Mastodawn

With the news of the secret $100 million investment in Bluesky by Bain, I keep thinking about protocols.

Maybe the perceived "drawbacks" of #ActivityPub are ultimately strengths?

#ATproto handles identity in a way that allows a single sign-in across apps. But wouldn't this make it easier to profile you? Is this why crypto VCs are so attracted to it?

And ATproto has funding in the 100s of millions by VCs but at some point they'll want to turn a profit. There is ZERO pressure here to ensh*tt*fy

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Raphael Lullis

@_elena

> Maybe the perceived "drawbacks" of #ActivityPub are ultimately strengths?

This is where I disagree with the majority of current Fediverse.

> But wouldn't this make it easier to profile you?

Not really, no. Any sufficiently motivated entity can easily track internet activity, having different identities for different services does not really stop them.