&#x27;s with that?</p><p><a href="/tags/bluesky/" rel="tag">#bluesky</a> <a href="/tags/blacksky/" rel="tag">#blacksky</a> <a href="/tags/decentralization/" rel="tag">#decentralization</a></p>

<p>Just two more days to vote for our SXSW panels, and then we&#x27;ll stop going on about them until next March 🤞. </p><p>Cast your votes to see <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@mike" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mike</span></a></span> talking to Rudy Fraser of Blacksky about community building, and Patreon&#x27;s Jack Conte about creator independence.</p><p><a href="https://participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sxsw26/community-voting-sxsw/page/community-voting?search=flipboard" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sxsw26/community-voting-sxsw/page/community-voting?search=flipboard"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw</span><span class="invisible">/sxsw26/community-voting-sxsw/page/community-voting?search=flipboard</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/sxsw/" rel="tag">#SXSW</a> <a href="/tags/flipboard/" rel="tag">#Flipboard</a> <a href="/tags/communitybuilding/" rel="tag">#CommunityBuilding</a> <a href="/tags/blacksky/" rel="tag">#Blacksky</a> <a href="/tags/rudyfraser/" rel="tag">#RudyFraser</a> <a href="/tags/creator/" rel="tag">#Creator</a> <a href="/tags/creatoreconomy/" rel="tag">#CreatorEconomy</a> <a href="/tags/patreon/" rel="tag">#Patreon</a></p>

<p>What does a Discord replacement look like, and how might the open social web play a part? <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://indieweb.social/@laurenshof" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>laurenshof</span></a></span> <br> looks at what needs to happen — different apps built on the same protocols, active collaboration to make sure it all fits together — and how that&#x27;s already fundamental to the Atmosphere and fediverse.</p><p>flip.it/QdL.F…</p><p><a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/atprotocol/" rel="tag">#ATProtocol</a> <a href="/tags/bluesky/" rel="tag">#Bluesky</a> <a href="/tags/blacksky/" rel="tag">#Blacksky</a> <a href="/tags/discord/" rel="tag">#Discord</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a></p>

<p>Blacksky went from a &quot;custom feed that created a sense of shared space&quot; to being the first independent ATProto microblogging community outside of Bluesky.</p><p>This is where the focus needs to be in the fediverse as well. Creating safe and welcoming communities that people want to be part of.</p><p><a href="https://connectedplaces.online/where-does-community-live/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="connectedplaces.online/where-does-community-live/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">connectedplaces.online/where-d</span><span class="invisible">oes-community-live/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/community/" rel="tag">#community</a> <a href="/tags/blacksky/" rel="tag">#blacksky</a> <a href="/tags/bluesky/" rel="tag">#bluesky</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a></p>