Bluesky architecture

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1. Coyote (coyote@social.singing.dog)'s status on Friday, 27-Oct-2023 14:34:36 JST Coyote

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   @Inginsub @PurpCat @RustyCrab @vicious @swurl There’s a central server, the BGS, that collects content from instances, PDS, and passes it along to other servers to curate for those instances. Theoretically, you could host your own BGS, but you’d have to convince other people to connect to it. From what I understand, it’s like a mandatory relay.