I'm honestly still pretty troubled by the discourse around Bluesky and the Fediverse. I've had several conversations with people I very much respect which boiled down to them evaluating the Fediverse on its merits and Bluesky on its promises, and then ...
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I'm honestly still pretty troubled by the discourse around Bluesky and the Fediverse. I've had several conversations with people I very much respect which boiled down to them evaluating the Fediverse on its merits and Bluesky on its promises, and then acting like I was being unfair when I pointed out the issues with Bluesky's implementation and operation.
If that's where the discourse stays, I fear for our ability to have any meaningful conversations at all about operational openness.
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And please, don't take this to mean I think we should forgive the Fediverse its failures. ActivityPub has plenty of issues; Mastodon has plenty of issues; the cultures of the Western Fediverse have plenty of issues.
Just, please, be as harsh on the VC-funded billionaire pet project as you are on the volunteer-run network, yeah?
