Hate to say it, because BlueSky had (still has) promise:
There is no reason to believe that its owners/investors -- now prominently including right-wing cryptocurrency bros -- will resist the opportunity to cash in, especially now that there's been such a surge in the user base.
And when/if they do, a genuinely open and decentralized alternative to Big Network (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) will still be -- with the current exception of the fediverse -- a mirage.
Dan Gillmor /
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2024-11-20 00:19:33
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