Gregory's Server@PersistentDreamer @jonny compare to this complementary analysis by @fasterandworse: https://hci.social/@fasterandworse/113364147932370583 basically they are justifying the centralization as motivated by """UX""" and it just so happens to be nakedly profit driven
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 @PersistentDreamer @jonny @fasterandworse of course it's all extremely funny that they are backed by cryptocurrency here which basically invented being centralized and calling yourself decentralized for affinity fraud through the disaffected who have been harmed/disenfranchised by the financial system (here analogously harmed by social media—sex workers a great example of both). speaking out of both sides of their mouth @PersistentDreamer @jonny @fasterandworse unfortunately mastodon decentralization was not enough to save switter by @zemmi so there are actually modes of censorship resistance we can do better at to serve people along with safety features but (even though this is not a uniaxial spectrum) bluesky is of course not going that route |
@PersistentDreamer @jonny @fasterandworse there is an argument that decentralization is a bit of a handicap that i somewhat vibe with but this demonstrates how easily that argument can be misused to serve monopolistic profit motives diametrically opposed to user empowerment or indeed experience