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minus-square@ArghZombies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish24•11 months agoI like it over there. Of all the Twitter alternatives I think it ticks the right boxes. Decentralised Low barrier to sign up Not owned by a crazed billionaire No ads No popularity algorithm Interesting features, like custom feeds and moderation lists If they can bridge their AT Protocol with ActivityPub then I don’t see why it can’t take off.
minus-square@toybastard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish11•11 months agoJack Dorsey is no longer part of the project.
minus-square@raiun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish17•11 months agoNot true, Jack Dorsey is not involved in day-to-day development but is still on the board according to an article a few months ago. Source
minus-square@toybastard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-211 months agoHe also has no stake in the company. I’d hardly call that “behind” it.
minus-square@ArghZombies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•11 months agoWell, that’s the whole point of the whole thing. Bluesky is built on the AT Protocol, which will be federated early this year. https://bsky.social/about/blog/11-15-2023-toward-federation I know everyone likes to shit on all Social Media that isn’t called Mastodon, but that doesn’t mean Mastodon is the only option. I am on both (and Twitter a bit still too) but Bluesky is where I spend most of my time.
minus-squareKaynAlinkEnglish4•11 months agoWe’re on Lemmy, where proprietary software is poison and companies are literally Hitler.
minus-square@EngineerGaming@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-211 months ago low barrier to sign up phone number required eh
minus-square@agitatedpotato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•11 months agoTheres a group of devs that have been working on a bridge between the protocols I found out about while digging for info about Bluesky.
I like it over there. Of all the Twitter alternatives I think it ticks the right boxes.
If they can bridge their AT Protocol with ActivityPub then I don’t see why it can’t take off.
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Jack Dorsey is no longer part of the project.
Not true, Jack Dorsey is not involved in day-to-day development but is still on the board according to an article a few months ago.
Source
He also has no stake in the company. I’d hardly call that “behind” it.
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Well, that’s the whole point of the whole thing. Bluesky is built on the AT Protocol, which will be federated early this year. https://bsky.social/about/blog/11-15-2023-toward-federation
I know everyone likes to shit on all Social Media that isn’t called Mastodon, but that doesn’t mean Mastodon is the only option. I am on both (and Twitter a bit still too) but Bluesky is where I spend most of my time.
We’re on Lemmy, where proprietary software is poison and companies are literally Hitler.
eh
Theres a group of devs that have been working on a bridge between the protocols I found out about while digging for info about Bluesky.