@darnell@fediversereport owned and operated by a billionaire, limited membership in closed ecosystem until this week, no one uses their protocol
and certainly not part of the fediverse and never intends to be.
For all the angst that Threads gets in the Fediverse the unwavering support for Bluesky due to some future intent to be decentralized is sure something
@bedirthan@darnell@fediversereport it's not "owned and operated by a billionaire", he started and funded it initially, but as far as I know he's not involved in it anymore
@darnell@bedirthan@fediversereport there aren't any independent servers yet, because it's just not possible yet (federation is not enabled; at least on the production network, folks have been testing it for a while). For now they're testing the protocol internally, with users split into 10+ internal PDS servers - the migration has worked pretty much flawlessly, but some aspects like moderation tooling aren't finished, so they aren't ready to open up just yet (but should be soon).
I write about social networks (beyond just fediverse stuff) more broadly at my personal website, which is where I first published this story about Bluesky (https://laurenshof.online/bluesky-has-3-million-accounts-invites-going-away-soon/ ). I sometimes include stories and coverage from beyond the fediverse in the weekly Fediverse Report when I feel that it has direct impact on the fediverse.
Bluesky saying they'll remove the invite system soon is one of those cases, so thats why I included it in this weeks update
@bedirthan also on a more practical note, I was planning on writing about Friendica's new Bluesky connector this week as well, so there would have been more of a thematic cohesion between the stories. I simply ran out of time for this week, so that'll come soon
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