Volunteer amateur systems administrator for Beehaw. Stay-at-home dad. Outdoor enthusiast.
Bluesky: @beehaw.org
He said he’s willing to financially back one.
I miss Vine so much!
I, personally, know of hundreds of family/friends that left because of it…Many went to Bluesky.
I don’t believe there will ever be a solution that will please everyone.
Should we all leave the Fediverse since there are thousands of evil assholes that develop and use it?
Come over to Bluesky
If you are referencing this article, then he isn’t funding anything. He is willing to consider backing a TikTok like platform that uses the AT Protocol.
Arguably, ActivityPub has its shortcomings. Also, having another protocol similar to ActivityPub creates more competition which drives innovation (and gets people away from corporate-controlled sites like Meta).
Precisely!
I was part of the beta testing team. I enjoy it immensely and hope to see more and more of my friends and family use it.
I’ve used this for years. Love it!
There is a ton of news coverage on this. Here’s an Axios article with a decent summary.
There was a three day delay between when I created an account and when I received the email.
In my opinion, yes. That’s just how he likes to play.
This dropped today:
It should be noted that MATRIX is a different entity from the secure open-source, decentralized, real-time communications protocol with the same name, which is perfectly legal to continue using.
From the article that @badcodecat@lemux.minnix.dev mentioned ITT.
I agree. One of my sons doesn’t want to use social media (he tried several and didn’t like any of them). My other son only uses Reddit to find interesting things and information in niche subjects (he rarely interacts with anyone on the platform).
This sounds like a conspiracy theory but I’d like to know more.