I just asked Jay Graber, CEO of #Bluesky, three questions:
1. How much will it cost to operate a BGS?
2. Will AT protocol have applications beyond microblogging?
3. In your estimation, how much of the network will be PDS-to-PDS communication?
I hope she answers.
@ekana Got it! Okay, that makes things much more interesting.
This indeed is a competing protocol with ActivityPub.
@atomicpoet @ekana How does it compare with Matrix? If they can create custom lexicons, instant messaging would be possible too. I remember reading that Matrix didn't meet their needs when they were evaluating protocols before building ADX, which became AT protocol now.
@viktor @atomicpoet A lot of people use Twitter DMs as a serious means of communication, especially influencers. But DM's are for sure gonna be added to the "app.bsky" lexicon so I'm wondering if that's gonna be a common layer or something. I imagine it will be e2e as well.
@atomicpoet @viktor Dorsey also apparently wanted to launch with zero moderation tools but Jay insisted they create at least something before further invites. So he is a strong voice on the board, but he's not final say and I swear I read somewhere that they were gonna add them