David GerardJul 14, 2023

Bluesky's AT Protocol explained, by @sam

https://urbanists.social/@sam/110339902538138997

spoiler: it's the sort of dumb as hell you'd expect from crypto bro libertarians

Sam :verified: (@[email protected])

Fucking Christ the @protocol is the most obtuse crock of shit I've ever looked at. It is complex solely for the sake of being complex and still suffers from *all* of the same problems as Mastodon. Your server goes down? Sorry, all of your followers are lost. Account portability is no better than Mastodon. 'DIDs' serve literally no purpose. And none of the API code that Bluesky uses in their own app validates ANY of the crypto they're doing on the server. NONE OF IT.

Urbanists.Social
Show threadDavid GerardJul 14, 2023

see, the thing is: the reason bluesky isn't just in the Mastodon network is that it would have been fediblocked by now for bad and incompetent moderation and being the floor shitter to everyone else

this is even as its excellent user base is *screaming* for the basics of competent moderation from these rationalist crypto bros who just don't understand the question

the flagship instance of the new AT Protocol network (coming soon!!!) is a floorshitter instance

Show threadJordan Carlson
@davidgerard this is the thing that's been driving me up the wall over there. there's a ton of cool people! but the way the site is being run - and the focus on "building the protocol" rather than responding to their insane luck in early community establishment - is just... maddening.
Jul 15, 2023 at 1:01amWeb
Show threadDavid GerardJul 15, 2023
@jordantcarlson they've taken on a pile of non-jack VC money, i'm wondering if one will take them aside and suggest a pivot to the thing they've actually succeeded at and not the dumbass vaporware that would be shit if it did work
Show threadJordan CarlsonJul 15, 2023
@davidgerard it looks like Kris Novo might be about to do that, based on posts in the past couple hours. But we'll see. I doubt the team they've got is up to it, given recent history.