Mastodawn

RE: https://mas.to/@Aubreader/116330793703168577

This article is a must read.

An excerpt: “Why would anyone fund an Atmosphere project if #Bluesky, with $100 million in the bank, might ship a competing feature at any moment? Why would a founder bet their career on this ecosystem? The presentation didn't just hurt Graze. It made the entire ecosystem look unfundable.”

Why do I keep bringing up this topic?

Because #ATproto is often put in the same category as #ActivityPub (“open protocols yay”) but I strongly disagree with that stance

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Evan Prodromou

@_elena I had heard about Attie but I didn't know what it does. It sounds a lot like Bonsai, the project from Princeton:

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.10776

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Evan Prodromou 2h ago

@_elena I actually think this is a great use of AI. Using LLMs to let us find interesting information, stay better connected with our friends and family, be better informed citizens, challenge our assumptions, stay cognitively healthy, all seems like a great application of technology.