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Post #AoJ539DsgS6Y2BeuA4 by [email protected] |
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How Decentralized Is Bluesky Really? https://dustycloud.org/blog/how-decentrali… |
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Post #AoJ5iuzvxhsg4x3L0K by [email protected] |
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First of all, before I say anything else, my goal here is NOT to be mean to Blu… |
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Post #AoJ5iv9rMnowZjhGTY by [email protected] |
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That said, let's get to the summary: Bluesky / ATProto are not decentralize… |
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Post #AoJ5ivI0sULIz1VmBU by [email protected] |
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Furthermore, I think Bluesky is providing something valuable: a lot of people a… |
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Post #AoJ5ivQAOArfOJKHtQ by [email protected] |
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On the fediverse we also see a lot of accusations of Bluesky being owned by Jac… |
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Post #AoJ5ivYfsXfbohJ59c by [email protected] |
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I participated a bit in the process of when Bluesky was Jack Dorsey and Parag A… |
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Post #AoJ5ivhBMuTYF5HsPo by [email protected] |
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There is also something which Bluesky gets right which the fediverse does not. … |
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Post #AoJ5ivpgrHHUfTGfg0 by [email protected] |
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So I have opened here with the things that Bluesky does well. As you may guess,… |
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Post #AoJ5ivxqMxnr4l5BNw by [email protected] |
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A frequent way of describing Bluesky's decentralization, including by Blues… |
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Post #AoJ5iw6hq0tNWFEGCO by [email protected] |
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In fact ATProto's own tutorial even says "Think of our app like a Goog… |
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Post #AoJ5iwJT4Z6I9pCS5g by [email protected] |
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While most people would argue that blogs and websites are open, few would argue… |
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Post #AoJ5iwQuct3UWugOh6 by [email protected] |
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Relays, AppViews, etc don't just index information. Blogs and their interac… |
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Post #AoJ5iwbXzLYv3tetGq by [email protected] |
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But let's stay on this blog/search engine analogy for a while before we unp… |
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Post #AoJ5iwkPSOeRVNny5I by [email protected] |
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Furthermore there is an interesting connection between blogs and social media: … |
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Post #AoJ5iwsYy5AnufcTnE by [email protected] |
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Feed readers are also simple, and in fact they were even easy to self host, eve… |
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Post #AoJ5ix0MV5PaIrGhwu by [email protected] |
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This was sad for me especially; my favorite medium on the internet ever was web… |
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Post #AoJ5ix8W0lvwi95Deq by [email protected] |
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This may seem like an enormous aside, but it isn't. The big sell currently … |
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Post #AoJ5ixHjSVJ3AjOa1Y by [email protected] |
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So. It isn't enough to self-host your own PDS. Whether or not people can ru… |
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Post #AoJ5ixQavYOZcDXeq0 by [email protected] |
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Today, there is only one real organization running a Relay that really matters … |
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Post #AoJ5ixZ6PvCW2bWS6C by [email protected] |
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People are trying; most notably alice has done some great work recently: https:… |
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Post #AoJ8XkqVfNHTGo0sHg by [email protected] |
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@cwebber i will read the rest after a Thank You :Di am only at like 10% through… |
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Post #AoJBqbm3v1R2V0cAC0 by [email protected] |
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"In July 2024, running a Relay on ATProto already required 1 terabyte of s… |
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Post #AoJSJ0ybPRQE2O2zce by [email protected] |
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@cwebber This is so helpful. I've found bluesky's claims of decentraliz… |
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Post #AoJmQ5yJEXmgdlZ1EW by [email protected] |
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The Bluesky approach to the "shared heap" is that *everything* goes i… |
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Post #AoJmQ67AhasD5Fi62y by [email protected] |
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You can imagine the physical world version of "message passing" alrea… |
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Post #AoJmQ6FKDHOZUXWbku by [email protected] |
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That's exactly why running a Relay or AppView is expensive: you're buil… |
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Post #AoJmQ6N7kHdLsjApua by [email protected] |
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Look, I know that I've been hitting this nail on the head for a while but: … |
