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Both nostr and Bluesky are fundamentally trying to work on the same problem. The important distinction between what nostr is doing and what Bluesky is doing hinges on whether the respective developers want people whose speech they disagree with to be able to use what they are building to communicate with the rest of the world or not. In nostr this is clear - the whole thing is architected in a way that it's impossible to stop people from using the protocol to say whatever they want to say. In Bluesky this seems ambiguous at best.
2023-05-08 14:55:15 from 1 relay(s) ↑ Parent Reply
Also architectural criticism is *good*. if they get enough pressure that its not decentralized enough then they may dedicate more time to that. If they go down the centralized path due to demands from early users who prefer censorship then it would be a huge waste of time for everyone. We already know how that plays out.
2023-05-08 14:57:29 from 1 relay(s) ↑ Parent 1 replies ↓ Reply
Exactly. If it becomes decentralized only in name and is based around a central node it’s just Twitter with a less ergonomic protocol. It’s much harder to go back afterwards and make it decentralized than it is to do that from the beginning.
2023-05-08 15:00:46 from 1 relay(s) ↑ Parent Reply