Former CEO of Twitter wanted to build a social protocol no-one can control, like SMTP or HTTP for social media. Bluesky’s ATProto was supposed to be an open source protocol that Twitter could eventually utilize, but then Musk happened and Bluesky started taking it to the wrong direction and everything fell apart in Dorsey’s mind.
A very revealing interview. I now see even more future in W3C’s ActivityPub.
I must wonder… if Dorsey truly wants to build something open, non-commercial and decentralized, why doesn’t he even look at the ActivityPub? Why not help it thrive? What’s all that fuss about Bluesky and Nostr?
@rolle
Bluesky: because he wants to continue providing addicts their fix... And because he doesn't control ActivityPub, and can't re-form it in his image.
Nostr: because he is a Bitcoin-obsessed crypto bro
I can't speak for JD, but I have talked to others who are either more into Farcaster or more into nostr (rather than the Fediverse), and I've talked to them about the Fediverse.
I have noticed some commonalities in what they said —
№1:
They believe that a significant part of the Fediverse is anti-commece.
They feel that commerce and payments are important.
№2:
They don't trust the servers controlling their identity and presence.
They feel it should be independent from any server.
@reiver@rolle I have got over time the impression, that the Fediverse and Bluesky/Nostr are cultural rooted in different substrates - one is somewhat European/Canadian/… and the other one is an intrinsic US-American
@reiver@rolle I don't trust these billionaires. Like Musk and hyperloop. Just trying to tell that you need a new kind of train that will be here in 10 years, but while you wait, you can buy our products.
@rolle Bluesky was always intended to be monetized. VC money isn't bequeathed for the betterment of users without some eye to profit. In order to achieve this they had to drive people to something cooler than what the other kids already had. Unique. Like the cybertruck.
@rolle heavy emphasis on "Dorsey's mind", everything indicates he didn't even study Bluesky's protocol. The differences to Nostr he trumpets aren't significant.
I still prefer services where I know where my browser is connected, like Mastodon.
If you've tried Nostr, many of those web clients connect to tens of servers, some really dodgy sounding. You are basically spraying your IP everywhere, and your IP might be receiving highly unwanted content...
@jrredho I mentioned HTTP and SMTP because they are mentioned in the article. But yes, NNTP would be more fitting by category, although not in the sense of commonness or freshness.
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