I'm going to have to apologize a bit for the BlueSky slander I've been spreading. I did not realize it's actually open source and federated too. It just has its own protocol instead of ActivityPub.
I'm sticking with Mastodon, but I'm a little less upset now about BlueSky's recent prominence
Great follow up to this why Mastodon is still better, for the most part
https://social.coop/@cwebber/113527462572885698
So, Federates amongst itself is hardly Federation
@zephyrxero ....no. it's not federated. It has parts that are decentralized, but those parts still send their data to relays which are all owned and operated by BlueSky, thus cancelling out any decentralization in the first place. They're doing that intentionally and deceptively.
No decentralization, no federation.
there's plenty to be upset about when it comes to #BlueSky: https://universeodon.com/@cryptadamist/113472115447080382
tl;dr some very bad hombres just bought a large stake in the company