Agreed wholeheartedly! The idea that “everyone must do this thing now” is a false premise. One size does not fit all and a healthy web should reflect that.

@manton

Yes. And DEEPLY hoping and willing to support any efforts at two-way bridges between the two decentralized, federated platforms.

@manton

Co-founded by the guy who co-created Twitter.

The guy who fervently supported Musk's takeover of Twitter.

The guy who didn't say a single word when Musk attacked the guy's long-time employees publicly (leading to death threats in some cases).

That guy's new thing?

No thanks.

@manton Off topic - Any word on when the book will be released?

I suppose the implementation is what matters most. Moderation is key, as are firmly enforced principles of mutual respect and civil behavior.

@pratik @VirginiaMurr I get the concern. Bluesky is being led by Jay Graber, though. I think Jack Dorsey is checked out and in Nostr-land. He is on the board, though.

Because for most people that distinction is only technical, if at all they’re aware of it. Even I’m not curious enough about BlueSky to want to use it because I already have my Micro.blog.

@manton definitely watching closely to see if B.S. has anything to offer users over Mastodon, so far I'm not seeing it.

@jasonekratz I think protocol is important, but so is UI, culture, etc. if bluesky really are a good steward of an open spec it's definitely got my attention, but I'm reflexively skeptical of standards pushed by one org

@brian_wolf Everything is on the web at book.micro.blog, but I’m still trying to update the final draft before we do the ePub and print version. It’s close.

@jasonekratz

Not sure why your reply is so antagonistic. The OP was unclear why some people may have a problem with Bluesky -- so I gave a reason: the co-founder has shit character & doesn't care who he harms as long as he profits.

You might view character as a "ridiculous" non-essential while giving tech development primacy over people. That's fine. You're entitled to your views. Lots of people (incl. myself) disagree. That's all. No reason to be pissy.

I really appreciate your approach towards it. Too many people just want to avoid learning something new even if it could potentially be a great thing.

@jasonekratz

I never said the OP was unclear. Not once.

However, thank you for confirming my point that you consider Dorsey's shit character & its resulting harms as less important than tech. development.

Side-note: equating charity with some kind of innate goodness or virtue, particularly when said charity results in tax write-offs, and even more particularly when the person has demonstrated shitty behavior, is not logical.

@jasonekratz 👍 Thank you!