Substack takes a cut of P2P transactions (i.e. a piece of what you all pay to subscribe to BE&S. Because we're peers!) Bluesky could well do the same thing, but they clearly don't know what monetization looks like right now. I hope they can make it work by having power users pay for their accounts — I'd happily pony up cash to continue incentivizing exactly those kinds of engagements.
Bluesky is succeeding in growing its user base while Mastodon seems to be stagnating. I think it’s because Bluesky is focusing on usability and making a good product before going all in on decentralization. Most normies don’t care about decentralization (at least until Elon Musk buys your platform and destroys it with no way for you to exit). I just hope that doesn’t happen to Bluesky. It won’t happen to Mastodon because it is truly decentralized, but it may start shedding users to a more feature friendly network.
I do get the sense that there is a willingness to learn and adapt on both sides. I don't know if Bluesky will ever try and properly bridge to the fediverse, but I do think they have to find a way to incentivize the addition of new servers and services to join the AT Protocol. If not, their costs are going to keep mounting and pressure to commercialize is going to get intense.
Either way, actual competition and collaboration amongst the upstart networks is, imo, going to do everyone a lot of good.
The album’s I have been listening to which have been released in the last year or so seem to have a common theme, being over the internet. I am over social media. Let me know if it ever sorts it self out.
As always, giving us much to think about, Justin. (I did wonder what "taking a cut of peer-to-peer transactions" referred to.) As you show, there's nothing new in people seeking companionship with like-minded others. In cyberspace, sanity lies in taking back the power of determining our choices, and finding a space with agreeable rules of engagement that offers up informative, challenging a/o entertaining ideas.
Substack takes a cut of P2P transactions (i.e. a piece of what you all pay to subscribe to BE&S. Because we're peers!) Bluesky could well do the same thing, but they clearly don't know what monetization looks like right now. I hope they can make it work by having power users pay for their accounts — I'd happily pony up cash to continue incentivizing exactly those kinds of engagements.
Same.
Bluesky is succeeding in growing its user base while Mastodon seems to be stagnating. I think it’s because Bluesky is focusing on usability and making a good product before going all in on decentralization. Most normies don’t care about decentralization (at least until Elon Musk buys your platform and destroys it with no way for you to exit). I just hope that doesn’t happen to Bluesky. It won’t happen to Mastodon because it is truly decentralized, but it may start shedding users to a more feature friendly network.
I do get the sense that there is a willingness to learn and adapt on both sides. I don't know if Bluesky will ever try and properly bridge to the fediverse, but I do think they have to find a way to incentivize the addition of new servers and services to join the AT Protocol. If not, their costs are going to keep mounting and pressure to commercialize is going to get intense.
Either way, actual competition and collaboration amongst the upstart networks is, imo, going to do everyone a lot of good.
It's pieces like this that made me a subscriber. Great stuff.
Thanks for this. I love Bluesky. Also Echo!!
The album’s I have been listening to which have been released in the last year or so seem to have a common theme, being over the internet. I am over social media. Let me know if it ever sorts it self out.
https://youtu.be/ebVhM6Y0MeA?si=aX1wJPhdOtMlr7T_
As always, giving us much to think about, Justin. (I did wonder what "taking a cut of peer-to-peer transactions" referred to.) As you show, there's nothing new in people seeking companionship with like-minded others. In cyberspace, sanity lies in taking back the power of determining our choices, and finding a space with agreeable rules of engagement that offers up informative, challenging a/o entertaining ideas.
Just read your T. Star piece about bugs and PP via your repost of Deb Tieleman on BlueSky — one way of getting around the Star’s paywall!
Oh my, I hadn't considered that reposting the full PDF of the paper would be a workaround for the paywall.
;)