Chris TrottierJust realized that most people talking to me about Bluesky don't know about DIDs, don't care, and are clueless about its benefits.
And this is a big problem for Bluesky because that's the one thing that AT protocol has over ActivityPub.
For better or worse, Mastodon has spent the past 6 months educating newbies about the benefits of decentralization -- and now we're all able to have a discussion about it.
Folks on Bluesky are still oblivious about decentralization, don't know that Bluesky is supposed to be a decentralized service -- and might not react well when other servers start to federate with it.
Today, I had a Bluesky user try to defend Bluesky’s Terms of Service regarding account termination because they said it’s par for the course with Google and Facebook.
Except Bluesky’s not supposed to own your account! AT protocol is supposed to make your ID a separate concern from the server you use!
When I told them this, they said, “Oh, that’s just marketing!”
Wow! Even a Bluesky fan doesn’t believe in DIDs—he thinks it’s too fantastic!
However, I don’t. I want it to have mass adoption.
LAUREN@atomicpoet I am completely blown away by people and their willingness to give complete control away. And this is without blocking capabilities yet. These are intelligent people signing up. I am dumbfounded. Zero recourse available to users outside of arbitration. That's how the financial industry works. That's the first red flag for me.
James Harris - Find my bridged Bluesky account@noondlyt @atomicpoet It's the early adopter conundrum. Some people want to be first in line to try something out. People are actively searching for the next platform to replace Twitter. People have tried Mastodon and not found it good enough to scratch that itch. That's what I found funny about moving to Mastodon, many of the same faces I met as early adopters on Twitter, Ello, Diaspora, Google+ etc were here. Even the crap platforms that amounted to nothing, we were taking a poke around.
@jbwharris @atomicpoet
I signed up for everything. I do believe you have to use other platforms in order to determine whether they are going to be right for you or not. My expectations for Post and Spoutible were low and I would say that they were met. What people are attracted to with bluesky is the twitter front end that Jack (still a hero to them in this story) knew would allow everyone to ignore the red flags. It is digital Kool-Aid and the reality of social media atm.
I signed up for everything. I do believe you have to use other platforms in order to determine whether they are going to be right for you or not. My expectations for Post and Spoutible were low and I would say that they were met. What people are attracted to with bluesky is the twitter front end that Jack (still a hero to them in this story) knew would allow everyone to ignore the red flags. It is digital Kool-Aid and the reality of social media atm.