hahaha, this is the first thing I though after the idiot changed the iconic name to nothing, go twitter! (no, I'm not joining bluebird, but I like the trust threshold idea)
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If nothing else we know this project will piss off Elon and that's always a plus.
Ah yes, just what the world needs: another Twitter.
Twitter was awful before Musk bought it. Hard pass.
Yeah i'il keep using mastodon and bluesky, also, they already have investors so it's dead at birth for me
Bluesky is also owned by a corporation and, like Twitter, could sell to a fascist billionaire whenever they find it profitable to do so.
X vs Bluesky is a great microcosm of American team-sports politics. Mastodon is something actually new.
Yeah but ppl are on bluesky
who needs people when you can talk to leftist nerds ?
Yeah that's true but perfect is the enemy of good, Mastodon isn't gaining much traction so my hope is that at least we can get a federated protocol, whatever it is
Mastodon has a cultural problem.. too woke, too many queers and freaky people, autistics, and activitists shilling for lame causes or selling (needless, silly) things. In the real world these people are 3-5% of the population. On the Fediverse, they are 75-90% of the population. Not a place that the other 95-98% of the population really wants to be. The mentally ill, each one given a bullhorn.
Perfect is the enemy of good, but so is the desire for convenience.
Mastodon gains less traction because it doesn't have an advertising budget, unlike Bluesky. Because Bluesky is owned by a corporation.
Is Bluesky federated? I thought it wasn't. Tumblr also said they were going to, but then just... didn't.
Bluesky is federated if you have $10,000,000
Yeah it does, though it uses their own protocol (ATprotocol) they open sourced it too
The AT Protocol was open from the start. It's not the issue and is actually rather clever in parts, in my limited understanding.
The issue has more been that there was no way to run another server than the main one at first, and then that you could but it couldn't interoperate. I understand this is now something of the past, but I don't think I've ever come across a link to a bluesky post that wasn't on bsky.app.
Looking a bit into it, it looks like all you need to do is host a Personal Data Server (PDS): https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds?tab=readme-ov-file#self-hosting-a-pds
PDS is just one part of the whole thing. It's just the place where your data is stored. Almost all other parts of the network are dependent on Bluesky's stack. Even the alternatives like Blacksky and Eurosky are still dependent of Bluesky's implementations like the Appview. So if Bluesky goes down, it affects the other services (in some way) too. One can host a PDS for cheap, but if you want a proper social media service (with post history, search etc), it is kind of expensive. There are other appviews, but for some reason Bluesky going down causes issues in Blacksky, Eurosky etc
then that you could but it couldn't interoperate
So now you can? I hope so...
Anyway yeah, i never seen someone self host their own instance even though it should be possible
also, they already have investors so it’s dead at birth for me
Launching with the immediate intent for profit screams either a scam (Especially with Musk being kind to give up the name, massive red flag).
Smells like deception. Please come to our "New" site with the same name but this one is totally not uncool or handing all your personal info to Musk.
But spend more money? $8 on that piece of shit "X" site. Fucking joke show.
But you can pay $20 for the premium instantaneous social media aggregate algorithm site! You'll get all the top paid for profit sponsored posts first before anyone else! Just imagine retweeting your friends minutes before they see this million dollar donated Pepsi ad that is collaborating with Oreo! Whooooaaaaaa! You'll be the most popular person in your friend group for 15 seconds! But make sure you share first or else you'll be ostracized by everyone because you didn't pay an extra $9.99 for ultra fast retweet privilege!
Yeah
And I'm going to keep dead naming X as Twitter until Musk stops dead naming his daughter. I never used the site in the first place, but that's besides the point.
And I’m going to keep dead naming X as Twitter until Musk stops dead naming his daughter.
I'll dead name Twitter long after Musk stops dead naming his daughter, or he himself is dead. X is a stupid fucking name.
We both know Musk is never going to stop dead naming his daughter, so same difference.
I joined when it was the only way to win a pair of tickets to The Colbert show's last taping. I didn't win, I've never opened the site again. My username is like "adifficultpoo" lol
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"Early Access is open. $20 to join, $40+ to fight." From twitter.now
xD. The original twitter was free!
Yeah. Not falling for that.
Imo reviving Twitter as paid ai slop is just making a mockery of it.
Imo twitter was always a joke
FAQ was dead linking when I clicked on it earlier, too.
Yeah. "Lets try centralized algorithmic corporate social media again."
Im sure this attempt will end up just as wholesome.
Also, with a website that's clearly designed by AI.
What could go wrong
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Coates and his coterie
Hah
- Cash grab on an old name and hoping people pony up the $20 to join it.
- Not using ActivityPub or ATProto.
Yeah, it's already DOA.
If anyone is serious about creating a new centralised social network these days, they have already lost.
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