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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 23-Apr-2023 22:06:30 JST Aral Balkan

   Was just asked by a friend if I wanted a #BlueSky invite.

   My reply?

   “Thanks but no thanks.”

   Why?

   Because I don’t need to see the app. I know the people behind it and what they stand for. The app can only ever be a manifestation of (or an initial misdirection from) that.

   Expecting the wolf that took a bite out of you last time to this time act in your interests is how you end up as its dinner.

   #BlueSky #JackDorsey #billionaires #SiliconValley #decentralisation #lipService #crypto #bullshit

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Sunday, 23-Apr-2023 22:06:27 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Filipe

     @filipesm @aral its flaws are that it was launched after AP was standardized and widely used.

     Promoting the BS protocol right now is reckless and destructive. We need to rally around the protocols that are working, and improve them with extensions, not bottom up rebuilds.

     The people working on BS know how much damage they could do, and they're continuing anyway, because they don't share our values.

     Please don't give them attention. They need to disappear quickly.

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     Filipe (filipesm@mastodon.green)'s status on Sunday, 23-Apr-2023 22:06:29 JST Filipe

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     • Evan Prodromou

     @aral I just see AT as "protocol competition" with AP. My main concern is why it didn't go through W3C. Optimists will say "to move faster", pessimists will say "they wanna monopolise". It's probably both.

     Despite this, the spec itself seems to be good and solve some (all?) of AP's issues. I would love to see an expert, like @evan go in depth about AT's flaws, as a protocol. I'm sure it has some.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Sunday, 23-Apr-2023 22:15:14 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Filipe

     @filipesm @aral the point of BS is to make a protocol that can be a product.

     They don't build on open standards like ActivityPub because they want to own the network.

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     Bruno Girin (brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk)'s status on Tuesday, 09-May-2023 08:59:58 JST Bruno Girin

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     • Filipe
     • Evan Prodromou

     @evan @filipesm @aral I read BS in your toot as what it's usually an acronym of rather than BlueSky and it makes more sense that way 🙂

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     🅺🅸🅼 🆂🅲🅷🆄🅻🆉 (kimschulz@social.data.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 09-May-2023 09:00:01 JST 🅺🅸🅼 🆂🅲🅷🆄🅻🆉

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     • Bruno Girin
     • Filipe
     • Evan Prodromou

     @brunogirin @evan @filipesm @aral BS is indeed the right acronym to use here.

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 09-May-2023 09:00:05 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Comfortably Numb

     @ygalanter You know what, something tells me it really isn’t. But hey, you do you.

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     Comfortably Numb (ygalanter@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 09-May-2023 09:00:07 JST Comfortably Numb

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     @aral Your loss.