Kevin O'RiordanMar 20
dansup

Folks, please be nice to BlueSky.

You don't want to be labelled as a critic, and kindly remember they are really decentralized and only took $100+ million in venture capital to improve the social web.

Last but not least, don't pay attention to the CEO responding to criticism by responding with "Are you paying us? Where?" followed up with "You could try a posters strike. I hear that works".

They are great. ATProto is the future. They aren't like other girls.

They care ❤️

Mar 20 at 2:44pmWeb
Show threadflere-imsaho 🇺🇦Mar 20

@dansup you almost got me in the first para.

also, ah, jay graber, who went looking for a trust & safety person only after very strong user backlash, and after people noticed that half of the bsky development team, including graber, followed a white supremacist account who made death threats against a black woman.

Show threadSebastiaan Ammerlaan 🇳🇱Mar 20
@dansup If I didn't know better, I'd almost think you were being sarcastic here. Imagine.
Show threado ifrit 🌱Mar 20
@dansup
 Who is paying you, eh!? Say it! https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/116257600186799092
@Lexicomante
Mastodon Migration (@[email protected])

Bluesky Reveals Massive Hidden Investment Today #Bluesky revealed that in April 2025 they received a whopping $100M venture capital investment lead by Bain Capital Crypto and that they KEPT IT A SECRET. https://bsky.social/about/blog/03-19-2026-series-b So the answer to the big mystery Who Owns Bluesky? (https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/116025246450023071) is finally out. Crypto VCs. Now, we should be asking why did this company that prides itself on transparency and "decentralization" decide they needed to hide who owned the company?

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Show threadKevin Boyd (he/him) 🇨🇦Mar 20
@dansup
Show threadMugita SokioMar 20
@kboyd I knew something didn't smell right about decentralization on the AT Protocol when the creators of it implemented digital ID into it.
Show threadOblomovMar 20
@kboyd I think @dansup was being sarcastic
Show threadKevin Boyd (he/him) 🇨🇦Mar 20
@oblomov @dansup Oh i know he was. It was either this or anchorman's "I don't believe you" ... :)
Show threadRay McCarthyMar 20
@dansup
They have central control and decentralised (really they mean distributed) processing. It's not federated separate servers.
Show threadKirils SolovjovsMar 20
@dansup What is a Graber?
Show threadnonlinearMar 20

@dansup bluesky is any-time-now decentralized. it's decentralized *in potentia* but the cost to build another server is prohibitive.

you can, if you spend a lot.

Show threadBill Taroli Mar 21
@nonlinear If it were an appliance it’d be labeled “Decentralized Ready”
Show threadnonlinearMar 21
@btaroli Total. It’s like those recyclable bottles, you CAN recycle, if you put the effort, as a consumer. We won’t. Ok.
Show threadMugita SokioMar 20

@dansup If that's the case, then why did they implement digital ID into their main centralized instance?

I hypothesize that it's a conflict of interest, no?

Show threadbennyMar 20
@dansup deleted my account their months ago.
Show threadBill Taroli Mar 20
@dansup poster strike. Oh you mean like leaving? Yeah actually I’ve heard that does work. LOL
Show threadCap YbarraMar 20
@dansup hey you have a screenshot summarizing the day i deleted my bluesky account because fuck any company who acts like that
Show threadmav Mar 20
@dansup
Then there was the infamous day when she responded to a user concerned with the rising transphobia on the site with "I like pancakes"
Show threadStefan SchollMar 20
@dansup pancakes. 🙃
Show threadRobin AdamsMar 21
@Stefan_S_from_H @dansup WAFFLES!!!!
Show threadBill Taroli Mar 21
@robinadams @Stefan_S_from_H @dansup Turtles! https://youtu.be/CMNry4PE93Y?feature=shared
Zombie Kid Likes Turtles

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Show threadMicdan 💾Mar 21
@dansup Who owns Bluesky? 🗣️🗣️🗣️
Show threadRycochetMar 21
@dansup Why it's almost as if people handpicked by Jack Dorsey from the Crypto world are largely untrustworthy and will happily sell out the user base they clearly despise to the worst humans as long as they get to fill their pockets before skipping away to the next scammy venture!
Show threadAstralSnowstorm6157Mar 22

@dansup Not to mention they also recently did this thing where downloading images will EXCLUSIVELY prompt you to download them as WebP files, much like Fandom, Reddit, Discord, etc.

Maybe they do care after all.