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Erin Conroy Apr 30, 2023

There's a lot of misinformation circulating that obscures or softens Jack Dorsey's relationship to #Bluesky, Bluesky to Twitter, &/or Dorsey to Musk/Twitter.

On Dec 11, 2019, Dorsey announced on Twitter that he'd started Bluesky as part of Twitter, to serve Twitter, & funded by Twitter $, "to develop an open & decentralized standard for social media." (One already existed. Clearly the goal was one he controlled.)

"The goal is for Twitter to ultimately be a client of this [Bluesky] standard."

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jin

@chargrille thanks for such an insightful thread.
You are right, ultimately these individuals want control otherwise they’d be jumping on the chance to build on ActivityPub.
It is so encouraging to see the communities growing organically here in the Fediverse.