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   Nathan Schneider (ntnsndr@social.coop)'s status on Monday, 27-May-2024 05:43:44 JST Nathan Schneider

   Just laid down a Bluesky thread on Brian Merchant's Blood in the Machine, tech imaginaries, and cooperative history: https://bsky.app/profile/ntnsndr.in/post/3ktg5vrluac2z

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     Light (light@noc.social)'s status on Monday, 27-May-2024 06:16:50 JST Light

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     @ntnsndr

     >ANSWER SECTION:
     >_atproto.ntnsndr.in. 3600 IN TXT "did=did:plc:nlrncf6r6vdli2annk4ggve2"

     Why do Bluesky users keep doing this (using their centralized "placeholder" DID)? It makes the system even more centralized than it would otherwise be. And it's already pretty centralised _de facto_.

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     Nathan Schneider (ntnsndr@social.coop)'s status on Monday, 27-May-2024 06:16:50 JST Nathan Schneider

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     • Light

     @light oh, maybe I need to update that? I set it up pretty early on. Is that the problem?

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     Nathan Schneider (ntnsndr@social.coop)'s status on Tuesday, 28-May-2024 04:03:32 JST Nathan Schneider

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     • Light

     @light thanks for explaining this. On the app GUI they only offer the plc option. I can understand it as an attempt to walk the line between laying decentralized groundwork but also making the onramps as accessible as possible.

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     Light (light@noc.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-May-2024 04:03:33 JST Light

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     @ntnsndr I don't really understand the point in using a supposedly decentralised system if everyone's just going to use the same identity server run by the developers.

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     Light (light@noc.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-May-2024 04:03:34 JST Light

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     @ntnsndr It's not a bug per se, it just puts you under the control of Bluesky PLC even more than otherwise.

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     Light (light@noc.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-May-2024 04:03:34 JST Light

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     @ntnsndr There are two DID methods that ATProto supports: did:web, that allows you to host your own DID document using a webserver and not be beholden to anyone; and did:plc, where all DID documents are hosted on a single centralised server, https://plc.directory/

     https://atproto.com/specs/did