Quotes have been on the fediverse for ages. Mastodon is just catching up.
irelephant
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Go to their preferred appview (like bsky.app, blacksky.community or zeppelin.social) and make an account there.
I'd say it is, since atproto is, at the very least, open.
Checking this one: blacksky.app
It returns this:
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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.
You could paste the link into pdsls.dev as well to see the record :P
https://pdsls.dev/at://did:plc:44ybard66vv44zksje25o7dz/com.whtwnd.blog.entry/3lo7a2a4qxg2l
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The PDS and the Appview combined are equivalent to an instance. Both run on shitware.
Lemmy doesn't support following people, you need a mastodon or Sharkey account for that. Check sharkey.world and mas.to
Lea.pet also got a c&d for @apple@lea.pet
Yes, you can.
You can easily run a PDS, that's the main public-facing part, you'd need port forwarding and a domain name for this.
Appviews are easier to host imo, https://github.com/alnkesq/AppViewLite is what I use. You can run this on a PC right now, and log in with your bluesky account.
It usually comes down to a difference in vision, the fediverses schtick is that you can follow Reddit from Twitter or whatever, whereas on atproto you use a different appview for different formats, like frontpage.fyi for links, and whtwnd.net for blogging.