I hope Bluesky doesn't succeed.
AT Protocol, I can deal with. Bluesky, I can't.
Everything I hate about Twitter is currently on Bluesky. I hate the memes, the trolls, the algorithms.
I realize my brain doesn't function like most other people. I'm wired a different way.
But generally, when I see an "ayyy lmao", I don't think that bodes well for a social media platform.
On most social media, shitposting and circlejerking almost always evolves into something malignant and nasty.
Examples: Something Awful, 4chan, Reddit, and Twitter
I genuinely don't like blackbox relevancy algorithms.
Whenever they're introduced, there's a certain class of influencer who gets off on gaming them.
They're not talking to people, they're now talking to machines. And things gradually get shittier and shittier.
Google has made the most complex relevancy algorithm known to humanity, and look what's happened to their search engine.
Part of me gets very angry about the fact everyone's going to repeat Twitter's mistakes with Bluesky.
Shitty moderation? Yep.
Blackbox relevancy algorithms. Yep, again.
Clout chasing? Oh boy, that's really happening right now.
Here's the flip side, though.
If Bluesky is actually serious about decentralization and turning on federation... good!
I mean that!
If multiple servers can connect through AT protocol, then it's better for all those god damn clout-chasing influencers to use Bluesky.
Again, I don't like Bluesky. And at the first opportunity, I will leave Bluesky.
Hopefully, I will operate my own AT protocol-enabled server.
But god damn, am I glad all the toxic people will be quarantined on that one server.
That is if AT protocol goes in the direction I want!
If AT Protocol goes as planned, the clout chasers, shitposters, and wantrepreneurs will use decentralized social media -- and they won't care!
We will have a better social media landscape, and everyone will do what they want to do -- without an Elon Musk buying it up and disrupting things.
We'll all collectively hate Bluesky, and it will ultimately not matter.
Now as far as whether ActivityPub, AT, or Nostr will win...
I think the first protocol to demonstrate server app diversity will be the one.
ActivityPub is winning. Quite drastically. 121 projects use ActivityPub spread across 24,618 nodes.
Right now, that seems like an insurmountable advantage.
@atomicpoet but the point here is that many people don't really want to 'win'... they just want to be free.
After looking at several of the projects you pointed me to, that's what I see... people just trying to be free.
Thanks for sharing so much.
@kikobar It's unlikely that multiple protocols will quarterback the move to decentralization.
Just look what happened with HTTP vs. gopher.
Right now we have three protocols. The majority of apps won't use all three.
@atomicpoet Agree, but there will be bridges, relays or 'federators' who will make possible for messages to transit from one to the other.
But my point is that this is not the kind of the winner takes it all of the centralised systems. They could coexist forever.
In fact, a descentralised system cannot be decommissioned until the last crazy fan switches off their instance. Just take a look at the Usenet and the BBSs for lack of better proof.
There is 21,000 of us running fediverse servers and I am not planning to shut mine down any time soon. 😆
@atomicpoet
"ActivityPub is winning. Right now, that seems like an insurmountable advantage."
I'm sure you are not, but it'll still be fun to say it anyway:
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