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Post #AoJmQ6WhAhI2MPeTpY by [email protected] |
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Now as I have said, this is a *design decision*. And remember: most users of Bl… |
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Post #AoJmQ6fCf45ymndH5k by [email protected] |
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If what your *goal* is to get off Twitter, then Bluesky has solved it. They sol… |
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Post #AoJmQ6ni9QtvDBc4Lw by [email protected] |
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"Oh Christine you're being sensitive"Maybe, but there are real co… |
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Post #AoJmQ6vrf7QHcTQa3s by [email protected] |
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Users, clearly, think a lot more of Bluesky is decentralized than it is, and re… |
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Post #AoJmQ74N9UEE2rPNK4 by [email protected] |
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Blocking first. Bluesky's decision to have *everything* public means that i… |
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Post #AoJmQ7CWfAkaS9Dt20 by [email protected] |
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It is ONE thing to be able to block JK Rowling and for you to see that JK Rowli… |
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Post #AoJmQ7KgArGwrR2Ojw by [email protected] |
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Now to be completely fair this is something that Bluesky's devs are interes… |
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Post #AoJmQ7X5QjCHTuqJ4y by [email protected] |
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Yes, I may sometimes seem silly over here, SICP-hugging fangirl, come on we'… |
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Post #AoJmQ7fEwPidtCeomu by [email protected] |
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You know what, we'll come back to "bidirectional Conway's Law"… |
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Post #AoJmQ7nOS6F0IUTKUq by [email protected] |
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Now to be completely fair Bluesky is clear about this *in their blogpost announ… |
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Post #AoJmQ7vXxmlMhmHqCm by [email protected] |
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The thing that is telling to me about DMs is that we *have* federated direct me… |
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Post #AoJmQ83LUn095xw4MS by [email protected] |
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The point is that I have *seen in the wild* people saying "Oh yeah Bluesky… |
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Post #AoJmQ8Bqz9o5WLurce by [email protected] |
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But to Bluesky's credit, Twitter's DMs aren't decentralized either!… |
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Post #AoJmQ8K0UqKRvdjNKa by [email protected] |
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On that note, again, I am not reading the replies right now because I am (a) af… |
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Post #AoJmQ8Ro1qZEJpNbUG by [email protected] |
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I said we are about halfway through and criminy we're halfway through the a… |
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Post #AoJmQ8ZFaAWQgurY5g by [email protected] |
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And so, it is TEA TIMEGo get yourself a hot beverage. Put honey or agave in it,… |
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Post #AoJmQ8hP5r2n6Cg3nc by [email protected] |
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Okay, I am back and I am back with tea! I made "black tea with ginger"… |
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Post #AoJmQ8qGYu8JXgp8c4 by [email protected] |
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I am also sad about the US House of Representatives being shitty to trans peopl… |
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Post #AoJmQ8yQ4aefwydeK0 by [email protected] |
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A lot of data modeling I did in that time was in the W3C Verifiable Credentials… |
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Post #AoJmQ96DbatSLAHsTg by [email protected] |
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Back in 2017 I wrote a whitepaper: "ActivityPub: from decentralized to dis… |
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Post #AoJmQ9Huu6FcvRlDiC by [email protected] |
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In that sense, I am really glad Bluesky is taking on decentralized identity, as… |
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Post #AoJmQ9QQOT3ZLpk0yO by [email protected] |
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Before we get there, let's talk about what the DID spec was and what DIDs a… |
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Post #AoJmQ9ZHrW95nJt5mq by [email protected] |
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The other requirement you would expect, based on the name, is that Decentralize… |
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Post #AoJmQ9hnLsx2Dhrt32 by [email protected] |
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The reason actually stems from the first centralized DID method that Bluesky su… |
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Post #AoJmQ9qIqFkye5qgJE by [email protected] |
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"Now wait Christine, didn't you say earlier that the web is decentrali… |
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Post #AoJmQ9ySLwHL3NfC1A by [email protected] |
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Everyone in the DID standards space KNEW that did:web was centralized, so why o… |
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Post #AoJmQA6FswW7RZJQAq by [email protected] |
