Comparing Decentralized Social Protocols: Why ActivityPub (Fediverse) is the Best Choice Over Bluesky (AtProto) and Nostr
The #socialweb is shifting away from corporate-controlled paths like #Twitter and #Facebook toward decentralized, more #DIY alternatives. The idea is simple: instead of a single company having control, decentralized protocols allow different platforms to connect while giving people the power to shape and control their digital paths. Three major decentralized protocols have emerged: Fediverse (#ActivityPub) – The most established and widely used, forming a "native" backbone of the […]
@info You're hard with #nostr
The protocol is way more powerful than #activitypub ! It's truly distributed, not decentralized.
@ManUtopiK@mastodon.social I kinda like it as a protocol, it’s the culture that is bad, we would like to use alongside ActivityPub for some of the #OMN projects.
@info It could be related. The problems with the culture of Nostr could be due to the protocol.
Blocking is limited in Nostr. If someone blocks me, I can still follow, respond to their posts, and other people can see my replies.
Also, relays can't block troublesome people either.
So sometimes it ends up attracting a certain kind of folk who would have just been blocked on platforms.
@ManUtopiK @info The trolls aren't screaming into the void. Everyone else stills sees them and can interact with them.
In nostr, "Blocking" is just a local ignore.
Close, but without the instance owner. Nostr doesn't let ordinary users moderate their own content.
- mastodon : each person moderates what they see and what others can see of theirs
- nostr : each person moderates what they see, but has no control of where their own data goes or how it is used
It's unfortunately somewhat hidden in the preferences.
You can control posting privacy for each individual post in Preferences -> Others.
Also you can make sure people who want to follow you have your manual approval, too.
Public Profile -> Privacy and Reach tab -> Uncheck automatically accept new followers
There are some other options, too, for controlling privacy of your content, like not having them show up in algorithms, etc.