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FR#150 – On ICE, Verification, and Presence As Harm
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This demonstrates why monolithic platforms, and Bluesky in particular, are not the answer to X. Yet people keep running from one silo to the next, like sheep following the herd. Once the herd has finally decided that it's time to be a 'rebel' and leave whatever 'big bad' platform they're on. Yeah, yeah, I know, Bluesky is 'decentralised' and 'federated'. Except that it isn't really, now is it? Let's see what new silo they can run to in, say 15 years or so, when they finally realise that Bluesky is indeed the new Twitter/X, just not in the way they thought it was…