note at the incredible speed Threads can make changes to their product when the feel competitive pressure and also note how super slow they are taking the activitypub integration, which is still not even halfway done after a year RE:
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The Verge (@theverge.com)
Threads tweaks its algorithm to focus on people you follow https://buff.ly/493GVoD
Side effect of this is that it forces Bluesky to stay as open as possible, as they can only compete with Meta by leveraging the dev community thats building on top of atproto RE:
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Ryan Broderick (@ryanhatesthis.bsky.social)
It seems clear that Meta is treating Bluesky as their next Snapchat. An innovative upstart competitor they can cannibalize for their normie user ba...
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Yo EC, why is there an extra 'at' in the domain handle? is it to denominate atproto, or other reason? RE:
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European Commission (@ec.europa.eu)
You can now also follow the President of the European Commission on Bluesky ↓ @vonderleyen.at.ec.europa.eu
Last Week in the ATmosphere: - 20 million accounts on Bluesky! - Threads is taking the competition with Bluesky serious; Bluesky might be closer in size to Threads than thought - experiments with visualising the firehose - and a ton of links Read at: [fediversereport.com/last-week-in...](
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Last Week in the ATmosphere – 2411.c
Bluesky now has 20 million accounts, there is a large media attention to Bluesky, people are exploring the firehose, and much more.
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Last Week in the ATmosphere – 2411.c
Bluesky now has 20 million accounts, there is a large media attention to Bluesky, people are exploring the firehose, and much more.
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- the actual total number of users who federate between Threads and the fediverse is closer to 25k than 50k - Threads federation is not actually available in EU countries - Federation is still only 1-way with a slow dev speed RE:
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nilay patel (@reckless.bsky.social)
To stave off EU interop requirements and also because that team legitimately thinks it’s neat
I think this is one of the hardest aspects of decentralisation: the cultural shift in mindset that people need to make that they can take control. Decentralisation doesnt 'just happen', it's people taking deliberate actions to make it happen RE:
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shreyan (@shreyanjain.net)
the solution to atproto decentralization is to stop whining to bluesky pbc about how they need to decentralize and to instead start putting in the ...
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what i love about the instant pot is that you can just put everything in at high pressure for 8 minutes and it will turn out well, dont even need to check the recipe
Hey nieuwe Nederlandse volgers! Hierbij twee handige feeds voor jullie: Meest gelikete Nederlandse posts van afgelopen 24h [bsky.app/profile/laur...](
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DutchSky Top Liked - 24h by @laurenshof.online
Posts written in Dutch with the most likes made in the last 24 hours.
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DutchSky What's Hot by @laurenshof.online
Feed met alle Nederlandse skeets, gesorteerd met een What's Hot algorithme op de afgelopen 24u
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Posts written in Dutch with the most likes made in the last 24 hours.
Bluesky is building a decentralised network. But how does decentralisation contribute to a better distribution of power? I wrote about the difference between decentralisation as a technology and as a way to build better social structures. Read at: [fediversereport.com/bluesky-dece...](
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Bluesky, decentralisation, and the distribution of power
Bluesky is building a decentralised social network. But how does decentralisation lead to a better distribution of power?
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Bluesky, decentralisation, and the distribution of power
Bluesky is building a decentralised social network. But how does decentralisation lead to a better distribution of power?
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we need the full infra of bluesky and atproto being independently run in the EU, completely separate from bluesky pbc gets us over the decentralisation concerns as well RE:
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ryan cooper (@ryanlcooper.com)
yep. I'd be considering moving the incorporation site to the EU or something [contains quote post or other embedded content]