Re:Maybe Bluesky Has "Won"
by throwawaymaths on Friday November 15, 2024 @07:55PM
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Your statement quietly assumes that being able to accurately call it a "commons" is desirable. Who cares, it might be good even if it's not a commons.
Re:Maybe Bluesky Has "Won"
by anonymous_sorry on Saturday November 16, 2024 @06:13AM
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I assumed that private or corporate control over something that becomes a default communications network is undesirable, because that was a basis for the discussion I was replying to.
I also believe it. I don't want to have to subject myself to the X dumpster fire or sign away my data to Facebook just to receive communications from my local police department or child's school.
Email is far from perfect, but good enough and its federated nature means it's reasonable for institutions to use it as a default mode of communication and authentication.
What exactly is the alternative to federation? Is it possible for everyone to be their own admin?
In any case, under feudalism serfs didn't have the freedom to choose and switch their feudal lord as they saw fit.