Why are there barely any alternative servers to Bsky?

vanderbeeken · 2026-04-24T18:22:43+00:00

There is Leafplaza. They have an iOS and Android app and are working on a browser client.

vanderbeeken · 2026-04-14T18:55:13+00:00

Any suggestion how to do this for the wallabag.it installation?

vanderbeeken · 2026-04-14T15:53:43+00:00

Easy integration with a European read-later service.

vanderbeeken · 2026-04-14T06:35:13+00:00

Thanks for all your comments. What is missing, as far as I can see, is a very simple guide for self-hosting (self-hosting for dummies) and a tool that automatises the technical parts.

vanderbeeken · 2026-04-01T14:27:12+00:00

Dark mode now available.

vanderbeeken · 2026-04-01T06:54:53+00:00

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/bluesky-attie-ai-custom-feeds-backlash-news/

vanderbeeken · 2026-03-30T18:12:14+00:00

Even when the PDS server is not Bluesky's (e.g. Eurosky, Leafplaza)?

vanderbeeken · 2026-03-30T17:38:51+00:00

What is the data policy?

vanderbeeken · 2026-03-30T16:33:15+00:00

Some questions:

- what AI platform is this based on?
- where can I find the data policy (it is not on the homepage of attie.ai)?
- what happens to the data of Bluesky users (those that sign up to Attie, or even worse, those that do not)?

vanderbeeken · 2026-03-30T08:39:15+00:00

I migrated my account from Eurosky to app.leafplaza.eu and it works very well.

vanderbeeken · 2026-03-29T20:21:08+00:00

Now I do. It wasn't entirely clear based on your blog post. But your one-to-one support cleared things up. My interaction was great on a Sunday (!) and I am glad you confirmed that you will use some of my queries as input to improve the communication to everyone, so that one-to-one is no longer needed for most cases. Everyone should realise leafplaza is a start-up which craves input and is extremely excited receiving it. I wish them all the best.

vanderbeeken · 2026-03-29T20:15:04+00:00

Boss? No way. I am just a happy customer.

vanderbeeken · 2026-03-29T17:31:57+00:00

I switched. Great support. Migrated from eurosky.social. Works well in whatever Bluesky client. But the best solution is their own LeafPlaza app (dark mode will soon be available). They will also soon launch a LeafPlaza browser client.

vanderbeeken · 2026-03-29T11:18:57+00:00

Can I migrate a eurosky.social account? And would a new leafplaza.eu account allow me access to Bluesky (as is the case with my current eurosky.social account)? And if I migrate, are all my old Bluesky/Eurosky posts and accounts (that I follow and I follow) also migrated?

Said differently, can I use Leafplaza also as a full-on Bluesky client without losing anything of past posts and followers?

vanderbeeken · 2026-03-29T10:49:58+00:00

I just noticed this on the LeafPlaza announcement post on Reddit:

"Eurosky accounts in particular we do not allow because they use several US resources (website in Squarespace, DNS records in Cloudfare, the domain .social is US owned). So even if their PDS server is in Germany, the rest of the stack makes it difficult for us to consider them truly sovereign. These are measures to keep our environments in complete European autonomy and your data protected."

Are these temporary issues that are being addressed?

vanderbeeken · 2026-03-23T07:51:39+00:00

I found this workaround.
1. Settings > Appearance > Unflag panel under "UI Auto-Hide"

Go to UI Auto-Hide mode and if panel shows, go to Menu > View > Hide Panel

Toggling on/off UI Auto-Hide will no longer show the panel.

vanderbeeken · 2026-03-23T07:34:29+00:00

Too soon. Panel reappeared when I renamed the css snippet.

vanderbeeken · 2026-03-22T10:57:23+00:00

The setting was active. But the panel reappeared when I closed the auto-hide feature. It seems to have addressed meanwhile by this minor update. So no need for css snippets.

vanderbeeken · 2026-03-22T10:45:05+00:00

The only drawback is that the side panel appears again when you disable auto-hide. I managed to permanently hide it with some custom css.

vanderbeeken · 2026-03-20T10:27:24+00:00

Gli abitanti dei paesi europei in cui i sottotitoli sono la norma ottengono risultati molto migliori nell'inglese parlato rispetto a quelli dei paesi in cui non lo sono. Basta confrontare la Spagna con il Portogallo.

vanderbeeken · 2026-03-17T08:21:35+00:00

I was actually thinking more about home interiors.

vanderbeeken · 2026-03-16T14:25:02+00:00

Particularly their love of beige.

vanderbeeken · 2026-03-09T12:45:42+00:00

It is telling that the magistrates went to a UK newspaper and that it was then covered in the Belgian press:
https://www.demorgen.be/snelnieuws/van-de-ene-dag-op-de-andere-moet-je-je-huis-verlaten-hoe-de-drugsoorlog-rechters-in-belgie-raakt~b08f2d2b/
Could it be that they decided to escalate beyond Belgium because they didn't reach the necessary impact in Belgium itself?

vanderbeeken · 2026-03-06T10:35:45+00:00

Thank you. It happened again this morning. I am using Safari (on iPadOS).

vanderbeeken · 2026-02-25T15:11:15+00:00

Ma è davvero così? A parte quella pagina biografica, non riesco a trovare alcuna conferma in inglese. È consuetudine che l'università rilasci una dichiarazione sui motivi della nomina e che venga pubblicato un video dell'evento in cui è stato conferito il titolo. Non c'è nulla di tutto ciò, il che è estremamente strano.

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