<![CDATA[so what is this #wafrn thing i keep seeing everywhere]]>so what is this #wafrn thing i keep seeing everywhere

it looked like new regular fedi software at first but i get the bluesky corporate ick from how its marketed, just some other psyop project trying to divide-and-conquer the fediverse

is it actually another good-faith, free software, #ActivityPub #Fediverse software project, or just yet another new attempt at splitting the fediverse? i dont really have the energy right now to dig into it

]]>https://citiverse.it/topic/a6589fff-e11c-4ae7-bf90-f14b040293cc/so-what-is-this-wafrn-thing-i-keep-seeing-everywhereRSS for NodeWed, 29 Apr 2026 09:33:39 GMTMon, 20 Apr 2026 22:11:42 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to so what is this #wafrn thing i keep seeing everywhere on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:44:49 GMT]]>@lianna@micro.webgarden.click @notizie@poliverso.org

you can host it without bluesky.

but bluesky is not a right wing social network. nostr is, and we do not connect with that.

atproto is a different protocol, with different tradeoffs. some stuff does better (account migration), some stuff does worse (follower only posts? HAHAHAHAH).

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://gabboman.xyz/fediverse/post/f4f24e8d-4a8b-4259-b9a5-28671083736fhttps://citiverse.it/post/https://gabboman.xyz/fediverse/post/f4f24e8d-4a8b-4259-b9a5-28671083736fWed, 22 Apr 2026 08:44:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to so what is this #wafrn thing i keep seeing everywhere on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:42:28 GMT]]>@notizie @gabboman I just really don't see the point in software purposefully connecting me to a hostile, for-profit, right-wing social network and its technology. I'd rather stay on ActivityPub until a better replacement protocol comes around.

A Tumblr-like federated platform would be amazing though, I'd host that.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://micro.webgarden.click/users/lianna/statuses/01KPT5NRFJ76FTVWS2ZA03Q4E5https://citiverse.it/post/https://micro.webgarden.click/users/lianna/statuses/01KPT5NRFJ76FTVWS2ZA03Q4E5Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:42:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to so what is this #wafrn thing i keep seeing everywhere on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:28:10 GMT]]>@lianna Wafrn is fantastic software, and its developer @gabboman is fantastic, both personally and technologically.

Wafrn isn't the only software that allows you to communicate with the Bluesky world. Friendica also offers the ability to connect to a Bluesky account, enabling even greater capabilities than other Bluesky clients. Similarly, bridgy.fed has allowed all fediverse users to connect to the Bluesky world via a bridge.

But Wafrn has taken a quantum leap: when you install a Wafrn instance, you create a server federated with the Fediverse via Activitypub, but you can also simultaneously install a parallel server that acts as a Bluesky node. This way, just like Friendica, Wafrn becomes a client for a Bluesky account, but the main difference with Friendica is that the Bluesky account you use is that of your "parallel server," a server federated with other Bluesky servers via the AT protocol.

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://poliverso.org/objects/0477a01e-2269-e77b-6a7a-f6e213642575https://citiverse.it/post/https://poliverso.org/objects/0477a01e-2269-e77b-6a7a-f6e213642575Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:28:10 GMT