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How decentralized is Bluesky really? (dustycloud.org)

submitted 4 days ago by garretble@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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This is a pretty great, long form post about the structure of Bluesky, and how it's largely kinda pretending to be decentralized at the moment. I'm not trying to make a dig at it. I've enjoyed the platform myself for a while, but it's good to learn more about how it actually works.

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[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What's funny is that the only shit people get from DeCeNtRaLiZaTioN is inconvenience and dying engagement.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 days ago

Incorrect. That's the only thing people notice. The benefit is not having one central authority in control. If Bluesky decides to, for some reason, not allow third-party apps or something, there's no way to prevent it. If Lemmy.world, for example, does this then they don't have the authority to enforce it.

The benefit of federation is in removing hierarchy that can harm the platform without the consent of its users. It's invisible because it's only preventing something. This does not mean it isn't beneficial though.