Who owns your ATProto identity?

Post by kevinak » Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 2:09 PM UTC

Post by singpolyma3 » Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 2:33 PM UTC

verdverm wrote: post #2

Probably doesn't matter for the "40M+ users", most of them have churned at this point and growth is negative. This is good critique for the next iteration of open social protocols, but fundamentally atproto did not fail because of technical reasons. The next iteration should make privacy the default and core to protocol, and be very mindful of how the leadership / social dynamics played out.

Post by AndrewStephens » Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 2:45 PM UTC

scyclow wrote: post #4

This is where non-financial use of blockchain could really shine, IMO. Self-sovereign identity management with a smart contract-based process for recovering ids if keys get lost or hacked. Blockchains are pretty out of favor these days, but I really don't see a better solution for decentralized identity management.

Post by ftfish » Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 2:49 PM UTC

singpolyma3 wrote: post #3

verdverm wrote: post #2

Probably doesn't matter for the "40M+ users", most of them have churned at this point and growth is negative. This is good critique for the next iteration of open social protocols, but fundamentally atproto did not fail because of technical reasons. The next iteration should make privacy the default and core to protocol, and be very mindful of how the leadership / social dynamics played out.

Based on all the traffic and development activity I'm not sure on what basis one would say "failed"

Post by adithyassekhar » Sun, Jun 21, 2026, 2:50 PM UTC

ftfish wrote: post #7

singpolyma3 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Based on all the traffic and development activity I'm not sure on what basis one would say "failed"

Source? What I see here doesn't look good. https://bluefacts.app/bluesky-user-growth Never mind the pivot to reddit. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/04/bluesky-twitter-rival-reddit...