I'm deeply skeptical about all the noises blueSky has made about "federating." Let's define what that would mean so we are on the same page: people in the fediverse could follow blueSky accounts AND blueSky users would be free to follow anyone on the fediverse rather than being in a censored space.
We already have the first one. But without both? It's not really federation.
BlueSky has said they will do this, only pressure from their users can force it to happen.
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It's possible. If you are following @bsky.brid.gy from your Mastodon account, people on Bluesky can search for your account and follow you. The interaction between the services […]
@futurebird BlueSky is more crypto-broligarch snake oil. Block it and forget it. Just my two cents, actual worth may vary.
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@futurebird Same with Threads. We can see Threads and Bsky posts and follow users, but they don't see any responses from us, so all they're doing is really spreading their own content while […]
@futurebird it’s good and all that the fediverse is gaining attention. But is that the attention we want here? The whole point of me being here is because it’s low key…and not owned by people […]
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@futurebird I thought federated meant having numerous servers (instances) to choose from. There's only one entity (so far) that runs the AT protocol, that being bluesky, but there are hundreds […]
@futurebird BlueSky has no incentive, and neither does Threads. It's a one-way street for them. There are ads to serve, investors to please. Only those who think something is "free" if they […]
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