Protocol Wars - The Fediverse Explained!

Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast

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!

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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