@benroyce last night I caught up on all the drama and I'm absolutely flabbergasted... and a little surprised there hasn't been more talk on here about the implications of the false promises of AT Proto's decentralization.
Link has been permanently banned even if he's on Blacksky... because Blacksky uses Bluesky's AppView https://bsky.app/profile/rvbdrm.com/post/3m2jxe5ly722x
Looking up "Link Blacksky" on Bluesky surfaces really interesting talking points
"surprised there hasn't been more talk on here about the implications of the false promises of AT Proto's #decentralization"
there's feverish true believers who think #bitcoin is the future of money
never going to happen: massive energy use
that doesn't stop the true believer
it's a cult
same with " #bluesky is #decentralized"
and my example of bitcoin is purposeful:
bluesky is run by #cryptoBros, and funded by #crypto bros
they imported the crypto con job to #socialMedia
It's built to make sure everyone's data is completely public so then it can be aggregated by centralized networks built from your data. While it can take in data from decentralized sources, the network itself (the interactions, the likes, the replies, the reposts) are all centralized to one network. It's why Bluesky feels so centralized despite claims to the contrary, because it is centralized. It's also why Bluesky will never have privacy controls, because it relies on everyone's data being completely public.
That sucks.