Reading up on Bluesky
5 deep · digging since nov 28, 25
- Loops is a federated, open-source TikTok
Loops launches as a federated, open-source short-form video platform, but Hacker News commenters broadly dismiss it, citing federation's niche appeal and the format's inherent harms.
- A Social Filesystem
Hacker News commenters debate the AT Protocol's social filesystem metaphor, praising its elegance but criticizing overengineering and centralization risks.
- A Social Filesystem — overreacted
The article argues that social media data should be stored as open files in a distributed filesystem, using the AT Protocol's records, lexicons, and DIDs to decouple data from apps.
- Internet Handle
The piece argues that domains should serve as universal internet handles, and AT Protocol-based apps like Bluesky already enable this.