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   Eli Pariser (elipariser@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 00:36:46 JST Eli Pariser

   I appreciate the questions about #FreeOurFeeds, so let me lay out my thinking a bit. We may disagree, but here’s where I’m coming from:

   To say we’re impressed with Mastodon would be an understatement: Mastodon and ActivityPub lit a fire that is still growing. And it’s awesome that they are heading towards becoming a non-profit.

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     Eli Pariser (elipariser@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 00:37:02 JST Eli Pariser

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     But there’s also so much energy and momentum on Bluesky, and now is the moment to leverage it. We want to help secure the AT Protocol’s future, make it truly decentralized and interoperable, and follow in Mastodon’s example.

     To be clear: Free Our Feeds is not about picking winners between “competitors.” This is not zero-sum. Both protocols, and indeed both platforms, can flourish and succeed together.

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     Eli Pariser (elipariser@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 00:37:11 JST Eli Pariser

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     There’s no doubt in my mind that Mastodon benefits from a stronger, more independent AT Protocol, even as Bluesky also benefits in the process.

     Big picture, from my perspective, Mastodon and Bluesky (and AT and AP) should be on the same team.

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     Eli Pariser (elipariser@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 00:41:46 JST Eli Pariser

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     And I wanted to say a little more about what the money is actually for:

     Just to be clear, it’s not for us – it’s to build an ecosystem. This is a large project, and we’re not quite at the stage where we are sharing budgets and timelines.

     This effort will require a lot of engineering and technical expertise, in addition to complex institutional planning and organization-building.

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     Eli Pariser (elipariser@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 00:41:47 JST Eli Pariser

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     I know some folks see the company Bluesky alongside the dominant platforms with billions of users. I just don’t see it that way.

     It’s one possible outcome, sure, but if we step in now and do this work, we can break the cycle and build something really exciting.

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