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Be Wary of Bluesky (kevinak.se)

submitted 2 months ago by cm0002@lemy.lol to c/Bluesky@lemmy.zip

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In 2023, Bluesky's CTO Paul Frazee was asked what would happen if Bluesky ever turned against its users. His answer:

it would look something like this: bluesky has gone evil. there's a new alternative called freesky that people are rushing to. I'm switching to freesky

That's the same argument people made about Twitter. "If it goes bad, we'll just leave." We know how that played out.

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[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 3 points 2 months ago (8 children)

I don't follow. What are you saying?

[–] finickydesert_1@social.vivaldi.net 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

@Lumidaub @cm0002 i think it’s refrence to it is still centralized, so if bluesky won’t the way of twitter then the poster believes they are trapped. I mean there are alternatives within that protocol but there also is mastodon; also you could host the profile on your own server.

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Accepting this thesis for a moment - okay, and? How does that mean I need to be "wary"?

[–] finickydesert_1@social.vivaldi.net 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

@Lumidaub : Don't put all your eggs in one basket. I could be wrong. *shrugs*, I'm currently on Mastodon, so I should be ok.

why is the poster posting that i'm lost as well

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago

I mean, if your business somehow relies exclusively on BSky, sure, that's probably not a good idea. But that's true for any site that you use for engagement, no matter the underlying technology. I'm confused.

[–] 73ms@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

it means don't believe their PR about being decentralized, claims about there always being a way out or it being impossible that they'll turn bad the moment the pressure to start extracting profits becomes a reality.

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Because what? They'll chain me up in their basement and force me to use their platform? Is that what I'm meant to be "wary" of?

[–] 73ms@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Because presumably you left reddit for a federated alternative to escape something exactly like their platform is likely to become and wouldn't want to prop up yet another example of that when there are better alternatives.

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago

So now what? What do you want me to do? What does "be wary" mean? Are you concerned for my emotional well-being because I might emotionally invest in a platform and then be very sad in case it goes sideways?

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