morrowindFeb 22

Be Wary of Bluesky

https://lemmy.ml/post/43528586

Be Wary of Bluesky - Lemmy

I’m not the author, just sharing.

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It’s popularity had nothing to do with the protocol and making cries to such does nothing. 

Make fediverse competitive, and stop screeching at peoples in the center when they call Gavin progressive 🤷‍♂️. It’s not the tech that keeps people away, it’s the users.

Feb 22 at 8:46amWeb
Show threadChaisFeb 22
The cries are about how Bluesky uses it and implements the required infrastructure, not the protocol itself.
Show thread73msFeb 22
I’ve run into people like that on Bluesky much more than on the fediverse. They do of course exist on both.
Show threadMalReynoldsFeb 22
Agreed. They’re both open on the internet and in the data is in many repositories. Moot point (OPs’, not yours).
Show thread73msFeb 22
It obviously matters whether the data and control is mostly in one company’s hands, not just whether it is in “many repositories”.
Show threadMalReynoldsFeb 22
Do you not get ‘open on the internet’? All the three letter agencies hoover the data up, your countries equivalents do as well, other companies. It’s only a bit in one companies hands, because it’s ‘open on the internet’, just like xitter, facebook, tiktok, their walled gardens don’t stop state level actors, just us plebs (a bit). That just leaves control (in real time), some power, some money there, but long term it’s the data that counts.
Show thread73msFeb 22
I don’t think you’re even talking about the points the article makes… You probably wouldn’t want them selling your data either but this is more about avoiding the kind of fate Twitter had.
Show threadcinoreusFeb 23
With the fediverse it IS the tech. Lack of recommendation engines, and overall more sluggish experience compared to established social media does deter a lot of people away. Some things might change, but lot of stuff that makes social media better for most people is against what fediverse wants