@quillmatiq Yeah, this is the main reason I still keep my eye on what's happening around ATProto. Work around Blacksky has been inspiring.

I think a lot of people on here miss that people who are on Bluesky also don't want Bluesky, the company, to be in control, and they've been building tools to wrestle it back.

I still root for the fediverse the most, but maybe there will just be a point when it's much easier to run your own mini-ATProto stack before fediverse shakes off its image of a tiny, toxic, unwelcoming community.

@kim Absolutely. And I get it, sometimes you just want to vent your frustration. I do too!

But if that's all, or mostly all you do, you're just part of the problem at that point.

@stefan *sigh*

For me, a lot of the protocol-level stuff is a bit above my head, so I've been focusing more on advocating. My own followers may be familiar with my work on https://jointhefediverse.net, a site I see regularly shared and linked to.

I also contribute to and curate https://fediverseexplorations.org.

I've made creative bots followed by over 10,000 people.

https://bots.stefanbohacek.com

And there's even more at https://stefanbohacek.com/fediverse!

These are just some ideas, and I hope they encourage and inspire others!