yes the team has talked abt how they've analyzed mastodon & activity pub to conclude they wanted to build something different- one diff would be account portability to change servers so initial choice is less important, another is having global indexing which activity pub dislikes
also they've split instances into PDS which is a smaller simpler server an individual could host for themself vs BGS which aggregates n indexes n applies curation n moderation for building feeds
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Reply · Apr 28, 2023yeah and the goal is portability so you can pick up your posts n social graph n identity (DID at least, domain if you use your own) and move without…Reply · May 27, 2023ironic yeah... tbh I'm hoping she follows through and it works out to give her the control she wants... the key feature is account portability so ppl…Reply · Jul 13, 2023which... I think maybe they're over promising but it's also a differentiator from mastodon where your instance & mods matter a lotRepost · Nov 4, 2022RT @deepfates: Mastodon is not a substitute for Twitter. It's broken by design You have to sign in through a server, server has to be run…