Elena Rossini ⁂5d ago

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

Show threadBen Ramsey
@_elena The profiling angle of SSO aside, I would love to see something like OpenID adopted in the Fediverse, so I could maintain my own OpenID presence/profile on my personal domain and login anywhere with it.
Mar 23 at 3:39pmWeb
Show threadder Marko 🚲🏃‍♂️5d ago
@ramsey @_elena me too… this also means harmonising characters that are allowed for a handle I guess? AFAIK this also differs between for example Mastodon and Pixelfed.