• Panini@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      20 days ago

      I seem to remember a mention of something like “blacksky” being a small instance that’s technically on a different server or…however bluesky actually works. It was mentioned briefly in an article titled something to the effect of “The Myth of a Protocol” where they were going over all the ways the bluesky isn’t actually a federated social media form in practice, even if it could technically be described as one.

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        19 days ago

        That’s probably not a different server. The ATproto allows users to use their website’s URL as their handle by essentially adding a text file on their website to prove ownership, but their account is still hosted on the Bluesky servers.