 #Twitter #bluesky with Jay Graber as lead is hiring a protocol developer and a web developer “[…] We're focusing on re-building the social web by connecting disconnected silos and returning control of the social experience to users. Our mission is to develop and drive the adoption of technologies for open and decentralized public conversation.” 29 comments
@humanetech @sl007 @activitypub > Serious threat to #fediverse in the works here, is my feeling. Why? (I mean, I can imagine reasons, just wondering what yours are.) I wrote about it on several ocassions, most recently here: https://fediverse.town/t/the-fediverse-saga-how-shall-we-conquer-our-challenges/137 But it boils down to a combined "Tragedy of the Commons" and the Laissez Faire attitude that is inherent in most grassroots communities. @humanetech Re "tragedy of the commons", are you familiar with Elinor Ostrom's work? Not really, but familiar she coined the term. I've been recommended some reading of her before, but it ended on my gigantic backlog of reading material (well, actually, due to continuous info overload it is only a theoretical backlog, as I will never read most of all the stuff on it) Yes, I know. This is why I believe that fairness needs force by the European Law.  @sl007 Caution though, the bluesky lead seems to be positive towards blockchain pyramid schemes. I am _very_ aware of this and personally I would never apply. I trust everyone who would apply to ask what they want before they apply at the bird. @sl007 Coincidentally, I'm currently looking for jobs, but was already skeptical whether to apply because of my lack of experience. Seeing the threat of being asked to deal with $MagicBlockchain was the coffin's nail then. @humanetech @sl007 If you look at Jack Dorsey, he's completely down the rabbit hole already. He's alluding to the coiners conspiracy myth that the deviation of the US$ from gold standard is the source of everything bad happening since, and claims "crypto"'s gonna save the world. Yes. I'd bet he did not. First tweet: 1800 replies, second tweet 359 He probably tweets via an indirection or something, where a campaign team puts his messages out to the world, and filters out useful responses. Billionaires and their crazy dreams, right? :D But they can afford to bet on the wrong horse and then still pivot in time, or be well-positioned even. At government + central bank level all around the world they are investigating digital currencies and here blockchain or similar in concept technologies are deeply investigated. Making a jump to that horse, supporting, becoming a dominant player can be twitter's future too. And attach an interop thingy from their own shop.  @grishka  @liaizon @sl007 there were multiple attempts at making one, latest being @dansup's https://fedidb.org but it's targeted more towards developers than end users. There's also https://fediverse.party. @grishka @sl007 @dansup I know all these attempts. Fediverse.party I have helped with a bit here and there. But none of these are very welcoming to people unfamiliar with the space entirely. I guess the closest thing I can think of in this nature is the animated What is Mastodon video from a few years ago that is geared first towards explaining what federation *is* Yes. See the minutes with the EU Tech Lead with impressions from talks with 6 MEPs before: |
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And the community website has a translation into Arabic. Coincidence, or because it shows from which direction some of the funding is coming from?
All in all: Serious threat to #fediverse in the works here, is my feeling.