#Bluesky experienced outages yesterday and this goes to show that while Bluesky and #ATProto is decentralized in theory, it isn’t in practice.

https://www.theverge.com/news/657705/bluesky-down-outages-loading-issues

Just got told #ATproto relays are cheap and easy to run. Haven't heard that before.

Again, I just want a network where every govt and journalistic outlet (at least) can afford to run a piece of social media infrastructure such that whatever they want to tell the public, can go viral without the approval of any middleman company. Just like when they post something on their website or send an email. Adding "democracy of reach" to the "freedom of speech" the web gave us.

#SocialWeb #LiberalValues

Hey everyone!
Notable events from the community, happening this week:

- Tue, 4/29, Vancouver: #ATProto Meetup, https://lu.ma/e96fv1p3
- Wed, 4/30, online: Transcribe and translate online events in real time, by the Zero Knowledge Audiovisual Club Foundry, https://lu.ma/zdaz177c
- Thu, 5/01, everywhere: it’s #LabourDay, so let’s take some time for ourselves and set work aside 🌻

#DWeb #DWebYVR #ZkAvClub #ZkAv #DWebCalendar

Exits are not enough. We must push for at least as many social media servers as we have web/email servers today. If you put out content or have a public presence, you should want it to be social to ensure that no person, corporation or govt can limit your reach. That everyone who will be interacting with your work is also similarly free to share it, w/o competing with ads/algos. That's the promise of #ActivityPub and where the #ATproto model falls short.

#SocialWeb #bluesky #AttentionDemocracy