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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
The prevailing attitude towards anyone questioning #Bluesky's hearty claims of decentralization is to imply they're simply under-informed.
When I asked Eric Blair to clarify his claim that Bluesky was more resilient to billionaire acquisition, his reply was Mike Masnick's Protocols Not Platforms essay.
Putting aside the fact I've read Protocols Not Platforms a half dozen times, and it's the most annotated in my bookmarks currently, Masnick's essay doesn't even answer the question.
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- Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social • 6d First, bluesky is much more resistant to billionaire takeover than Twitter was. Bluesky is far superior to Twitter or Threads, both closed platforms controlled by US billionaire oligarchs. Because bluesky was built on an open protocol. @mmasnick.bsky.social in detail on this, 2019:
- fromjason.xyz @fromjason.xyz Question— what makes BlueSky any more resilient to purchase than Twitter? I'm familiar with the ATProtocol architecture and BlueSky corporate structure. So I think I'm overlooking something.
- fromjason.xyz @fromjason.xyz • 4d Thanks Franklin, good thread. I'm trying to reconcile this with the many, many claims that BlueSky is more resilient to purchase and operates under decentralized power structures, and I simply cannot. Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social • 4d Protocols not platforms fromjason.xyz @fromjason.xyz • 4d What about it?
