The Starlight Network
@starlightnet.work
The official account for the Starlight Network.
We create software and infrastructure for good.
https://starlightnet.work
We create software and infrastructure for good.
https://starlightnet.work
thanks to @nelson.pds.starlightnet.work for creating this!
January 24, 2026 at 9:41 PM
thanks to @nelson.pds.starlightnet.work for creating this!
yeah, they just straight up ignored that project. Quite disappointing.
January 23, 2026 at 1:28 PM
yeah, they just straight up ignored that project. Quite disappointing.
All in all, Starlight network verdict: absolute clownshow.
Just use a European PDS for bluesky, or go find a mastodon instance.
You can find either at arewedecentralizedyet.online/map/
Some people also made w-social.eu, to mock wsocial.eu by listing european Mastodon instances.
Just use a European PDS for bluesky, or go find a mastodon instance.
You can find either at arewedecentralizedyet.online/map/
Some people also made w-social.eu, to mock wsocial.eu by listing european Mastodon instances.
W Social ? Wsocial? Be social! Use Mastodon!
w-social.eu
January 23, 2026 at 2:04 AM
All in all, Starlight network verdict: absolute clownshow.
Just use a European PDS for bluesky, or go find a mastodon instance.
You can find either at arewedecentralizedyet.online/map/
Some people also made w-social.eu, to mock wsocial.eu by listing european Mastodon instances.
Just use a European PDS for bluesky, or go find a mastodon instance.
You can find either at arewedecentralizedyet.online/map/
Some people also made w-social.eu, to mock wsocial.eu by listing european Mastodon instances.
There's also projects like @eurosky.social that they just...seemed to have ignored, despite being *explicitly* told about it
It's also *deliberately* disingenuous because we did explain AT and Eurosky at great length to their primary funder.
If I were launching a social media about truth and verification I'd, like, try not to lie but that's just me.
Anyway, some of us have work to do.
If I were launching a social media about truth and verification I'd, like, try not to lie but that's just me.
Anyway, some of us have work to do.
ATProto/ActivityPub rivalry notwithstanding, omfg if I were Mastodon today I'd be so angry at this
January 23, 2026 at 2:04 AM
There's also projects like @eurosky.social that they just...seemed to have ignored, despite being *explicitly* told about it
They hype it up as "not just another platform" and such, but really this is another Bluesky/social-app AppView that they're spinning up. It was briefly available at staging.wsocial.eu due to an oversight of theirs.
January 23, 2026 at 2:04 AM
They hype it up as "not just another platform" and such, but really this is another Bluesky/social-app AppView that they're spinning up. It was briefly available at staging.wsocial.eu due to an oversight of theirs.
They literally just pretended Mastodon doesn't exist so they can make the *exact* same pitch but more corporate.
Luckily, we have a video that shows exactly how they market this.
mastodon.social/@quillmatiq/...
Luckily, we have a video that shows exactly how they market this.
mastodon.social/@quillmatiq/...
Anuj Ahooja (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 video
Even the launch video is dumb, all of this is so dumb
mastodon.social
January 23, 2026 at 2:04 AM
They literally just pretended Mastodon doesn't exist so they can make the *exact* same pitch but more corporate.
Luckily, we have a video that shows exactly how they market this.
mastodon.social/@quillmatiq/...
Luckily, we have a video that shows exactly how they market this.
mastodon.social/@quillmatiq/...
We think this is, at best, highly silly considering Mastodon gGmbH, in Germany, is literally right there and serves a several-million userbase thanks to federation.
January 23, 2026 at 2:04 AM
We think this is, at best, highly silly considering Mastodon gGmbH, in Germany, is literally right there and serves a several-million userbase thanks to federation.
So far, the poll is heavily leaning towards a "yes"
While we don't accept contributions there *yet*, you can take a look at our code over at tangled.org/starlightnet... now :)
While we don't accept contributions there *yet*, you can take a look at our code over at tangled.org/starlightnet... now :)
January 20, 2026 at 2:38 PM
So far, the poll is heavily leaning towards a "yes"
While we don't accept contributions there *yet*, you can take a look at our code over at tangled.org/starlightnet... now :)
While we don't accept contributions there *yet*, you can take a look at our code over at tangled.org/starlightnet... now :)
Should they do something that we disagree with, we will still have our data and simply be on Blacksky instead.
Shoutouts to those guys, by the way.
Shoutouts to those guys, by the way.
January 20, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Should they do something that we disagree with, we will still have our data and simply be on Blacksky instead.
Shoutouts to those guys, by the way.
Shoutouts to those guys, by the way.