It's good that what is described here is technically possible and that the team is thinking this way. I'd feel better if there was an actual competitor or popular alternative deployment of the AT protocol to really prove this out.
I would say that most of the usability issues of Mastodon are inherent to federation, so they will affect bluesky more or less in the same way after a buyout, when many populated instances get to step up and interact, moderation differences arise, instance blocks isolate users, etc
in these dark times, this app was my beacon. 5 venezuelan souls, undocumented & desperate, found community, legal aid, and courage through #bluesky. It was their digital sanctuary and mine, turning shadows into hope. #openborders
Def yell at me when they refuse a multi-billion $ buyout to help encourage consolidation to X b/c the Ministers of Fuckery deem it so. I like it here, but I know not of the ethical fortitude of the site-runners.
That's the fun thing: it doesn't depend on their ethics.
When they sell, anyone with some programming abilities and a server will be able to open a "parallel bluesky" and everyone will be able to move there without getting disconnected
not all the time
gods would that be irritating
admittedly tho
it's something i've been doing
entirely too often*
as a sort of focusing mechanism
and distraction
from how fucked things are
*recently
well you're not wrong about frustrating demogogues
but it’s not entirely correct to say it thwarts
billionaires influencing the government.
since its inception the wealthy voice
was privileged as intended
e. g. it all started with
landowners only
as voters
and
more recently
we had Citizens United
🤷♀️
She could sell. In fact, I'm almost sure that she, or someone else in her post, will eventually sell, because the business model, as it is now, is not sustainable. But when that happens, someone else will be able to make a "parallel bluesky" (or many), and everyone will be able to move there easily
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That's the internet I dreamed of.
That's why I'm here and not on threads. My X account will go down as soon as certain key figures come here.
thank u for helping make this a safe space
When they sell, anyone with some programming abilities and a server will be able to open a "parallel bluesky" and everyone will be able to move there without getting disconnected
that it became that way by design
and is working as intended
"The purpose of a system is what it does."
that's how it should be
even if it isn't yet there
so much work needs
to be done or
sometimes
undone
gods would that be irritating
admittedly tho
it's something i've been doing
entirely too often*
as a sort of focusing mechanism
and distraction
from how fucked things are
*recently
but it’s not entirely correct to say it thwarts
billionaires influencing the government.
since its inception the wealthy voice
was privileged as intended
e. g. it all started with
landowners only
as voters
and
more recently
we had Citizens United
🤷♀️