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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/110843546700106917">Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 22:42:01 JST</a><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" title="pluralistic@mamot.fr"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/1478-48-20250110225240.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Cory Doctorow" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Cory Doctorow</a><div><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/110843534770398241" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a></div></section><article><p>Talking about federating in the future shows humility and foresight. </p><p>You know what would show more humility and foresight?</p><p>Federating right now.</p><p><a href="https://doctorow.medium.com/fool-me-twice-we-dont-get-fooled-again-20074e311f1f" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://doctorow.medium.com/fool-me-twice-we-dont-get-fooled-again-20074e311f1f</a></p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/MoneyTalksBullshitWalks" rel="tag">#MoneyTalksBullshitWalks</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/DeedsNotWords" rel="tag">#DeedsNotWords</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/WeDontGetFooledAgain" rel="tag">#WeDontGetFooledAgain</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/1913819#notice-3874651">In conversation</a><time datetime="2023-08-21T22:42:01+09:00" title="Monday, 21-Aug-2023 22:42:01 JST">Monday, 21-Aug-2023 22:42:01 JST</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/110843546700106917" rel="external" title="Sent from mamot.fr via ActivityPub">mamot.fr</a></span></span><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/110843546700106917">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/1434056">I hear that the Bluesky developers are having conversations about how they design their service to protect themselves from their future selves. That shows an admirable degree of humility and foresight.But you know what would show an even greater degree of humility and foresight?Being federated.Mastodon is far from perfect. But I only have so many hours in the day, and only so many days left in my life. I would much rather spend those precious hours making a open service better than using a temporarily superior closed one. I have seen that movie. I know how it ends.The more effort we put into making Bluesky and Threads good, the more we tempt their managers to break their promises and never open up federation.For the owners of a service, the fact that it is thriving as a standalone is a powerful siren song: why open this service up and share its bounty when it’s doing just fine as a walled garden?</a></label><br><a href="https://mamot.fr/system/media_attachments/files/110/843/536/658/504/655/original/b448d3cb4fa0340e.png" rel="external">https://mamot.fr/system/media_attachments/files/110/843/536/658/504/655/original/b448d3cb4fa0340e.png</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 22:42:01 JST Cory Doctorow
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Talking about federating in the future shows humility and foresight.
You know what would show more humility and foresight?
Federating right now.
https://doctorow.medium.com/fool-me-twice-we-dont-get-fooled-again-20074e311f1f
#MoneyTalksBullshitWalks #DeedsNotWords #WeDontGetFooledAgain
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1. I hear that the Bluesky developers are having conversations about how they design their service to protect themselves from their future selves. That shows an admirable degree of humility and foresight. But you know what would show an even greater degree of humility and foresight? Being federated. Mastodon is far from perfect. But I only have so many hours in the day, and only so many days left in my life. I would much rather spend those precious hours making a open service better than using a temporarily superior closed one. I have seen that movie. I know how it ends. The more effort we put into making Bluesky and Threads good, the more we tempt their managers to break their promises and never open up federation. For the owners of a service, the fact that it is thriving as a standalone is a powerful siren song: why open this service up and share its bounty when it’s doing just fine as a walled garden?
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