In this episode, we dive deep into the origins of two of the leading social networks and the protocols they run on - Threads/ActivityPub and Bluesky/AT protocol. If you've been wondering what the heck the Fediverse is, this episode is for you!

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
02:57 What is the Fediverse and ActivityPub?
29:03 Ads
29:35 What is Mastodon?
53:21 Ads
53:30 What is Bluesky?
01:06:03 Outro

Music provided by Epidemic Sound

Special Thanks to:
Evan Prodomou at Activitypub
Eugen Rochko at Mastodon
John O'Nolan at Ghost
Mike McCue at Flipboard
Adam Mosseri at Meta
Jay Gruber at Bluesky
Ryan Barrett at Bridgy-Fed

Sources:
W3C: https://www.w3.org/
Identica logo: By _Identi.ca_logo.png: Status.net Teamderivative work: Valarauco (talk) - _Identi.ca_logo.png, CC BY 3.0, https://bit.ly/4cKI4le
NY Times Elon and Zuck Cage Match: https://nyti.ms/3XmP2IM
ActivityPub Graphic: Image creator: mray https://bit.ly/3T6sYjh
Activity Streams graphic: By User:Unoli - https://bit.ly/4dIoUhi
Huffpost Twitter Clown Car: https://bit.ly/3YWzPiW
Original Hacker News Mastodon Post: https://bit.ly/3Z9oeNk
NBC News Elon buys Twitter: https://bit.ly/4dwNBx7
Bloomberg Elon Buys Twitter: https://bit.ly/3Z4X3mW
CBS News Elon Buys Twitter: https://bit.ly/3yUBaw6
NBC News Elon Buys Twitter: https://bit.ly/3Xk5WYB
NY Times Elon Buys Twitter: https://nyti.ms/3z8xLcW
NBC News Twitter Rebrands to X: https://nbcnews.to/3MqIUc8
Verge Twitter Paid Verification: https://bit.ly/3Xn4o06
Forbes How Facebook Beat Myspace: https://bit.ly/3Z3B27X
Guardian Digg users revolt: https://bit.ly/3AF2v5U
Verge Reddit API Shutdown: https://bit.ly/3YWsyzE
Adweek Reddit Platform Visibility: https://bit.ly/3MnLX4Z
Elon F You to Advertisers: https://bit.ly/3XjY35w
404Media AI Shrimp Jesus Explained: https://bit.ly/476VGWJ
Forbes Threads Fastest Growing App: https://bit.ly/3T4VAco
Waveform Secret History of the Internet: https://bit.ly/4dDCmTv
Instagram Statement about Political Content: https://bit.ly/4cJxw65
Wired Google Launches Buzz: https://bit.ly/3X7f69s
Business Insider Google Buzz Privacy Flaw: https://bit.ly/3X2ThIbFTC Charges Google: https://bit.ly/3AD76FA

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