airportline@lemmy.zip to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoCan we please stop arguing about whether Bluesky is decentralized?privacy.thenexus.todayexternal-linkmessage-square147linkfedilinkarrow-up1167arrow-down160
arrow-up1107arrow-down1external-linkCan we please stop arguing about whether Bluesky is decentralized?privacy.thenexus.todayairportline@lemmy.zip to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square147linkfedilink
minus-squareJames R KirklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-27 months agoBlueSky is currently centralized, and a for profit company.
minus-squareBlisterexe@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·7 months ago…except it isn’t centralized, since anyone can host their own instance that doesnt depend on bsky.social
minus-squareBlaze (he/him)@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agohttps://blackskyweb.xyz/ as an example
minus-squareJames R KirklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·7 months agoYour example is statistically irrelevant https://arewedecentralizedyet.online/ BlueSky at present is a for profit centralized platform that users cannot meaningfully leave
minus-squareBlaze (he/him)@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoThe Blacksky page has a “Migration” link in the sidebar: https://tektite.cc/ On https://blacksky.community/starter-pack/rudyfraser.com/3kvubqmzzi32t Migrating from Bluesky? Use Tektite.cc to move your followers, posts, and media to Blacksky.
minus-squareJames R KirklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·7 months agoYour example is statistically irrelevant https://arewedecentralizedyet.online/
minus-squareJames R KirklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·7 months agoBlueSky is centralized. It is centralized because all the users are in a single place. That’s what the word centralized means, and no amount of wishes and buts can change that.
minus-squareBlaze (he/him)@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoThen what is https://blackskyweb.xyz/
minus-squareJames R KirklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·7 months agoThat’s 0.0001% of ATprotocol users https://arewedecentralizedyet.online/
minus-squareBlisterexe@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoExcept they literally aren’t, there are many users that aren’t on that “single place”
minus-squareJames R KirklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·7 months agoBlueSky is centralized and for profit https://arewedecentralizedyet.online/
BlueSky is currently centralized, and a for profit company.
…except it isn’t centralized, since anyone can host their own instance that doesnt depend on bsky.social
https://blackskyweb.xyz/ as an example
Your example is statistically irrelevant https://arewedecentralizedyet.online/
BlueSky at present is a for profit centralized platform that users cannot meaningfully leave
The Blacksky page has a “Migration” link in the sidebar: https://tektite.cc/
On https://blacksky.community/starter-pack/rudyfraser.com/3kvubqmzzi32t
Your example is statistically irrelevant https://arewedecentralizedyet.online/
BlueSky is centralized. It is centralized because all the users are in a single place. That’s what the word centralized means, and no amount of wishes and buts can change that.
Then what is https://blackskyweb.xyz/
That’s 0.0001% of ATprotocol users https://arewedecentralizedyet.online/
Except they literally aren’t, there are many users that aren’t on that “single place”
BlueSky is centralized and for profit https://arewedecentralizedyet.online/