tfm@europe.pub to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoHow decentralized Bluesky is compared to the Fediverse.europe.pubimagemessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageHow decentralized Bluesky is compared to the Fediverse.europe.pubtfm@europe.pub to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square11linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareJames R Kirk@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoWait, there are 1600 BlueSky instances to join? Are they counting people using a custom domain name as an entire instance?
minus-squaretfm@europe.pubOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoI suppose PDS instances are included: https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds
minus-squareJames R Kirk@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoOK so it sounds like there is still just the single BlueSky that is “federated” with a handful of single-user BlueSkies?
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoYes. The relevant metric: 99.55% of posts are on a single instance. That is not “federated” in any meaningful sense.
Wait, there are 1600 BlueSky instances to join? Are they counting people using a custom domain name as an entire instance?
I suppose PDS instances are included: https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds
OK so it sounds like there is still just the single BlueSky that is “federated” with a handful of single-user BlueSkies?
Yes. The relevant metric:
99.55% of posts are on a single instance. That is not “federated” in any meaningful sense.