tbh, I can sympathize with someone who looked around at the landscape of protocols to do asymmetric social publishing type things and decided that the only option is to start over.
But chat? Chat!? Use xmpp! Use matrix! Use signal! Use IRC! IDGAF, but do not reinvent this wheel.
@hrefna I really can't see how it's anything other than hostile and protectionist for bsky to ignore every other option for DMs and invent something unique to them.
It casts all their talk about federation in a very distinctive light.
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