I helped the Bluesky team write a paper explaining the underlying architecture and the reasons why it works the way it does. Releasing the paper today to celebrate that you no longer need an invite code to sign up for a Bluesky account: arxiv.org/abs/2402.03239
Bluesky is a new social network built upon the AT Protocol, a decentralized foundation for public social media. It was launched in private beta in February 2023, and has grown to over 3 million...
Nice work Martin - you are the right mind for this !
I take It :)
Well it might be a calm before a storm? Or maybe we might just stay a niche group if the doors are open. Will be interesting what blossoms, hopefully creativity.
That will turn Bluesky into the same shithole like Twitter within no time.
Aww, and here I thought I was special for getting an invite code. It reminded me of when I received an invite code to join Gmail back in its Beta days.
I'm not sure how making users responsible for moderation is more simple than having a moderated platform? I think a specialist team is far better equipped to handle something like that than a random person is.
the paper was very thorough!
💙!! this came out so good!