this post was submitted on 17 Nov 2023
26 points (90.6% liked)
Fediverse
17849 readers
2 users here now
A community dedicated to fediverse news and discussion.
Fediverse is a portmanteau of "federation" and "universe".
Getting started on Fediverse;
- What is the fediverse?
- Fediverse Platforms
- How to run your own community
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
@ajsadauskas @fediverse Is this part of the Adopt, Extend, Extinguish model? They could adopt the fediverse protocols, but instead chose to implement their own so they would be in control. What does that mean in the long term?
Or is this a mis-take on the issue?
I can't talk about the others involved in BlueSky, but I think Jack Dorsey is genuniely regretful about how Twitter turned out and truthful in his intentions to make a decentralized alternative. I wouldn't equate BlueSky with the rest of Big Tech. The XMPP creator sitting on the board and the CEO being someone who worked on Zcash, they can't be that bad.
Sure they can.
If they're just a little bit better, it's an improvement. If we have to win through salami slicing, so be it.
Federation alone would be a massive improvement already. Because it practically infinitely increases competition to do better, since there was zero before.
It's all about setting up incentive structures so the ones in power and even the biggest assholes are compelled to do the right thing. And federation is a giant step in that direction.
what makes you say there was zero competition before?
I wouldn't consider any link to the cryptocurrency world a positive thing.
it's a privacy coin. not a very good one, but still. They've been around for long, so relatively credible when it comes to crypto.
I get why people have soured to crypto, but secure private cryptos like Monero is by far the best solution for digital money.
Because banks and governments have proven time and time again that they can't be trusted with money. They screw over the working class every time.