Before we get into the next section, earlier I left an easter egg, which you could reply to and say "I found the easter egg" or something
Now you can put 2 eggs
I 2 was once an egg
(Look I specifically transitioned so I could never be accused of making dad jokes again so that does not qualify)
Alright you've heard enough critiques of Bluesky for a bit and I SAID I was gonna critique the fediverse and I am a WOMAN OF MY WORD
So let's get into it!
Yes, I changed the order of the remaining sections, not from the blogpost but from the last time I said what was left on this thread
pray I do not reorder them again
Before we get into the next section, earlier I left an easter egg, which you could reply to and say "I found the easter egg" or something
Now you can put 2 eggs
I 2 was once an egg
(Look I specifically transitioned so I could never be accused of making dad jokes again so that does not qualify)
"Where are we going with this Christine?"
Well you could have just read the blogpost but 3 more sections remain, we are approximately 2/3 there
I know, bear with me, what is left is:
- What should the fediverse do?
- Preparing for the organization as a future adversary
- Conclusions
Yes, I changed the order of the remaining sections, not from the blogpost but from the last time I said what was left on this thread
pray I do not reorder them again
I have returned, with tea
I am still not reading notifications. Well, I have seen a few fly by on the fediverse which is blipping and blooping nonstop in the Mastodon UI so people are clearly reading it there
Bluesky says "30+". How big is the +?? I will resist temptation to look and assume "31"
"Where are we going with this Christine?"
Well you could have just read the blogpost but 3 more sections remain, we are approximately 2/3 there
I know, bear with me, what is left is:
- What should the fediverse do?
- Preparing for the organization as a future adversary
- Conclusions
It is time for TEA BREAK 2: THE REHEATENING
I will also go to the bathroom
TMI? If you've read this far into this weird thread I am already giving you too much info
=== TEA BREAK 2 ===
I have returned, with tea
I am still not reading notifications. Well, I have seen a few fly by on the fediverse which is blipping and blooping nonstop in the Mastodon UI so people are clearly reading it there
Bluesky says "30+". How big is the +?? I will resist temptation to look and assume "31"
in addition to this long-ass thread there is a long-ass article and if you care about things like "zooko's triangle" maybe read that version, the rest of y'all can move on we've got other stuff to cover here
It is time for TEA BREAK 2: THE REHEATENING
I will also go to the bathroom
TMI? If you've read this far into this weird thread I am already giving you too much info
=== TEA BREAK 2 ===
tl;dr on that UX part:
- users only know domains, they don't know the DIDs
- turns out that's a phishing attack when those can change at any time
- if bsky.app ever goes down how do you actually know I really mapped to that name
- and a whole lot of "liveness" problems that enter there
in addition to this long-ass thread there is a long-ass article and if you care about things like "zooko's triangle" maybe read that version, the rest of y'all can move on we've got other stuff to cover here
Regardless, Bluesky has this "your domain is your id!" thing, and that's pretty cool, the domain maps to your DID and your DID maps to your domain
Well, I'm not gonna get into this in detail here, I do on the blogpost if you wanna read it but, the cyclic dependency might be an actual cycle
tl;dr on that UX part:
- users only know domains, they don't know the DIDs
- turns out that's a phishing attack when those can change at any time
- if bsky.app ever goes down how do you actually know I really mapped to that name
- and a whole lot of "liveness" problems that enter there
The big promise here, the "credible exit" side of things is that for most users, the vision they have is that if Bluesky gets bought by a big evil company, no problem, move somewhere else
But for those same users, Bluesky still controls their keys and thus controls their destiny
Regardless, Bluesky has this "your domain is your id!" thing, and that's pretty cool, the domain maps to your DID and your DID maps to your domain
Well, I'm not gonna get into this in detail here, I do on the blogpost if you wanna read it but, the cyclic dependency might be an actual cycle
I am, once again, kinda sympathetic and kinda unsettled simultaneously.
- Sympathetic: key management is hard and we just don't have the UX answers to solve that, and Bluesky is once again trying to deliver to Twitter refugees
- Unsettled: it's centralized, but... there's something more troubling
The big promise here, the "credible exit" side of things is that for most users, the vision they have is that if Bluesky gets bought by a big evil company, no problem, move somewhere else
But for those same users, Bluesky still controls their keys and thus controls their destiny
Christine Lemmer-Webber