Could someone please explain to me whether Bluesky is decentralized?

[rcriii@hostux.social]

@cwebber but if you are on bluesky you should know this ... Oh I see what you did there you minx!

[paradegrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org]

@cwebber

Christine.

We have talked about this before.

You really need to do your own research, and not ask random strangers on the internet.

Also: you need to stop posting that type of question, because everyone at work is now wondering why I am laughing so hard!

[jdw@cosocial.ca]

@cwebber @quintessence

Voila

https://skylight.social/

[expertenkommision_cyberunfall@mastodon.social]

@cwebber

Define „decentraliced“

This can mean different things.

[cwebber@social.coop]

@expertenkommision_cyberunfall I wil define it

[cwebber@social.coop]

@jdw @quintessence decentralization is saved, thank you

[puppygirlhornypost2@transfem.social]

@cwebber@social.coop yea it's decentralized because arrogant pricks on the internet say so. hope this helps ​​

[Gæst]

@puppygirlhornypost2 @cwebber@social.coop pseudo-centralized in practice

[Gæst]

@cwebber@social.coop It's not decentralized because you can not host your own independent server using the Bluesky "AT Protocol".

I have no sources because it is impossible to prove something that doesn't exists.

[internic@mathstodon.xyz]

@cwebber At the risk of asking a serious question, what's the deal with all these alternative ATProto apps? Are there any that have significant independent infrastructure?

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/04/beyond-bluesky-these-are-the-apps-building-social-experiences-on-the-at-protocol/

I'm guessing that the answer is that they mostly share the same infrastructure and just provide a different AppView and possibly a different lexicon (not sure that's the right term) as far as the data they store and can interact with. But given that I have a very limited understanding of how Bluesky works under the hood, I'd be interested in a (much) more knowledgeable perspective.

[per_sonne@ciberlandia.pt]

@cwebber

It's "decentralized" but only has one, very central, instance.

So...it's like claiming you have a multicoloured pencil box, but with only one blue pencil inside, no other pencils available and no plans to provide them.

[maryjane@social.coletivos.org]

@cwebber Please!Do your own research to find the blogposts you wrote!

[justin@toot.io]

@cwebber it's "semi" bridged to the Fediverse, but it's opt-in I believe, you have to follow the bridge to enable it.

[mishavanmollusq@sfba.social]

@rcriii @cwebber

BlueSky so beyond The Cloud

[philip@mastodon.mallegolhansen.com]

@cwebber I don’t know what “decentralized” means, but I keep hearing about how much fun* bluesky is.

*Fun is limited to those in the good grace of the Turkish government and may be revoked at any time.

[chadarius@twit.social]

@cwebber Being decentralized and have the capability of being decentralized are very different things. Bluesky has the capability of being decentralized. It also works a little bit differently than Mastodon. You see the same feed no matter what instance you use with Bluesky.

[cwebber@social.coop]

@SuperDicq ok thanks, it's too bad there can't be a source though, I thought it was open source

[cwebber@social.coop]

@per_sonne is crayola decentralized though

[eblu@wetdry.world]

@cwebber it doesn't use activitypub so it isn't decentralized. this is because activitypub is clearly the only decentralized social networking protocol that has been fully and completely adopted by several applications like mastodon, and billionaires cannot run mastodon unlike bluesky's expensive "relays" that the fediverse doesn't have

[cwebber@social.coop]

@eblu billionaire-proof