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I was kind of exiting that particular area of standards when this happened but … |
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Post #AoJmQAEPOd2Tqr7vsm by [email protected] |
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Confusion, on its own, is one thing. But the problem is when confusion turns in… |
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Post #AoJmQAMuszqQHF6j8y by [email protected] |
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And of course once the door was open to did:web, the door was open to everythin… |
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Post #AoJmQAV4OgMmgWvEqu by [email protected] |
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But it's ONLY EXPERTS IN DIDs WHO UNDERSTOOD THISMost users hear "Dece… |
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Post #AoJmQAdDuMt95ojkYq by [email protected] |
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So did:web is not only useless, it misleads people about the problem domain ent… |
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Post #AoJmQAl1RN7vU0NyiW by [email protected] |
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For that matter, where did the term did:plc come from? Early versions of "… |
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Post #AoJmQAtWvjvruOMlyi by [email protected] |
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did:plc is centralized, and that bothers me because once again, users think som… |
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Post #AoJmQB1KSkAeIa108O by [email protected] |
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If you read the documentation of did:plc, they're actually quite upfront ab… |
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Post #AoJmQB9px6yaixznOa by [email protected] |
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(aside: wow my eyes are getting tired from staring at my monitor while I recap … |
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Post #AoJmQBHdU7DN79e1YG by [email protected] |
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Aside from being irritated about the name misleading, I don't mind the cent… |
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Post #AoJmQBQUxAItYdn6Mi by [email protected] |
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In theory, once a DID is registered with Bluesky, it cannot be altered by Blues… |
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Post #AoJmQBZMQDOQ07wBBA by [email protected] |
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This is pretty good tbh, it lowers the stakes a lot to have certificate chainsI… |
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Post #AoJmQBiZrwlWSiFXXs by [email protected] |
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There are some strange, strange things about did:plc that heightens the central… |
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Post #AoJmQBsVH2hmxUtT16 by [email protected] |
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The first strange thing to me is that did:plc uses sha256 and, AFAICT, not sha2… |
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Post #AoJmQC10lPVjNssGHI by [email protected] |
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The next concerning thing is that did:plc truncates the hash to just *15 bytes*… |
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Post #AoJmQC9WFmJfoGr3XU by [email protected] |
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This is public information, I don't need to file a CVE to tell you about th… |
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Post #AoJmQCLZWxxQPeUgKG by [email protected] |
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DIDs weren't meant to be seen by the user; cryptographic identifiers in gen… |
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Post #AoJmQCUR012wr8dl8i by [email protected] |
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At any rate, I continue to not understand it, maybe it's fine, but it did p… |
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Post #AoJmQCiGAc6bY16ngm by [email protected] |
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One way in which the truncation shows up in that blogpost which I thought was c… |
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Post #AoJmQCtxT7Sm8Ia8vI by [email protected] |
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There's another thing about that blogpost that caught my attention. I will … |
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Post #AoJmQD26ynz8XaOedE by [email protected] |
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> This is an eyebrow-raising decision on its own; apparently the cloud HSM p… |
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Post #AoJmQDAyRr4ez4XjRg by [email protected] |
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Anyway that's the quote and presumably this must be changed. I haven't … |
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Post #AoJmQDJpuuABQYgoG8 by [email protected] |
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At any rate, that decision was used to create a kinda confused deputy-ish attac… |
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Post #AoJmQDShNxFhs2pt4a by [email protected] |
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At any rate, one way or another, you can presumably use did:plc to move yoursel… |
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Post #AoJmQDaqtdm4HKeOmW by [email protected] |
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Bluesky has identified, I'd say correctly even, that key management for use… |
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Post #AoJmQDkmIjiKm7IKFk by [email protected] |
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I am, once again, kinda sympathetic and kinda unsettled simultaneously.- Sympat… |
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Post #AoJmQDtHn6WHCVH7Vw by [email protected] |
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The big promise here, the "credible exit" side of things is that for … |
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Post #AoJmQE15K6l3agvLfc by [email protected] |
