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How decentralized is Bluesky really? (dustycloud.org)
submitted 4 days ago by boramalper to c/decentralization
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Recently due to various events (namely a lot of people getting off of X-Twitter), Bluesky has become a lot more popular, and excitement for its underlying protocol, ATProto, is growing. Since I worked on ActivityPub which connects together Mastodon, Sharkey, Peertube, GotoSocial, etc, etc, etc in the present-day fediverse, I often get asked whether or not I have opinions about ATProto vs ActivityPub, and the answer is that I do have opinions, but I am usually head-down focused on building what I hope to be the next generation of decentralized (social) networking tech, and so I keep to myself about such things except in private channels.

[...] I mostly believed that anything I had to say on the subject would not be received productively, and so I figured it was best to reserve comment to myself and those close to me. But recently I have received some direct encouragement from a core Bluesky developer that they have found my writings insightful and useful and would be happy to see me write on the subject. So here are my thoughts.

[...] Bluesky and ATProto are not meaningfully decentralized, and are not federated either. However, this is not to say that Bluesky is not achieving something useful; while Bluesky is not building what is presently a decentralized Twitter, it is building an excellent replacement for Twitter, and Bluesky's main deliverable goal is something else instead: a Twitter replacement, with the possibility of "credible exit".

Also see, part 2: Re: Re: Bluesky and Decentralization

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

So Bluesky is technically a centralized decentralized platform?

I like Bluesky for what it is, but the Fediverse is infinitely better, imho. At least as far as interactions go.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

...but the Fediverse is infinitely better, imho. At least as far as interactions go.

Just gonna put this here: https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/110273797004251326

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Oh shit! That’s the second time I’ve seen a post like that (a Mastodon friend shared something similar). I guess racist pieces of garbage are everywhere, and I’ve been fortunate enough to not see them. I’ve blocked entire instances when I’ve seen too many obvious trolls on them.

Then again, I’m not a new user anymore, so I’ve already learned how to remove that type of stuff. It’s probably difficult for new users to kind of set up a safer zone for themselves.