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Bluesky and enshittification
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Bluesky is a federated social network built on ATProtocol.
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i've done this so many times since the 1990's (before it was called social media) and i think seeing history repeat itself on the lemmyverse because of the liberal/leftist divide is the first warning sign.
i think that this is the key part of the story. every time i left a social media platform it was because of this with reddit being the most recent example. the defederation-happy instances have already started using their leverage from their userbase size and once they start getting money, the enshitification will take off and i want to believe that it isn't the first nail in the coffin for the lemmyverse.
at least the fediverse will like still be around, like the article says, after they've captured legal control of the lemmverse and i find myself looking for a new platform again.
Lemmy is tribalistic by design, as is Mastodon. It’s the big problem with instance based federation.
I glad that the pubg protocol has such widespread adoption; i'd like to think that it gives a better than average chance that I can find a new platform after the diet reddit instances repeat history and enshitify lemmy and I hope our admins are able to see it coming to delay it or find work arounds/alternatives.