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Regardless, Bluesky has this "your domain is your id!" thing, and tha… |
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Post #AoJmQE9aoTZ014u8vo by [email protected] |
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tl;dr on that UX part:- users only know domains, they don't know the DIDs- … |
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Post #AoJmQEISHWeWSZ3DkG by [email protected] |
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in addition to this long-ass thread there is a long-ass article and if you care… |
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Post #AoJmQEQxltSSsx210S by [email protected] |
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It is time for TEA BREAK 2: THE REHEATENINGI will also go to the bathroomTMI? I… |
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Post #AoJmQEZ7HZypIEqWiO by [email protected] |
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I have returned, with teaI am still not reading notifications. Well, I have see… |
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Post #AoJmQEhclwmlicpJya by [email protected] |
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"Where are we going with this Christine?"Well you could have just rea… |
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Post #AoJmQEqUEzsIA6yOn2 by [email protected] |
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Yes, I changed the order of the remaining sections, not from the blogpost but f… |
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Post #AoJmQEydkgOeZOmuUy by [email protected] |
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Before we get into the next section, earlier I left an easter egg, which you co… |
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Post #AoJmQF6nGMv0ygbQCu by [email protected] |
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Alright you've heard enough critiques of Bluesky for a bit and I SAID I was… |
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Post #AoJmQFFIkjixP4aDT6 by [email protected] |
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I have actually critiqued ActivityPub and the fediverse a lot! I have kind of n… |
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Post #AoJmQFOsB9Ndsl3rO4 by [email protected] |
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Actually something that is funny about ActivityPub is that there's "Ac… |
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One thing we have already discussed so, before I will say anything else, I will… |
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Post #AoJmQFkqrQxeyvLPe4 by [email protected] |
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Content addressing is important. It should not matter where content "lives… |
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Post #AoJmQFseORCRN6zdnk by [email protected] |
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Actually with this and several other things I am going to bring up, I actually … |
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Post #AoJmQG0nu7inmOo9Vg by [email protected] |
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This isn't the only time I left a critique of ActivityPub-as-Deployed as op… |
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Post #AoJmQGDZ8fviPymLOy by [email protected] |
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ActivityPub left giant holes in the spec around two things which sound the same… |
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Post #AoJmQGLieMS4pGar6u by [email protected] |
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Anyway, if you know *anything* about me, you know I am a big fan of capability … |
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Post #AoJmQGUa7PXbGkjvvM by [email protected] |
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The other time I wrote about ActivityPub + ocaps was in a proposal to, yes, Twi… |
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Post #AoJmQGgdObBLs8NYi8 by [email protected] |
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Now I want to be clear here that I *don't* think that proposal was necessar… |
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Post #AoJmQGpUreGsJcWdWa by [email protected] |
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The reason I bring up the proposal here is that I think it has all the right an… |
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Post #AoJmQGy0M14ok0VQmm by [email protected] |
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Here is your recipe for making the "Correct Fediverse IMO (TM)":- Int… |
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Post #AoJmQH6VqNslAOUE2y by [email protected] |
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(cotd ...)- Better anti-spam / anti-harassment using OCapPub ideas- Improved pr… |
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Post #AoJmQHEfM4P7ZgIjku by [email protected] |
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Spec-wise in ActivityPub, I think it's possible. The ecosystem, as deployed… |
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The ocap stuff, I tried getting fediverse implementers excited about this and t… |
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For this reason, @spritely's tech looks like it's very focused on compu… |
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Post #AoJmQHd7t7yCnXkGsi by [email protected] |
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Let's leave the ocap stuff to the side for now, then. Let's focus on wh… |
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Post #AoJmQHlHOoUZCpYmae by [email protected] |
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For this reason @blaine says of both ActivityPub done right and Bluesky done ri… |
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Post #AoJmQHuqpE9FgW2QVc by [email protected] |
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Of course, adapting an existing system as deployed isn't easy.I will say th… |
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Post #AoJmQI3MJaxC6u1Dlo by [email protected] |
