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Twitter announces "bluesky", an investigation of decentralization standards for social media, with the goal of converting Twitter into a client

Posted by Deimos
Tags: social media, twitter, decentralization, bluesky, author.jack dorsey
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1204766078468911106.html

10 comments

  1. [7]
    json
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    Sounds like similar to Mastodon which is built upon ActivityPub federation.

    Sounds like similar to Mastodon which is built upon ActivityPub federation.

    11 votes
    1. [7]
      Comment deleted by author
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      1. [5]
        hereticalgorithm
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        Right, but why not join forces with a project that's already been putting in work into this problem?

        Right, but why not join forces with a project that's already been putting in work into this problem?

        3 votes
        1. [4]
          rmgr
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          Yeah why reinvent the wheel, if Twitter implemented Activitypub it would automatically integrate with Mastodon and Pixelfed

          Yeah why reinvent the wheel, if Twitter implemented Activitypub it would automatically integrate with Mastodon and Pixelfed

          1. [3]
            Whom
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            I imagine this is the main thing they're referring to with "an existing decentralized standard".

            For social media, we’d like this team to either find an existing decentralized standard they can help move forward, or failing that, create one from scratch. That’s the only direction we at Twitter, Inc. will provide.

            I imagine this is the main thing they're referring to with "an existing decentralized standard".

            6 votes
            1. [2]
              Death
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              I don't understand why AP isn't even mentioned. Did they really have no knowledge of it before making this announcement?

              I don't understand why AP isn't even mentioned. Did they really have no knowledge of it before making this announcement?

              1. moocow1452
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                They probably don't want to say AP, because a lot of money is going to be thrown around for them to just use a standard lying around.

                They probably don't want to say AP, because a lot of money is going to be thrown around for them to just use a standard lying around.

                3 votes
      2. ubergeek
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        ActivityPub does already have a sizeable userbase. And, the work is already done, largely. Twitter just needs to write the Actor code.

        ActivityPub does already have a sizeable userbase. And, the work is already done, largely. Twitter just needs to write the Actor code.

        1 vote
  2. [3]
    Deimos
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    Second (shorter) thread by Twitter's CTO: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1204766188074459136.html

    Second (shorter) thread by Twitter's CTO: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1204766188074459136.html

    9 votes
    1. [2]
      wirelyre
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      What are the benefits of using a blockchain for this?

      The ideal candidate is someone who […] has experience working in the open on the blockchain […]

      What are the benefits of using a blockchain for this?

      11 votes
      1. rkcr
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        My most generous interpretation is that they don't want to actually use the blockchain on their new system, but rather want to build something distributed & out in the open (and figure this is a...

        My most generous interpretation is that they don't want to actually use the blockchain on their new system, but rather want to build something distributed & out in the open (and figure this is a shorthand for getting the right sort of mind).

        I'm pretty cynical about it though; I suspect it's more just a bad application of the latest buzzword. I mean, seriously, who wants world-readable, unmodifiable history? How are you supposed to moderate that?

        11 votes