Scott
@scott.nstar.social
Co-founder @ nstar.social – A decentralized, local-first social network on the @ATProtocol keeping users in control of their data. Private beta soon!
A decentralized social internet restores user agency over billionaire self-serving walled gardens.
A decentralized social internet restores user agency over billionaire self-serving walled gardens.
Whatever we arrive at, we need Bluesky to adopt since 99.99% are on Bluesky PDS. A start would be for Bluesky's client app to adopt OAuth login with proper Atmosphere branding. And, independent PDS' with their own branding should carry the theme, including emails.
bsky.app/profile/scot...
bsky.app/profile/scot...
Email communications from PDS's should also carry the @ATProtocol brand, perhaps alongside the PDS hosting provider for consumer awareness. Bluesky should be removed accept as a "hosting" provider of the consumer's PDS.
Suggestion: {Hosting Provider} | @ATProtocol.
Suggestion: {Hosting Provider} | @ATProtocol.
December 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Whatever we arrive at, we need Bluesky to adopt since 99.99% are on Bluesky PDS. A start would be for Bluesky's client app to adopt OAuth login with proper Atmosphere branding. And, independent PDS' with their own branding should carry the theme, including emails.
bsky.app/profile/scot...
bsky.app/profile/scot...
Thank you for the feedback!
December 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Thank you for the feedback!
An important point of the Atmosphere handle is it can be changed and you continue owning your social graph and data. It is merely a label for the user's DID. I raised the branding issue this summer. Happy to see it getting attention from the community!
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
We should be promoting "@ATProtocol" as a "brand" & educate the masses on its value statement. There'll be 1000s of apps on the decentralized Atmosphere. Using "Bluesky" would be short-sighted & counter to the message of sovereignty.
I'm forging ahead with "Enter your @ATProtocol handle or did".
I'm forging ahead with "Enter your @ATProtocol handle or did".
December 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
An important point of the Atmosphere handle is it can be changed and you continue owning your social graph and data. It is merely a label for the user's DID. I raised the branding issue this summer. Happy to see it getting attention from the community!
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
We should be promoting "@ATProtocol" as a "brand" & educate the masses on its value statement. There'll be 1000s of apps on the decentralized Atmosphere. Using "Bluesky" would be short-sighted & counter to the message of sovereignty.
I'm forging ahead with "Enter your @ATProtocol handle or did".
I'm forging ahead with "Enter your @ATProtocol handle or did".
December 20, 2025 at 3:21 AM
We should be promoting "@ATProtocol" as a "brand" & educate the masses on its value statement. There'll be 1000s of apps on the decentralized Atmosphere. Using "Bluesky" would be short-sighted & counter to the message of sovereignty.
I'm forging ahead with "Enter your @ATProtocol handle or did".
I'm forging ahead with "Enter your @ATProtocol handle or did".
December 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
We should be promoting "@ATProtocol" as a "brand" & educate the masses on its value statement. There'll be 1000s of apps on the decentralized Atmosphere. Using "Bluesky" would be short-sighted & counter to the message of sovereignty.
I'm forging ahead with "Enter your @ATProtocol handle or did".
I'm forging ahead with "Enter your @ATProtocol handle or did".
Using "Bluesky" is short-sighted. It's a company w/ one app of thousands that will eventually on the Atmosphere. We should be promoting "@ATProtocol" as the "brand" & educate the masses on it's value statement.
I'm forging ahead with "Enter your @ATProtocol handle or did".
I'm forging ahead with "Enter your @ATProtocol handle or did".
December 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Using "Bluesky" is short-sighted. It's a company w/ one app of thousands that will eventually on the Atmosphere. We should be promoting "@ATProtocol" as the "brand" & educate the masses on it's value statement.
I'm forging ahead with "Enter your @ATProtocol handle or did".
I'm forging ahead with "Enter your @ATProtocol handle or did".
Agree 100%. We should be promoting "AT Protocol" as a "brand" & educate the masses on it's value statement.
I'm forging ahead with "Enter your @ATProtocol handle or did".
I'm forging ahead with "Enter your @ATProtocol handle or did".
December 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Agree 100%. We should be promoting "AT Protocol" as a "brand" & educate the masses on it's value statement.
I'm forging ahead with "Enter your @ATProtocol handle or did".
I'm forging ahead with "Enter your @ATProtocol handle or did".
Not a fan of "internet handle" nor "Atmosphere" nor "Bluesky" -- they mean nothing to the greater purpose of the decentralized movement. We should be promoting "AT Protocol" as a "brand" & educate the masses on it's value statement.
I'm forging ahead with "Enter your AT Protocol handle or did".
I'm forging ahead with "Enter your AT Protocol handle or did".
December 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Not a fan of "internet handle" nor "Atmosphere" nor "Bluesky" -- they mean nothing to the greater purpose of the decentralized movement. We should be promoting "AT Protocol" as a "brand" & educate the masses on it's value statement.
I'm forging ahead with "Enter your AT Protocol handle or did".
I'm forging ahead with "Enter your AT Protocol handle or did".
The reason is a few hundred billionaires cling to their fortunes-giving them power to disrupt governments & further enrich themselves. They refuse to invest in anything that doesn’t give short-term profits. Their blindspot is the long-term impacts that’ll undoubtedly negatively impact those profits.