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To the end of the fediverse, perhaps I sound bitter, "they didn't adop… |
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Post #AoJmQIBrnxl8XI0120 by [email protected] |
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The fediverse and Bluesky, at great effort, could learn a lot from each other i… |
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Post #AoJmQIL5Fh8EzsJNOi by [email protected] |
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When I laid out the ideas of OCapPub to various fediverse developers, the respo… |
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Post #AoJmQITwikDlRMSSDA by [email protected] |
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Conway's Law says that a technical architecture reflects the social structu… |
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Post #AoJmQIds7qA1w96NgO by [email protected] |
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It's for that reason that @spritely, while aiming for a *socially collabora… |
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Post #AoJmQIn5ZZX8OjPk36 by [email protected] |
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Remember when I said that IMO @jay.bsky.team is the right person to lead Bluesk… |
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Post #AoJmQIwezzBosPtNy4 by [email protected] |
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So too does the social structure flow from the tech. It does on Bluesky, and it… |
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Post #AoJmQJ4SWzQbGbXc7k by [email protected] |
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The vision laid out for the fediverse, both independently in my writings and ev… |
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Post #AoJmQJCc2fwxftM7pg by [email protected] |
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And perhaps this is all my *massive* Cassandra complex speaking. I won't de… |
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Post #AoJmQJKPZgBk450LzM by [email protected] |
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Let's take another tea break. (And another bathroom break. This teacup is m… |
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Post #AoJmQJSD6gQWSGea92 by [email protected] |
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Hello, I am back again. Did you miss me? I still am not reading notifications.H… |
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Post #AoJmQJaMcMwsrYT5qy by [email protected] |
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Before we go any further, earlier I mentioned the US House of Representatives, … |
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Post #AoJmQJn7qv9nV8RHkG by [email protected] |
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What I am trying to say is I don't have many heroes but @evangreer is absol… |
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Post #AoJmQJx3G163zv5DDU by [email protected] |
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Also you have reached it: the third secret eggYou have now collected the egg tr… |
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Post #AoJmQK6GhkTASVOZaC by [email protected] |
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It's time, we have reached the second to last section: "Preparing for … |
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Post #AoJmWWKk8MDK8b7YSO by [email protected] |
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Occasionally an org creates a phrase like this, and back in the day Google had … |
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Post #AoJmWWTFcj1GYz6Lia by [email protected] |
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It was *at least* good insofar as the moment Google retired the phrase as never… |
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Post #AoJmWWahB2ySw4aIK0 by [email protected] |
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As opposed to Google's "Don't be evil", a commandment for the… |
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Post #AoJmWWjYe63zNYjN8S by [email protected] |
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Making design decisions in the present which guard against the future is one of… |
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Post #AoJmWWri9maLmqXsqO by [email protected] |
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To this end, Bluesky's goals of "credible exit" are actually very… |
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Post #AoJmWWzrfT6iC8MOYK by [email protected] |
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And there *will* be a lot of pressure: Bluesky has taken VC money as investment… |
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Post #AoJmWX81B9d4bQAuGG by [email protected] |
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This happens despite the very best people with the very best intentions. Talk t… |
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Post #AoJmWXGWfWR11o9hWS by [email protected] |
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Before we continue further, I have done about every job imaginable in a FOSS pr… |
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Post #AoJmWXP29tExSC8Ume by [email protected] |
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The structure of an organization does matter. There's a reason that @sprite… |
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Post #AoJmWXXXeG2tsa7I2q by [email protected] |
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A Public Benefit Corporation has a mission for the public good, but can take in… |
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Post #AoJmWXfh9wZGHrvnkm by [email protected] |
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Again, this is all tuned to "What is Bluesky trying to build?"Bluesky… |
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Post #AoJmWXoYczemjM4sZE by [email protected] |
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That Bluesky is providing needs for many users who are looking for refuge from … |
