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1. verdve+t2[view] [source] 2026-02-03 17:23:51
>>crimso+(OP)
Are you aware of the current efforts by researchers on Bluesky to build a new researchers platform on ATProto? (Forget the project name at the moment)

If not, same handle over there, I can get you in touch with them. Or hit up Boris, he knows everyone and is happy to make connections

There's also a full day at the upcoming conference on ATProto & scientific related things. I think they com on discourse more (?)

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2. nosuch+6Z1[view] [source] 2026-02-04 04:18:34
>>verdve+t2
Isn't ATProto just a compromised version of Activity Pub, basically designed around an excuse to force all users into a data mining firehose structure like twitter used to have only there's no privacy features or federation for moderation controls?
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3. greent+Fp2[view] [source] 2026-02-04 08:26:11
>>nosuch+6Z1
Yes. Nostr and ActivityPub are so easy too, I don't see much advantage to ATProto and so many disadvantages. It's as decentralized as a meme coin, just waiting for the rug pull.

To me something git-like with a peer review UI (a la pull requests) seems far more natural for distributed academic publications than a social media protocol though.

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4. verdve+BI3[view] [source] 2026-02-04 16:43:35
>>greent+Fp2
It's for more than publishing, it's for science, which involves people collaborating and communicating
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