The reason Mastodon-flavor ActivityPub has been stagnant for most of the last decade is the only people who take the lingering cultural and structural issues seriously are working on what comes _next_
It really ought to concern anyone who still believes in this place that AP doesn't have its own event to match AtmosphereConf. There was exactly one over half a decade ago. All the energy at the 2026 event was exponential starting from the 2025 event. The PLC directory is headed to the independent org announced there. The IETF has the protocol. It's happening, right now.
If you're looking at Bluesky, you're looking at where the puck is, not where it's going.
You want more people to use AP? Stop complaining about people building on and using AT and start trying to understand why they are. I've been saying this for years now and nothing's changed on this side.
https://bsky.app/profile/edavis.dev/post/3miokmyrylc2d
#ActivityPub #Bluesky #Atproto
Kye Fox
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