for atproto devs and protocol watchers, I published an overview of the network moderation architecture. it tries to cover all the mod actions possible for each service type. this design has been around a while, but not well documented. this doc is not very polished, but could clarify some details [AT Moderation Architecture | b...](
AT Moderation Architecture | bryan newbold (✈️ vacation/travel through mid-Jan)
The AT network is becoming more heterogeneous in practice, with independent PDS hosts, apps, and alternative bsky AppViews establishing themselves....
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my positive vision for atproto is for people to have a greater degree of self-determination on the public social web. baseline experience should be decent, but motivated folks should be able to organize and get more control over their online spaces and experience in line with their norms+values.
cooking on tooling for lexicon schemas: publishing, synchronizing, linting, checking evolution, etc. still some rough edges, and need to show how codegen will hinge off this, but feedback welcome! [tangled.org/@bnewbold.net/...](📃.md )
this one's for you, IP licensing care-ers! myself included, very very glad to have this out. still wish there was a good license for protocol specifications which *only* gave patent rights, but between this pledge and our recent IETF draft posting, I think things are on firm ground RE:
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Bluesky (@bsky.app)
Bluesky runs on open protocols with open source code. Today we’re taking an additional step and making a patent non-aggression pledge to ensure t...
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at://devs! I wrote up a lexicon style guide, looking for feedback. also cooking on a linting tool to check a a bunch of these [Draft Lexicon Style Guide (Lex...](
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Draft Lexicon Style Guide (Lexinomicon) · bluesky-social/atproto · Discussion #4245
More folks are starting to design Lexicon schemas from scratch, which is great! This is particularly driven by ecosystem projects like Slices and m...
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blueksy video uploads are temporarily broken right now; probably impacting skylight etc as well. we are working to fix the problem and expect them to be flowing soon
they should invent a more powerful banana
procedural TV voice: they are calling it "app server"
pretty broad/serious disruptions to bluesky network services, including relay and jetstream, impacting much of broader ecosystem. events (including posts) from many PDS hosts are delayed and coming in spikes. root cause is upstream transit problems. working to bring up alt transit.
this is a great and important effort! even with PLC moving out of Bluesky PBC it is important to have more replicas, especially with regional diversity and the ability to "step in" and accept ops if needed. strong endorse work in this direction. RE:
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fig (aka:[phil]) (@bad-example.com)
Finally publishing this about PLC! On a day with big PLC news!! I think the news recasts this piece into more "why that's important", and less doo...
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