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How decentralized is Bluesky really? (dustycloud.org)
submitted 1 day ago by garretble@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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This is a pretty great, long form post about the structure of Bluesky, and how it's largely kinda pretending to be decentralized at the moment. I'm not trying to make a dig at it. I've enjoyed the platform myself for a while, but it's good to learn more about how it actually works.

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[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago

It reminds me of what Google tried to do initially with Google+. They copied Diaspora's concept of aspects, calling them "circles". Over time, though, using the circles became more and more janky until they removed them entirely. Then, of course, Google+ got shuttered completely over security issues.

Likewise, "federation" and "decentralization" are the new hotness in social networks, so here's a big corporation looking to cash in on that. Of course, real decentralization would take too much power away from the corporation, so they have to half-ass it somehow.