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Post #AoJmWXwi8gB98dtOHA by [email protected] |
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There will be a lot of pressure soon from investors: run ads, make premium acco… |
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Post #AoJmWY6HZ5ppcKN2C8 by [email protected] |
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@cwebber Why give them soooooo much space?Why talk soooo much about bluesky?Did… |
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Post #AoJmWYHGuEcqAPVoK8 by [email protected] |
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@serapath I think to counter or criticize @cwebber you've to come forward w… |
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Post #AoJoE2ITGpXRg0N7Am by [email protected] |
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What I will *not* accept is the goalposts being moved on decentralization and f… |
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Post #AoJoE2Pup9Ue35r3mC by [email protected] |
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Bluesky will face every pressure to be enshittified. Bluesky has even, correctl… |
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Post #AoJoE2XiM9jQRHVHvs by [email protected] |
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And here it is. We have reached the final part.I am not even going to take a te… |
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Post #AoJoE2gDqWXMrfU5C4 by [email protected] |
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I laid out definitions of "decentralization" and "federation&quo… |
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Post #AoJoE2nfOqUZEky1nU by [email protected] |
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I laid out a strong critique, but let me end on a call to empathy.Bluesky is bu… |
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Post #AoJoE2vSvqjLcwcFxA by [email protected] |
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The infrastructure we build reflects our social dynamics, and our social dynami… |
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Post #AoJoE35kJcxC8pQSye by [email protected] |
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@cwebber many details I don't know and would take me long time to understan… |
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Post #AoJt3GM99pkhrkm0Z6 by [email protected] |
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@cwebber 🥚🥚🥚 |
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Post #AoKBAspyHajsPmVUq8 by [email protected] |
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In fact we also have an idea of the rate of growth. Approximately 4 months prio… |
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Post #AoKBAsypkdpOrGeZea by [email protected] |
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Just focusing on storage, in July @bnewbold.net estimated the amount of storage… |
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Post #AoKBAt5DMuvrB3dfbE by [email protected] |
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I tried estimating how much this would cost; as a lazy approximation I dumped a… |
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Post #AoKBAtD0tvAdZFHtku by [email protected] |
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However @bnewbold pointed out, correctly!, that there were cheaper options avai… |
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Post #AoKBAtLWOHyZzdGh16 by [email protected] |
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In fact @bnewbold and alice had gotten the server down to just close to $200/mo… |
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Post #AoKBAtRu0Z52JQFmxk by [email protected] |
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Even if we look at the dedicated hosting provider that @bnewbold provided in Ju… |
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Post #AoKBAtZLYt2EgVjjZA by [email protected] |
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But worse, we have reached the limits of what is possible to do with a dedicate… |
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Post #AoKBAtfjBA8h0IipVo by [email protected] |
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I have spent a lot of time focusing on the cost of storage, but storage is only… |
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Post #AoKBAtlkokxZIzXduC by [email protected] |
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Let's take a break, the analysis of server costs is boring and I don't … |
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Post #AoKBAts8R241cmWjqq by [email protected] |
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Remember that the idea of "fully self-hosting" on Bluesky/ATProto at … |
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Post #AoKBAtyA4cstvTLYFE by [email protected] |
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As said, tens of thousands of people are self-hosting *today*. Fediverse softwa… |
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Post #AoKBAu5FeGYWHSfDIO by [email protected] |
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Now you're hitting the point in this thread where some of you may be thinki… |
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Post #AoKBAuCLDuE8dRysLY by [email protected] |
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The fediverse has a lot of flaws. Oh trust me, we're gonna get to that.But … |
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Post #AoKBAuKUjakV2jnO3U by [email protected] |
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Now look, we're about 1/3 of the way done here, there's a lot more to s… |
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Post #AoKBAuRaJEQ7Oj736e by [email protected] |
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But now, I will break for lunch. Enjoy your intermission because I will be back… |
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Post #AoKBAuYfss5jkiQi9o by [email protected] |
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Okay I am back from lunch, time to resume my analysis thread for "How dece… |
