How decentralized is Bluesky really? -- Dustycloud Brainstorms
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This is a pretty great, long form post about the structure of Bluesky, and how it’s largely kinda pretending to be decentralized at the moment. I’m not trying to make a dig at it. I’ve enjoyed the platform myself for a while, but it’s good to learn more about how it actually works.

This article was shared on Mastodon via its author here.

  • wrekone@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    20 hours ago

    Before I left Reddit, for some time it had started to feel like every comment thread would quickly devolve into a chain of “um actually”. So much so that I stopped commenting. I didn’t need the hit to the ego and I have no interest in getting into internet arguments. I haven’t had that experience here, and ir’s encouraged me to participate far more than I did there.

    • Drunemeton@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      18 hours ago

      This!

      That…became an all too common upvoted reply. At one point Reddit was good, but for years it’s been sliding into enshitification.

    • jaxiiruff@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      20 hours ago

      You’re free to have that choice but the good thing about you making that choice is allowing others to discuss without asking you. Ill admit I didnt comment often either before coming here but the reason for that was I already would read similar comments to what I was thinking. Dogpiling was a problem on reddit but thats with all social media and even life in general.

      Dont go on stage if you cant handle the crowd.