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There Are No Instances in atproto

Quality: 8/10 Relevance: 9/10

Summary

Dan Abramov explains that there are no 'instances' in atproto; the concept is borrowed from Mastodon. The piece argues that atproto decouples hosting from apps, enabling easy hosting swaps and diverse applications, and it uses RSS/Google Reader analogies to illustrate decentralization. The main takeaway is that counting instances is misleading; decentralization is achieved by separating hosting from apps and embracing multiple apps built on shared hosting.

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