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i read through the at protocol bluesky docs that just got released (atproto.com/) and... yeah, i mean it hangs together & is refreshingly non-blockchainy. it is very much a case of "let us build the perfect system, yes this does involve making everything ourselves" thoPermalink Look on archive.org
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i would very much like to read a page that was "here's why we're not just using ActivityPub", tho. i guess it's to solve the account migration issue??Look on archive.org
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it's also (and unsurprising, these are protocol docs) unclear why people would 1) use this system 2) if they did, not just mainly use the one big central provider. also how moderation, discovery, etc would work in practice. rn these are just "pluggable, you can choose!"Permalink Look on archive.org
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i think decentralisation is a good thing, but also it is a real third order effect & most of the time you gotta trade off a lot of other stuff to get it. so if the pitch is "it's decentralised" then... well, again, that's fine for a protocol, but it's a long way to a product.Permalink Look on archive.org
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anyway, they seem like they're having fun designing new ways for computers to talk to each other, good for themPermalink Look on archive.org