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   Mike Masnick ✅ (mmasnick@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 06:45:14 JST Mike Masnick ✅

   Soooo, while I still spend time here on Mastodon, I'm spending more time these days on Bluesky. But, with Bridgy Fed, there is now a bridge of my posts on Bluesky that can appear here as well, for folks interested in hearing me blather on over there...

   @mmasnick.bsky.social

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     Charles Bryan (charleshbryan@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 06:49:12 JST Charles Bryan

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     @mmasnick @mmasnick.bsky.social

     I follow you on Bluesky, too, but I'm interested to see how well the bridge works. Thanks!

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     Mike Masnick ✅ (mmasnick@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 06:52:13 JST Mike Masnick ✅

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     • Charles Bryan

     @charleshbryan @mmasnick.bsky.social I mean, I'm curious too...

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     Mike Masnick ✅ (mmasnick@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 06:53:20 JST Mike Masnick ✅

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     @nus @mmasnick.bsky.social if you think that's what it is, then you're not really paying attention?

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     nus (nus@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 06:53:21 JST nus

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     @mmasnick @mmasnick.bsky.social I think I'm good without Twitter But This Time We Won't Ruin It We Promise

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     Børge (forteller@tutoteket.no)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 06:55:11 JST Børge

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     @mmasnick @mmasnick.bsky.social How many servers are connected via the ATproto protocol now?

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     Digg (digg@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 07:46:21 JST Digg

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     @mmasnick @mmasnick.bsky.social
     Generally curious. What's the allure of Blue Sky over Mastodon?

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     Mike Masnick ✅ (mmasnick@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 07:46:21 JST Mike Masnick ✅

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     @digg @mmasnick.bsky.social tried to explain my thinking here: https://www.techdirt.com/2024/03/27/why-bluesky-remains-the-most-interesting-experiment-in-social-media-by-far/

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     Mike Masnick ✅ (mmasnick@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 08:29:19 JST Mike Masnick ✅

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     • Bill Of Earth42

     @billOfEarth42 @mmasnick.bsky.social because that's false information.

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     Bill Of Earth42 (billofearth42@mastodon.world)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 08:29:20 JST Bill Of Earth42

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     @mmasnick @mmasnick.bsky.social Bluesky is just another oligarch-owned platform. Why spend more time there than here?

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     sweet conceit (lewdmachines@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 08:41:40 JST sweet conceit

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     @mmasnick @mmasnick.bsky.social I know you're big on BSky, and honestly, technically I think it may be preferable to Masto?

     where I get hung up is, technical capability aside: it's being run by a for-profit company, and I don't understand how they plan to please their investors. I'm not sure they do either, which doesn't bode well.

     (not saying Masto will do great as a non-profit *either*, mind, but at least it's plain what the plan is)

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     Mike Masnick ✅ (mmasnick@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 08:46:31 JST Mike Masnick ✅

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     • sweet conceit

     @lewdmachines @mmasnick.bsky.social a reasonable concern. they are a PBC, but that's still a "C". But, they do seem to be building in full protections to prevent against enshittification by enabling exits, and the ability to interact with AT Proto without having to use Bsky itself.

     Also, I do believe they have a few fairly reasonable, non-shitty, monetization plans in mind.

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     sweet conceit (lewdmachines@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 08:56:01 JST sweet conceit

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     @mmasnick @mmasnick.bsky.social like I think the AT Protocol likely has a future, if not as itself, likely a derivation getting incorporated as something W3C-alike down the line

     what I don't foresee is a for-profit corporation, uh, working out in this space with open everything. interest rates and infrastructure/resourcing being what they are and all

     they've also got a real uncomfortable policy of "submit all images to Hive for AI training" for image labeling, which.. ain't great

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     Jock Rutherford 🌻🥥🌴 (jockr@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 10:18:12 JST Jock Rutherford 🌻🥥🌴

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     @mmasnick @mmasnick.bsky.social Thanks for doing that. I've got you on an RSS feed here via @birb but this will be better.

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     Mike (sass@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 11:47:11 JST Mike

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     @mmasnick @mmasnick.bsky.social yay for bridges!

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     Mike Masnick ✅ (mmasnick@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 22-May-2024 13:26:03 JST Mike Masnick ✅

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     @sass @mmasnick.bsky.social bridges are good

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     Mike Masnick ✅ (mmasnick@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-May-2024 01:18:27 JST Mike Masnick ✅

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     • Bill Of Earth42

     @billOfEarth42 @mmasnick.bsky.social Not only is he not in control, he was never in control, made it clear he totally disagreed with the direction of the operation before it even launched, shut down his account nearly a year ago, quit the board, and publicly trashed bluesky in an interview last month.

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     Bill Of Earth42 (billofearth42@mastodon.world)'s status on Thursday, 23-May-2024 01:18:28 JST Bill Of Earth42

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     @mmasnick @mmasnick.bsky.social so Jack Dorsey is no longer in control? I see what they say about themselves being a PBC, and I respect your knowledge and opinions, so you think this is a better architecture than Mastodon? My experience of mastodon is not as confined or provincial as Bluesky suggests.

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     Bach to the Future (bachtothefuture@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 24-May-2024 19:37:06 JST Bach to the Future

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     @mmasnick @mmasnick.bsky.social I have accounts on both. Mostly use Mastodon for the wonderful Cross Stitch community, but maybe I should connect my accounts. Is it tricky for someone who isn’t as techy as you? Thanks for all the wonderful writing, btw

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     Mike Masnick ✅ (mmasnick@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-May-2024 05:24:25 JST Mike Masnick ✅

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     • Bach to the Future

     @BachToTheFuture @mmasnick.bsky.social to use the bridge, you just need to follow the bridgy account on the platform your on. It's as simple as following anyone else.