kokoapadoaJul 13, 2023
Jan Penfrat
It is frightening to see how #journalists (even those supposedly knowing about #media, like #MargaretSullivan @TheGuardian) realise how and why #Twitter failed them and us as a digital public space but entirely fail to draw any meaningful conclusions for themselves. Instead they willingly stumble into the next #platform dependency that will harm independent #journalism and degrade public discourse.
Jul 12, 2023 at 3:21pmWeb
Show threadBradleyJul 12, 2023
@TheGuardian @ilumium this is frustratingly stupid
Show thread*The* Paul BrownJul 12, 2023
@ilumium @TheGuardian
Show threadFrances LarinaJul 13, 2023

@ilumium @TheGuardian

Back in the early 00's my coworker and I had an observation: The news story hasn't fully played out until the news media reports on itself reporting on the story.

Show threadEdmund EdgarJul 13, 2023

@ilumium
In theory the Bluesky design is less platform-dependent than Mastodon, because in Mastodon your identity is controlled by your server admin and you need their permission to move it.

It's all just promises and design documents right now since there are no other servers so you could argue that the platform-independence will never actually happen, but using it doesn't show you're not thinking about the problem

Show threadscraperJul 13, 2023
@edmundedgar @ilumium On Mastodon you don't need any permission at all to move your account. There's a simple workflow for this. And the main flaw of bluesky's "distributed" protocol is that its (intentionally?) extremely bulky and user logon has to be routed over bluesky's servers. This is the opposite of distributed and shows only the data greed of bluesky.
Show threadEdmund EdgarJul 13, 2023
@scraper You do. It's automated, but the process is "ask your current server to forward your account to someone else". This will fail if the server is down/hacked/abandoned, or if the admin suspended your account, or if the admin manually intervened to stop you moving. @ilumium
Show threadPamela Barroway – Biz EditorJul 13, 2023
@ilumium @TheGuardian 🤦🏻‍♀️
Show threadRoo_44Jul 13, 2023

@ilumium

Cliché but appropriate

Show threadMax : Max MaxJul 13, 2023

@ilumium @TheGuardian if only they applied that sense of hopeless inevitably to other hot topics: "there are already illegal drugs in the country, might a well accept it and decriminalise them" or "there are already illegal immigrants, might as well stop fighting them and work on integrating them into society. "

Strange how being resigned to our fates is reserved for corporate interests, no?