To this end, Bluesky's goals of "credible exit" are actually very important. It creates a similar pressure for the organization itself to stay true as long as it can, even acknowledging the organization as a future adversary, and actually preparing for it.
I am pro-Bluesky-credible-exit.
And there will be a lot of pressure: Bluesky has taken VC money as investments; the pattern of such is that early on, things are very good and flexible, and after some time, the investors start placing pressure to enshittify.
I have seen good peoples' orgs clawed from their hands. It happens.
Making design decisions in the present which guard against the future is one of the most important things we can do. It is one of the most important reasons to choose FOSS licenses, for instance, which provide an exit plan and also counterbalance against temptation to enshittify a project.
To this end, Bluesky's goals of "credible exit" are actually very important. It creates a similar pressure for the organization itself to stay true as long as it can, even acknowledging the organization as a future adversary, and actually preparing for it.
I am pro-Bluesky-credible-exit.
As opposed to Google's "Don't be evil", a commandment for the everpresent, "the organization is a future adversary" acknowledges the realities of the future, that it is uncertain, and in fact, that power-dynamics-wise, there will be pressure to make things worse.
Making design decisions in the present which guard against the future is one of the most important things we can do. It is one of the most important reasons to choose FOSS licenses, for instance, which provide an exit plan and also counterbalance against temptation to enshittify a project.
It was at least good insofar as the moment Google retired the phrase as never really meaning anything anyway, as evil as Google may have been before, Google got noticably worse.
To Bluesky people internally: keep that phrase going as long as you can, and use it reflectively.
As opposed to Google's "Don't be evil", a commandment for the everpresent, "the organization is a future adversary" acknowledges the realities of the future, that it is uncertain, and in fact, that power-dynamics-wise, there will be pressure to make things worse.
Occasionally an org creates a phrase like this, and back in the day Google had "Don't be evil"
And yeah, people criticize Google for never having been sincere but it gave an opportunity for people inside and outside the organization to critique Google on its own stated values. That was good.
It was at least good insofar as the moment Google retired the phrase as never really meaning anything anyway, as evil as Google may have been before, Google got noticably worse.
To Bluesky people internally: keep that phrase going as long as you can, and use it reflectively.
It's time, we have reached the second to last section: "Preparing for the organization as a future adversary."
I love this one because I love that phrase, and the best part is that the Bluesky team came up with it, "the organization is a future adversary". It's genuinely good and self reflective
Occasionally an org creates a phrase like this, and back in the day Google had "Don't be evil"
And yeah, people criticize Google for never having been sincere but it gave an opportunity for people inside and outside the organization to critique Google on its own stated values. That was good.
Also you have reached it: the third secret egg
You have now collected the egg triforce and can defeat Gender Ganon
If you want to
The power was in you all along
But let's continue.
It's time, we have reached the second to last section: "Preparing for the organization as a future adversary."
I love this one because I love that phrase, and the best part is that the Bluesky team came up with it, "the organization is a future adversary". It's genuinely good and self reflective
What I am trying to say is I don't have many heroes but @evangreer@mastodon.online is absolutely a heroine of mine
You should donate to @fight@mastodon.fightforthefuture.org they are some of the only people doing sensible advocacy against terrible internet laws
Also fuck TERFs
But anyway
Also you have reached it: the third secret egg
You have now collected the egg triforce and can defeat Gender Ganon
If you want to
The power was in you all along
But let's continue.
transphobia, uspol, returning to tech in a sec
Before we go any further, earlier I mentioned the US House of Representatives, and here I am giving a MASSIVE content warning for transphobia
But @evangreer@mastodon.online is the coolest fucking person for standing up to Rep. Mace at the Project Libery summit https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2024-11-21-transgender-digital-rights-activist-confronts-hate-monger-rep-nancy-mace-at-internet-summit/
What I am trying to say is I don't have many heroes but @evangreer@mastodon.online is absolutely a heroine of mine
You should donate to @fight@mastodon.fightforthefuture.org they are some of the only people doing sensible advocacy against terrible internet laws
Also fuck TERFs
But anyway
Hello, I am back again. Did you miss me? I still am not reading notifications.
Help I started writing this summary at 11am and it is now 6pm here I have wasted a whole day of work
But I have tea, and I also flossed my teeth, and it is time to resume this thread. If you are here, you know why.
transphobia, uspol, returning to tech in a sec
Before we go any further, earlier I mentioned the US House of Representatives, and here I am giving a MASSIVE content warning for transphobia
But @evangreer@mastodon.online is the coolest fucking person for standing up to Rep. Mace at the Project Libery summit https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2024-11-21-transgender-digital-rights-activist-confronts-hate-monger-rep-nancy-mace-at-internet-summit/
Christine Lemmer-Webber