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 · Jul 16, 2023splitting it allows more self hosting which means even if you thoroughly suck your identity & content still exists it just loses reachReply · May 29, 2023I think yes, they've learned from watching Mastodon and are trying to build something w more individual user choice and mix-n-match community labeling…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 lotReply · 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…