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Post #AoKBAugpOYc6A0FDrk by [email protected] |
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And before we make it any further can I say that I watched a nice medley of Dav… |
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Post #AoKBAur6mKpwft3QtE by [email protected] |
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But where was I? Oh yes. We had talked about why PDS'es aren't enough (… |
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Post #AoKBAuxqNIDz0mCoO8 by [email protected] |
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Now you may be saying, "Christine, this is really unfair, because you'… |
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Post #AoKBAv5duISlOxr2Xo by [email protected] |
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ATProto is not designed for the Relay and AppViews to only hold part of the net… |
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Post #AoKBAvBfXtHdhefqwC by [email protected] |
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Remember the directive that Bluesky was given: develop a decentralized protocol… |
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Post #AoKBAvIP8qfg2XpER6 by [email protected] |
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This informs some other things:- Bluesky's gotta scale BIG and do so FAST (… |
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Post #AoKBAvPqhAcsPdJB2W by [email protected] |
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But here's the other thing. People have trouble with the fediverse! All tho… |
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Post #AoKBAvWaI80ukWSYXQ by [email protected] |
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Actually all these critiques of the fediverse are TRUE, these are known challen… |
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Post #AoKBAvdfrlgX6VmDaa by [email protected] |
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The thing you often get seen thrown around is "it's amazing, I had no … |
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Post #AoKBAvkPSj4ZROvb5U by [email protected] |
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Now yes, they are using decentralized techniques. Remember when I said content-… |
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Post #AoKBAvrV2MkBnOFG8e by [email protected] |
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In every meaningful way from a power dynamics perspective *EXCEPT* the category… |
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Post #AoKBAvyEdK8E8HOddY by [email protected] |
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Yes, you can host your own PDS. You can also host your own blog. But try hostin… |
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Post #AoKBAw5KCxnqUGiIgi by [email protected] |
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We're getting to the point where we get to why I'm so damn frustrated a… |
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Post #AoKBAwAzrsL8lrMpWq by [email protected] |
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Here's an example of this problem in actionfry69: "The working search … |
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Post #AoKBAwI5RW0l7qgUa0 by [email protected] |
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So hold on, let me set some terms for "decentralization" and "fe… |
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Post #AoKBAwPB19gNTq09dA by [email protected] |
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Okay how about "federation" now because this is a *technical term* th… |
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Post #AoKBAwVYdQmpnczFZo by [email protected] |
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Here's my definition of federation:> Federation: a technical approach to… |
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Post #AoKBAwd0Bkk2AiTCBE by [email protected] |
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Now historically, federation has been achieved on the fediverse via "messa… |
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Post #AoKBAwk5lOPeWhmrEO by [email protected] |
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Maybe there is another way to achieve federation, but it's about the power … |
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Post #AoKBAwrXJiMqtnGnpo by [email protected] |
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ActivityPub, as it turns out, follows the actor model of computation. Okay, man… |
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Post #AoKBAx16k81XNTkRkm by [email protected] |
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@cwebber I'd like to hear more about AP follows the (Hewitt) Actor Model of… |
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Post #AoL7uom1WBzQTRGgaG by [email protected] |
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@steve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actor_model#Fundamental_concepts fundament… |
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Post #AoL7up0ucptpDcEZn6 by [email protected] |
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@cwebber Thanks for the response. Both the original paper and Wikipedia state: … |
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Post #AoLEAjmeRCAvM9XIB6 by [email protected] |
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@cwebber Found it! |
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Post #AoLEP1aD3afWc8WrnE by [email protected] |
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@cwebber The payment for impartiality is universal dislike.Keep up the Good Wor… |
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Post #AoLTlNyvxSXtlYDLyC by [email protected] |
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@teajaygrey @cwebber people post a lot of shit. I'm pretty sure my instance… |
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/me tries to imagine DNS requiring everyone who operates a DNS server, or UUCP/… |
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@cwebber Bravo - thank you for writing this. |
