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Re:How Does Bluesky Work? by pests on Saturday February 24, 2024 @11:09PM (#39497534)
Didn't GitHub or Twitter or someone force someone to give up @Kik or similar?
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Re:How Does Bluesky Work? by omoikane on Sunday February 25, 2024 @12:23AM (#39497931)
That was npm, which lead to a left-pad incident.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11349870 - Kik, left-pad, and npm (2016)

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Re:How Does Bluesky Work? by steveklabnik on Saturday February 24, 2024 @11:13PM (#39497556)
No, npm themselves chose to take the name away from someone and give it to someone else.
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