· Föderation EN So 01.12.2024 01:16:50
But at least @Gargron did *not* do what BlueSky have done, and implement a totally centralised system where every DM runs through mastodon.social. He made Mastodon Direct posts decentralised, like any other kind of post.
After a few teething problems (eg devs of other fediverse software not realising they existed and displaying them as public message), we ended up with a system Chistine describes as
"about as private as [unencrypted] email."
This is already streets ahead of BS DMs.
(3/3)
Föderation EN So 01.12.2024 01:31:09
More quotes from #ChristineLemmerWebber, Nov 2024
https://dustycloud.org/blog/how-decentralized-is-bluesky/
"I find it surprising and alarming that reusing the same key per user was ever the case."
Indeed.
"It feels like this flies in the face of the fundamental goals one would have around building a DID system and it is difficult for me to fathom how such a decision could ever have been made."
Easy; "move fast and break stuff". Instead of building slowly and carefully from spore to mycelium network, as fediverse devs do.
Föderation EN So 01.12.2024 04:59:16
"The truth of the matter is: Bluesky controls users' keys, and therefore even if users "move away" they must trust Bluesky to perform this move on their behalf. And even if Bluesky delegates authority to that user to control their identity information in the future, there is still a problem in that Bluesky will always have control over that user's key, and thus their identity future.
#ChristineLemmerWebber, Nov 2024
Föderation EN So 01.12.2024 08:31:20
To be fair to the BlueSky team, a lot of the features Christine is point out their system and its protocol don't really have, are things the fediverse doesn't have either. At least not in the current usage of ActivityPub. Which is what we'd need to talk about to make a fair comparison to Christine's analysis of ATProto.
I guess the difference might be that we don't promote the verse as having these things inherently. We try to be clear about what's current and what's in R&D. I think?
Föderation EN So 01.12.2024 08:43:08
"Blaine Cook said that the correct version of ActivityPub and the correct version of ATProto are "the same picture" at one point. This is true insofar as I believe addressing the serious issues of both converges on a shared direction"
#ChristineLemmerWebber, Nov 2024
https://dustycloud.org/blog/how-decentralized-is-bluesky/
Hmm. Intriguing. Christine goes on to explain some ways each one could evolve, and how that would make them more similar.
It seems very much RSS and Atom all over again.
Föderation EN So 01.12.2024 08:55:00
You know how people say things like, 'that's an hour I'll never get back'? How do you say exactly the opposite of that?
I got massive informational value for the time I gave to reading Christine's article, as well as getting to bask in some refreshing self-awareness and emotional intelligence along the way.
Great stuff, would go again : P
