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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 23-Apr-2023 19:55:53 JST Aral Balkan

   Was just asked by a friend if I wanted a #BlueSky invite.

   My reply?

   “Thanks but no thanks.”

   Why?

   Because I don’t need to see the app. I know the people behind it and what they stand for. The app can only ever be a manifestation of (or an initial misdirection from) that.

   Expecting the wolf that took a bite out of you last time to this time act in your interests is how you end up as its dinner.

   #BlueSky #JackDorsey #billionaires #SiliconValley #decentralisation #lipService #crypto #bullshit

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Monday, 24-Apr-2023 19:24:34 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Captain Steph

     @sirber Aww, *hug*

   • Captain Steph (sirber@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 24-Apr-2023 19:24:35 JST Captain Steph

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     @aral what's a friend?

   • Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Monday, 24-Apr-2023 19:25:30 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Filipe

     @filipesm @aral its flaws are that it was launched after AP was standardized and widely used.

     Promoting the BS protocol right now is reckless and destructive. We need to rally around the protocols that are working, and improve them with extensions, not bottom up rebuilds.

     The people working on BS know how much damage they could do, and they're continuing anyway, because they don't share our values.

     Please don't give them attention. They need to disappear quickly.

     Aral Balkan repeated this.
   • Filipe (filipesm@mastodon.green)'s status on Monday, 24-Apr-2023 19:25:32 JST Filipe

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     • Evan Prodromou

     @aral I just see AT as "protocol competition" with AP. My main concern is why it didn't go through W3C. Optimists will say "to move faster", pessimists will say "they wanna monopolise". It's probably both.

     Despite this, the spec itself seems to be good and solve some (all?) of AP's issues. I would love to see an expert, like @evan go in depth about AT's flaws, as a protocol. I'm sure it has some.

     Aral Balkan repeated this.
   • Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Monday, 24-Apr-2023 19:26:14 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Filipe

     @filipesm @aral the point of BS is to make a protocol that can be a product.

     They don't build on open standards like ActivityPub because they want to own the network.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Monday, 24-Apr-2023 19:26:59 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Comfortably Numb🦋

     @ygalanter You know what, something tells me it really isn’t. But hey, you do you.

   • Comfortably Numb🦋 (ygalanter@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 24-Apr-2023 19:27:00 JST Comfortably Numb🦋

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     @aral Your loss.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Monday, 24-Apr-2023 19:27:42 JST Aral Balkan

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     • elle mundy

     @exchgr I’m shocked, shocked, I tell you!

   • elle mundy (exchgr@mastodon.world)'s status on Monday, 24-Apr-2023 19:27:43 JST elle mundy

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     @aral i gotta say, i’m not impressed with it so far. lotta undesirable bots, lotta crypto oriented people, lotta weird vaguely cultish vibes in various corners

   • thepoliticalcat (thepoliticalcat@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 24-Apr-2023 19:28:43 JST thepoliticalcat

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     • Morgana

     @morganalafee @aral As long as Mastodon lives and prospers, it's kicking sand in the face of ALL the walled gardens. Just as Russia wants to destroy Ukraine for standing there symbolizing democracy and peace successfully, so walled gardens want to destroy the Fediverse for making this magic thing without needing ego trips for sad manbabies and mucho dinero for the scumbags.

   • Morgana (morganalafee@mastodon.scot)'s status on Monday, 24-Apr-2023 19:28:44 JST Morgana

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     @aral Yup, I second that motion….and why can’t the Fediverse be allowed to be a public forum in peace ???

     Aral Balkan repeated this.
   • Michael Gartenberg (gartenberg@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 24-Apr-2023 19:47:15 JST Michael Gartenberg

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     • elle mundy

     @exchgr
     I'm not important enough for an invite but everything you say rings true.
     @aral

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Monday, 24-Apr-2023 19:47:15 JST Aral Balkan

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     • elle mundy
     • Michael Gartenberg

     @Gartenberg The very fact that “important” people get “invited” first goes against everything that actual decentralisation stands for. You are important because we‘re all important. I bloody hate these hierarchies.

     @exchgr