Very interesting, do you happen to know what the hardware it requires is?
Kirk
joined 8 months ago
What app is providing this service for you?
I do! Thanks for the information it is another piece of evidence as to the sketchiness
I never see people call Bluesky decentralised.
I find that surprising, because BlueSky uses that term: https://bsky.social/about/blog/02-22-2024-open-social-web
Jay Graeber herself described it as such.
Here is the Verge calling it decentralized: https://www.theverge.com/23686778/bluesky-ceo-jay-graber-interview-decentralized-social-media-twitter-mastodon
Here is NYT calling it decentralized: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/technology/bluesky-x-alternative.html
Here is CNN calling decentralized: https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/28/tech/bluesky-social/
The tech press is talking to your normie friends?
Because, despite being wildly impractical, it’s technically built on tech that COULD be decentralized.
Yes exactly, it reminds me of the logic of cryptocurrency boosters. I just found out that the bluesky CEO (not to mention jack dorsey) are both crypto advocates so it makes a lot more sense now.
As I brought up in the title of my post, she's currently the highest level role at a morally questionable company. She has a pattern of behavior of working at morally questionable companies.
Because the claims of people involved with cryptocurrency are historically very untrustworthy, that's why.
The thing that got me interested is that BlueSky says it's "decentralized" but the more I look into it, it's only "decentralized" using a very narrow, highly technical definition of the term "decentralized".
Cryptocurrency is the same. People with a financial stake in cryptocurrency often say it is "decentralized" but it's only true if you accept their extremely narrow definitions of what that word means.
A PDS still requires BlueSky's servers
I don't understand it at all. Where are all the supposed blueskys? It's so easy to fact check.
I'm moreso curious if it federated in a literal sense. Is it even possible to participate without using bsky.app's servers?
Her bills are paid now. Looks like a pattern of shady employment choices.