Bem-vendos aos fediverses!

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/17686207

It’s a very long post, but a lot of it is a detailed discussion of terminology in the appendix – no need to read that unless you’re into definitional struggles.

  • Blaze (he/him)@feddit.orgEnglish
    91·
    16 days ago

    Hello,

    I skimmed through the article. Isn’t Bluesky one billionaire purchase away from becoming the new X (and in this case, I don’t mean Twitter)?

    • The Nexus of Privacy@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
      3·
      16 days ago

      Yep. And that’s far from the only way it could work out badly. I talk about this a bit in the section on “Bluesky is a useful counterweight to Threads”

      Bluesky is far from perfect. They’re venture-funded, so likely to end with an exploitative business model. They’ve got a surveillance-capitalism friendly all-public architecture. It’s great that Jack Dorsey’s no longer on the board but he was.

    • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
      02·
      16 days ago

      No. It’s already owned by multibillionaire Jack Dorsey.

      • flamingos-cant@feddit.ukEnglish
        6·
        16 days ago

        This is straight up misinformation, Dorsey was on the Bluesky’s board, but left in May. As far as I’m aware, he’s never even invested in the company (but he has given money to the nostr devs).

        • The Nexus of Privacy@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
          1·
          16 days ago

          Correct. Dorsey’s early involvement is certainly grounds for concern – the way I think of it, he’s gone now but his stench lingers on – but he’s not influential there going forward.