Charlie StrossJul 4, 2023
Fuck Bluesky. https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4034584-ex-twitter-leader-jack-dorsey-endorses-rfk-jr-for-president/
Ex-Twitter leader Jack Dorsey endorses RFK Jr. for president

Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey appeared to endorse anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for the Democratic presidential nomination over the weekend. Dorsey retweeted a video of Kennedy saying he could beat former President Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), who announced his bid for the White House on Twitter last month. Dorsey captioned…

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Show threadBoris MannJul 4, 2023

@cstross you may not care, but Jack Dorsey is not in charge of BlueSky. It erases the good efforts of Jay Graber and her team.

Some balanced background reading here in an article by @micahflee https://theintercept.com/2023/06/01/bluesky-owner-twitter-elon-musk/

The team is very much intent on building an open protocol

Is Bluesky Billionaire-Proof?

Questions and answers about the new social media network Bluesky that you don’t need an invite to see. First, Jack Dorsey is not an owner.

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Show threadCharlie StrossJul 4, 2023

@boris @micahflee Yeah, all that and bluesky monetize anything you upload by using it as input for their LLMs. Not to mention the advertising. And the fundamental original sin—another goddamn social media site owned by a corporation who can turn hostile or sell it on a whim.

In capitalism, if you're not paying for the product, you ARE the product.

Show threadBoris MannJul 4, 2023

@cstross @micahflee that is also not true.

They use HiveAI, a commercial service that does content labeling (which many services use).

The BlueSky ToS and their agreement with HiveAI does not allow for training.

In Micah’s article, you’ll see that BlueSky is a PBLLC, and the team themselves are working to design AT Protocol to protect against that company “going bad”

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@boris
Could still be a loss-leader, but we'll see what happens after the first change of control.
@cstross @micahflee
Jul 4, 2023 at 9:16pmFedilab
Show threadBoris MannJul 4, 2023

@rhizome I’m not sure what you mean. Like if Jay sold a bunch of shares and/or ceded board control?

Mastodon gGmBH could also be sold, but since the software is open source for both it and Bluesky, it doesn’t directly impact federation.

For me, I’ll be experimenting with running my own ATProtocol PDS when federation comes out of sandbox mode.