The Community Group for #ActivityPub is drafting an open letter calling for respect and collaboration between the people working on the different protocols in the open social web.

I'm signing the letter, and with it, I have some thoughts regarding discourse, decentralisation and why I think this space matters.

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[–] Blaze@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Piefed is cheap to host too, but only a few people host instances.

I just learned about Blacksky which is independent from Bluesky but uses ATProto

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

PieFed is much newer, has many many MANY fewer users, and seems to already have many more instances.

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

https://github.com/mary-ext/atproto-scraping/
Piefed has fewer instances, really.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago

It's a bit surprising as it seems you already provided that link recently: https://feddit.org/post/18498447/8800070

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

All of these links just lead to blank pages.

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Checking this one: blacksky.app

It returns this:

spoiler (click to show)

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 )\())  )\())     )\))(    )\())  (()/(   (    
((_)\  ((_)\     ((_)()\  ((_)\    /(_))  )\   
 _((_)   ((_)    (_()((_)   ((_)  (_))   ((_)  
| \| |  / _ \    |  \/  |  / _ \  | _ \  | __| 
| .` | | (_) |   | |\/| | | (_) | |   /  | _|  
|_|\_|  \___/    |_|  |_|  \___/  |_|_\  |___| 
                                               
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(()/(   )\())  (   (   (()/(  ` )  /(   (    (()/(    ` )  /(   )\())    ` )  /(   )\())  (    
 /(_)) ((_)\   )\  )\   /(_))  ( )(_))  )\    /(_))    ( )(_)) ((_)\      ( )(_)) ((_)\   )\   
(_))    _((_) ((_)((_) (_))   (_(_())  ((_)  (_))     (_(_())    ((_)    (_(_())   _((_) ((_)  
|_ _|  | \| | \ \ / /  |_ _|  |_   _|  | __| / __|    |_   _|   / _ \    |_   _|  | || | | __| 
 | |   | .` |  \ V /    | |     | |    | _|  \__ \      | |    | (_) |     | |    | __ | | _|  
|___|  |_|\_|   \_/    |___|    |_|    |___| |___/      |_|     \___/      |_|    |_||_| |___| 
                                                                                               
            )       )        )      )                    
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 (((_)  ((_)\   ((_)\   |((_)\  ((_)\       )\   ( )(_)) 
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 | (__  | (_) | | (_) |   ' <   | (_) | | |_| |   | |    
  \___|  \___/   \___/   _|\_\   \___/   \___/    |_|   

This is an AT Protocol Personal Data Server (aka, an atproto PDS) operated by Blacksky Algorithms

Most API routes are under /xrpc/

      Code: https://github.com/blacksky-algorithms
   Support: https://opencollective.com/blacksky
  Protocol: https://atproto.com/

which isn't blank, and describes what it is.

That specific repo indexes PDSes only.
If you're looking for something closer to a full instance (like on activitypub) wafrn may interest you, it's a bit more niche though.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

which isn't blank, and describes what it is.

But nothing about what to do with it. What is a prospective user supposed to do with this?

[–] Blaze@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

https://feddit.org/post/18642154/8860187

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

Go to their preferred appview (like bsky.app, blacksky.community or zeppelin.social) and make an account there.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Piefed also has different features than Lemmy, which incites people to start instances.

About the number of ATProto PDS and relays, didn't you already got a much larger list in this comment? https://feddit.org/post/18498447/8800070

https://github.com/mary-ext/atproto-scraping

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If you actually click those links there's nothing there.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Here how I used it:

Go to https://deer.social/
Click "Create account"
When offered the choice to use a server, select one from the list (I used " bsky.aenead.net " for instance)

Fill the form, get you account validated

Then use it to login on deer.social

Here is my account for instance: https://deer.social/profile/did:plc:yhwzvt4bab4o743dhg5rfctw

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's helpful, thank you. This is something I have deliberately looked for and been unable to find, which is disappointing. I'm happy to admit I was wrong.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

No worries, happy to help!