AT Protocol's account portability tool gives the users of Bluesky, a public benefit LLC independent from Twitter, a way out should a billionaire take over
https://theintercept.com/... Paul Frazee / @pfrazee.com : awesome, great piece! — one thing I'll add: we took our first step toward decentralization with the custom feeds launch. we're still iterating toward decentralized hosting, but with custom feeds the algorithmic system is fully open and protocol-driven Jens Comiotto-Mayer / @coma.photography : »Is Bluesky billionaire proof? « @micahflee.com tries to answer some common questions about ownership and the business model behind Bluesky, and how they might plan to get profitable. I also learned that Jeremie Miller, the inventor of Jabber/XMPP, is a member of the board. @treacherous.tech : I may quibble with some of the Mastodon description because I stan ActivityPub, but a good comparison with Bluesky. ATProtocol is just a hope until there's a full public release and a Bluesky alternative successfully using it, imo. — https://theintercept.com/... @mondial.bsky.social : Tired: Bullet-Proof. — Wired: Billionaire-Proof. — https://theintercept.com/... @gavinkarlmeier.bsky.social tag tag tag *lach* Tweets: @jeffjarvis : “If a billionaire one day buys Bluesky PBLLC and ruins it, it won't matter. Anyone who doesn't like how Bluesky Social is run can simply switch to a rival service without losing their post history or their followers.” Is Bluesky Billionaire-Proof? https://theintercept.com/... @theintercept : Who owns Bluesky? What's the role of former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey? What's Bluesky's business model? And what prevents another Elon Musk from buying and destroying it 10 years down the line? Here are some answers to all your Bluesky questions. https://theintercept.com/...