L. Rhodes on Nostr: So… I've seen several people lately arguing that Bluesky is a fediverse network, on ...

So… I've seen several people lately arguing that Bluesky is a fediverse network, on the premise that interoperability between independently-run instances is enough to qualify. But I think that misses something fundamentally distinct about the fediverse—namely: federation. Which is a particular social relation, structurally analogous to political federation: autonomous, mostly self-governing states, mutually deciding to associate in a united network.