how decentralized is bluesky really?
- "Practical Decentralization" — Paul Frazee
Our near-miss similarity to the two common models of decentralization is at least partially why we catch heat from them. We're really similar, but we introduced changes that remove the legible markers of each technology: multiple app instances in the case of federation, and an absence of servers in the case of magical meshes.
- "Open Social Network Cookbook" — Adina Glickstein
Over the course of six months, the Open Social Incubator became a vibrant container for peer-to-peer knowledge sharing. We learned about the varying affordances of open social tools like Bluesky, Mastodon, and Matrix, and, as each member’s project developed, delved into the site-specific challenges of constituting new online communities.
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How Decentralized Is Bluesky Really? — Christine Lemmer-Webber
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"On Protocol Organizing" — Erlend Heggen