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I agree with the sentiment, but I'd say specifically the Fediverse is the only real place for a truly decentralised option. It doesn't need to be Mastodon. You

by vidarh 2y ago

I agree with the sentiment, but I'd say specifically the Fediverse is the only real place for a truly decentralised option. It doesn't need to be Mastodon. You don't need to be on Mastodon to interact with the Fediverse or be part of it, and that is the key strength. Mastodon can be corrupted and the Fediverse is still there. That could include Bluesky over time - you can follow my Mastodon from Bluesky via a bridge [1] - any desirable parts of their protocol, will be copied or emulated or bolted on the side for other Fediverse projects. [1] https://brid.gy/ https://brid.gy/

tqwhite 2y ago
This is absolutely true. Bluesky can become decentralized but it will take a fair amount of work. What BLuesky does do is keep the door open for competition. If you want, you can stand up a version of its entire system (all open source). Or, you could write your own system that uses the AT Proto DID stuff to let people access their posts and follows, etc, in any way you want. And, BLuesky also serves as a bootstrap for AT Proto writ large. The whole distributed identity thing has huge potential going forward and it’s use by Bsky is an excellent start.