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   Jeff Jarvis (jeffjarvis@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 10-Feb-2024 01:24:28 JST Jeff Jarvis

   • Mike Masnick ✅

   Bluesky Opens Up -- why @mmasnick (and I) are excited.
   https://www.techdirt.com/2024/02/06/bluesky-opens-up/ via @Techdirt

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     Beeks (beeks@mstdn.party)'s status on Saturday, 10-Feb-2024 01:24:27 JST Beeks

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     • Mike Masnick ✅

     @jeffjarvis @mmasnick
     I don't understand why people treat Bluesky like it is immune to enshittification, or in fact like enshittification isn't its intended end point. Do I need to understand tech stuff to get it? Are people just resigned to having ads shoved down their throats 24/7 so they don't care? What am I missing?

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     Mike Masnick ✅ (mmasnick@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 10-Feb-2024 01:24:27 JST Mike Masnick ✅

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     • Beeks

     @Beeks @jeffjarvis nothing is immune to enshittification. But it is designed to be resistent to enshittification. The main element of enshittification is the lock-in. The inability to leave. Bluesky is designed to let you leave.

     And, hopefully, the knowledge that you can leave creates incentives for Bluesky the company, not to enshittify, because if it does, people will leave.

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     jz.tusk (jztusk@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 10-Feb-2024 02:02:24 JST jz.tusk

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     • Beeks

     @mmasnick @Beeks @jeffjarvis

     "Bluesky is designed to let you leave."

     Is it? I haven't done a deep dive, but the impression I've gotten is that the text you create is yours and moveable, the "indexers" (I'm sure I'm using the wrong term there) will require so much computing power that it will probably be monopolized. And what good are our scribblings if no-one can find them and read them?

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     Ben Foote (benpocalypse@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 10-Feb-2024 06:41:02 JST Ben Foote

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     • Beeks

     @mmasnick @Beeks @jeffjarvis I mean...enshittification is just peak capitalism. Maximizing shareholder value.

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     Beeks (beeks@mstdn.party)'s status on Saturday, 10-Feb-2024 11:14:36 JST Beeks

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     • Mike Masnick ✅

     @mmasnick @jeffjarvis ahh, I hadn't thought about that (the tech bit I was missing.)
     So in theory if I had a big Bluesky account and wanted to bounce, I could click a few buttons and transfer it all to Mastodon dot notBluesky and be free. Hmm, that is a solid lever against enshittification. Not sure I'll try it still, but I do understand the fascination now and why it is popular. Thanks!

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     Mike Masnick ✅ (mmasnick@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 10-Feb-2024 11:14:36 JST Mike Masnick ✅

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     • Beeks

     @Beeks @jeffjarvis that's the idea. And, unlike with Mastodon, all your info (content) comes with you under the ATProto model.

     Of course, we still need to see how it works in practice.