Bluesky opens to public registration (bsky.social)

submitted 8 months ago by canpolat@programming.dev to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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[-] emb@lemmy.world 41 points 8 months ago

Not really federated so far, right? They talk a lot about being open, but (when) will they be really? Can I sign up for an account that intereacts with Bluesky through any other provider?

I mean, I signed up, it seems interesting enough. If nothing else it has some recognizable accounts to follow, better network effect than Mastodon.

[-] canpolat@programming.dev 17 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I don't follow it very closely, but as far as I know, they are the only one implementing the open protocol they designed (which doesn't interoperate with ActivityPub). However, there seems to be some efforts for creating a bridge: https://www.docs.bsky.app/blog/feature-bridgyfed

As you said, there are some recognizable faces and that may impact the adoption. But not being compatible with ActivityPub is a real bummer.

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

I was going to say, if it federates at all then a bridge should be possible

[-] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 9 points 8 months ago

According to a random employee on hacker news, later this month they will have open federation https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39274882

As always, caveat lector.

[-] mysoulishome@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Sounds like they are saying (later this month) you can create your own Bluesky instance…but will they ever federate outside that?

[-] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 2 points 8 months ago

There is some federation, however most instances that I've seen are people's personal instances because in the past you've still needed a bluesky invite to federate with the main instance. Now that you don't need an invite anymore I'm sure that'll change and you'll see more public 3rd party instances popping up.

[-] Badeendje@lemmy.world 36 points 8 months ago

And once he has the numbers he will just sell it again

[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

Probably true, though the protocol is open source and can federate, so potentially has a lower blast radius next time as people can just bail to other ATProto servers.

[-] matthewmercury@reddthat.com 4 points 8 months ago

Are there any other ATProto servers? Can you bail to those today?

[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Not yet, at least not officially. I believe some people have tried out the open source code, but I'm not aware of anything active right now.

They say at the end of the month, but we all know how trustworthy those promises are.

[-] aniki@lemm.ee 26 points 8 months ago

Fuck billionaires. Mastodon never had limited sign-ups because you're not a product on it.

FOSS life!

[-] const_void@lemmy.ml 18 points 8 months ago

Requires a phone number to sign up. No thanks.

[-] MSids@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Just curious, why is that a deal breaker? It seems like a mild form of anti spam protection, potential 2fa backup, and a way to uniquely identify users.

[-] MammyWhammy@lemmy.ml 9 points 8 months ago

It requires personally identifying information to login. That's a hard pass for menu people.

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

What about non-menu people

[-] MammyWhammy@lemmy.ml 8 points 8 months ago

They're just going to order whatever they like anyways.

[-] MSids@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Hopefully they won't have to provide a phone number to the restaurant

[-] Omniraptor@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It's only used as a one time account verification thing, not a 2fa second factor. Still not great but at least not a security flaw.

[-] fosstulate@iusearchlinux.fyi 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

What I've long been curious about is whether the service provider can derive a subscriber identity using the number. I mean of course the mobile network operator knows I'm me, but does Bluesky? Or is it merely a valid mobile number to them?

[-] RVGamer06@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

Unless the network operator or the ISP sells/gives your identifying data to Bluesky, that can't happen. It should be super illegal ofc, but in the US anything can happen...

[-] Xavier@lemmy.ca 15 points 8 months ago

I'll skip. Just like how I skipped AOL, MySpace, LiveJournal, 4Chan, Friendster, Hi5, Orkut, Bebo, Tumblr, Facebook, Pinterest, Blogger, Google+, LinkedIn, Snapchat, Twitter, Instagram, Quora, Twitch, YouTube, Vine, Netflix, OkCupid, Tinder, Grindr, Bumble, Discord, TikTok… oh all of the Apple ecosystem, and many other I missed by being oblivious or simply never heard of…

I liked the Slashdot, Digg, Reddit and now the Lemmy format/style. Will continue to move on to whatever I find stupid simple and publicly accessible I guess. I am naturally lazy, advertisement averse and hate having to provide personal info just to use something non-governmental or non-essential.

Now, with the increasing prevalence of LLM based bots, I will probably ineluctably reduce my time spent posting anything (I certainly hope it doesn't get that bad, only time will tell) on any kind of “social media” and focus on current and new family, friends, coworkers, colleagues and acquaintances.

[-] aciDC14@lemmy.world 22 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Cool story bro.

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[-] magnetosphere@kbin.social 15 points 8 months ago

This might have been interesting a few months ago, when they were getting the kind of free publicity that CEOs would kill for. Now that the momentum is gone, though, nobody cares. They took WAY too long to get their shit together.

[-] De_Narm@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago

I feel like the hype already died down quite some time ago. I know a few people who made an account, but this is the first time I heard the site mentioned this year. Same with Threads.

[-] dth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 8 months ago

Yeah, even before this people were having a hard time to give away their unused invite codes.

[-] Vub@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago

Why the fuck do they require my phone number to register? No thanks.

[-] Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 8 months ago

To make sure you are real.

[-] ombremad@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 8 months ago

Sure, that’s the reason. I believe that.

[-] Vub@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

There are better ways to confirm someone is a human. If they would not just want to gather personal user data instead, which apparently is the case.

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[-] donescobar@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Ages ago I got a spam Gmail account with a google voice number I also use for this type spam bs!

[-] Vub@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

Those aren't available to register anymore though, are they?

[-] technomad@slrpnk.net 9 points 8 months ago

That's the MSN butterfly...

#🧐

[-] ZILtoid1991@kbin.social 7 points 8 months ago

Yay, a "good" guy with a company will stop a bad guy with a company!

All hail Jack!

[-] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

It would be better for them to use Activity hub or at least hook into it. Leverage Mastodon/other services.

[-] vojel@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 8 months ago

Oh this remembered me of that I do have an account since last year and just used it to argue with some fan boys about if Bluesky is full FOSS or not (it’s not)