December 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The reason is a few hundred billionaires cling to their fortunes-giving them power to disrupt governments & further enrich themselves. They refuse to invest in anything that doesn’t give short-term profits. Their blindspot is the long-term impacts that’ll undoubtedly negatively impact those profits.
Sigh...You are absolutely right! My mistake. Appreciate the correction.
December 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Sigh...You are absolutely right! My mistake. Appreciate the correction.
I’ve had factual replies clarifying implementation constraints misaligned w/ messaging detached to stifle awareness by some high profile atproto community accounts. If I was wrong, they’d been happy to correct the record (& rightfully so) w/ a reply… nope, cowardly detach replies they can’t defend.
November 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I’ve had factual replies clarifying implementation constraints misaligned w/ messaging detached to stifle awareness by some high profile atproto community accounts. If I was wrong, they’d been happy to correct the record (& rightfully so) w/ a reply… nope, cowardly detach replies they can’t defend.
There are a few closely connected who fear transparent discussion on #atproto architecture limitations and/or artificial implementation constraints. For #atproto to move forward, instead of stifling these discussions, they need to be embraced. The wisdom of the crowd is superior to that of the few.
November 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
There are a few closely connected who fear transparent discussion on #atproto architecture limitations and/or artificial implementation constraints. For #atproto to move forward, instead of stifling these discussions, they need to be embraced. The wisdom of the crowd is superior to that of the few.
Power. Greed. Buys them
governments & control of the masses.
$100 million should be more than enough for any single individual/family. Anything more robs the rest of us from opportunity.
governments & control of the masses.
$100 million should be more than enough for any single individual/family. Anything more robs the rest of us from opportunity.
November 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Power. Greed. Buys them
governments & control of the masses.
$100 million should be more than enough for any single individual/family. Anything more robs the rest of us from opportunity.
governments & control of the masses.
$100 million should be more than enough for any single individual/family. Anything more robs the rest of us from opportunity.
There is no moral nor ethical justification for any single person to accumulate a billion in wealth. It robs finite resources from all of society. It’s a failure of policymakers doing their jobs.
November 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
There is no moral nor ethical justification for any single person to accumulate a billion in wealth. It robs finite resources from all of society. It’s a failure of policymakers doing their jobs.
You’re not alone. Nothing is ever free. Feels like a trojan horse. There’s always a price to be paid. Investors always seek a return. Big social platforms concentrated wealth & undermined democracies around the world. Our data in #ATproto is publicly available for “free”. Is this the investment? 🤔
November 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
You’re not alone. Nothing is ever free. Feels like a trojan horse. There’s always a price to be paid. Investors always seek a return. Big social platforms concentrated wealth & undermined democracies around the world. Our data in #ATproto is publicly available for “free”. Is this the investment? 🤔
Fair enough. Hopefully some use-cases can materialize that can shed more light on these approaches.
November 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Fair enough. Hopefully some use-cases can materialize that can shed more light on these approaches.
Ok. What might the ability to swap out a Bluesky-compliant AppView through the "atproto-proxy" setting look like in Option 2?
To be honest, its pretty elegant/clever for user choice to swap to a different AppView, like Blacksky, through a simple client app setting. No changes to the client app.
To be honest, its pretty elegant/clever for user choice to swap to a different AppView, like Blacksky, through a simple client app setting. No changes to the client app.
November 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Ok. What might the ability to swap out a Bluesky-compliant AppView through the "atproto-proxy" setting look like in Option 2?
To be honest, its pretty elegant/clever for user choice to swap to a different AppView, like Blacksky, through a simple client app setting. No changes to the client app.
To be honest, its pretty elegant/clever for user choice to swap to a different AppView, like Blacksky, through a simple client app setting. No changes to the client app.
Trying to understand where this leads. Are you planning to deprecate Option 1 or 2 in favor of just one? Or, will both options continue to exist but one might be more geared toward removing the specialization Bluesky has baked into the PDS? Does a PDS become nothing more than a Solid alternative?
November 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Trying to understand where this leads. Are you planning to deprecate Option 1 or 2 in favor of just one? Or, will both options continue to exist but one might be more geared toward removing the specialization Bluesky has baked into the PDS? Does a PDS become nothing more than a Solid alternative?
Extending the lexicon to a set of additional standards might be something worth considering. The pds could then negotiate additional optional behavior with any appviews/servers based on lexicon definition that is not hardcoded. Standards are what will ensure Atproto stays decentralized & survives.
November 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Extending the lexicon to a set of additional standards might be something worth considering. The pds could then negotiate additional optional behavior with any appviews/servers based on lexicon definition that is not hardcoded. Standards are what will ensure Atproto stays decentralized & survives.
Isn't this the whole point of the lexicons for data, queries and procedures...to provide a contract for portability and method abstraction/definition?
November 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Isn't this the whole point of the lexicons for data, queries and procedures...to provide a contract for portability and method abstraction/definition?
This isn't an either/or equation & that there is an architectural solution that can be achieved to offer both options. Decentralized architectures & abstraction are hard but not impossible. Let's not throw out a core value ATproto provides w/ data portability. Why is this even a discussion?
November 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This isn't an either/or equation & that there is an architectural solution that can be achieved to offer both options. Decentralized architectures & abstraction are hard but not impossible. Let's not throw out a core value ATproto provides w/ data portability. Why is this even a discussion?