Hey everyone,
I’ve been pondering an idea thats been stuck in my head since forever and wanted to get your thoughts on it.
Has anyone ever considered the possibility of developing a line of code or a platform that runs on Activitypub that allows non-ActivityPub protocols to integrate seamlessly into the Fediverse?
Imagine a system where platforms like Bluesky, NOSTR, or other Protocol-based networks could “plug in” to the Fediverse.
This would effectively translate their unique protocols into ActivityPub, enabling interaction without requiring these platforms to adopt ActivityPub themselves.
Think of it like a tree: ActivityPub serves as the trunk, while non-ActivityPub platforms form the branches.
This approach could SIGNIFICANTLY expand the Fediverse and make it accessible to platforms reluctant to natively support ActivityPub.
As well as allow various platforms with different protocols to interact with each other, without the need to use “Bridges”, “Mirroring”, etc.
Don’t get me wrong, im not hating on Ryan, Fedy bridge, etc., but services like those are basically using Sticking Plasters, Duct Tape, and Chewing Gum to try and stick together different platforms.
I find this idea interesting, but I lack the coding skills, time, and energy to pursue it.
I’m curious if any developers or tech enthusiasts here have ever thought about, or worked on, something similar.
What challenges do you foresee, and could this be a viable path for potentially expanding the Fediverse?
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts and ideas.
I use the bluesky bridge. One of the issues is that it is opt-in instead of opt out. I feel like most of the people I find that are using the bridge are likely also part of the federated universe to begin w/.
And if someone responds to you on bluesky, it doesn’t bridge over to the activitypub fediverse
It feels very beta. Hopefully they improved upon it.
@macattack yeah, but people (on Mastodon at least) are very opinionated so to say, and they will go out of their way to call people out for scraping their data without consent. They even go ahead and send you death threats, doxx you or even upload CSAM on your platform just to take it down.
@Teknevra
Bluesky is centralised