[routelastresort]

90% of my timeline is on Threads is all stuff I don't even follow, while Bluesky is exactly what I ask for. Decentralized platforms are the only way to go, even if it's the centralized version and vision. The Zucc way of ramming (overly) suggested content and ads down your throat will die if there are alternatives.

[fastball]

> Decentralized platforms are the way to go even if it is centralized

Wat.

[botanical]

Probably as in you can move your account to another server seamlessly. Mastodon also relies on "centralised" servers; none of them are p2p

[agnosticmantis]

Isn’t that federation?

[didntcheck]

Just federated identity, like OpenID. It doesn't necessitate distributed systems with communicating backends, like Mastodon or Usenet, just that it allows the user to bring their own IdP and therefore to have "sovereignty" to verify their own identity across platforms. The alternate route is to have users cryptographically certify their registrations post-hoc, e.g. Keybase

[8organicbits]

You cropped the key part

> ... centralized version and vision

[troupo]

> while Bluesky is exactly what I ask for

Not exactly. They can't even show you full timelines: https://bsky.app/profile/dholms.xyz/post/3jzsdcorxx42n

[inpdx]

Trivial to code up a custom feed to show however long you want.

[troupo]

wat?

Also: I'm definitely not going to code anything?

[femiagbabiaka]

I thought Bluesky was only decentralized in theory. Have alternative open source servers been released?

[s3krit]

They've launched the 'sandbox' which is the federated/decentralised dev/staging environment. So yes, you can run your own PDS (server) and have it federate with others, but it's still very much in development and 'here be dragons'

https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds/blob/main/SANDBOX.md

[femiagbabiaka]

Super cool!

[justapassenger]

They announced that more feed options, including followers only are coming.

They rushed to market.

[atq2119]

Considering that "followed only" is far simpler to build, that's a pretty lame excuse and doesn't do anything to change my opinion about whether they're priorities are healthy.

[justapassenger]

I’m not a fan of that decision either. But I can understand why they added it first. Otherwise, when you sign up, you have empty feed and it’ll take a long time for you to get enough of content, as others subscribe, you follow them and they start posting.

With this decision they ensured you have content from the day one. Often irrelevant (which is risky), but TBH, I’ve found their algorithm to be ok. I’ll drop it as soon as possible, but for v0, I’m ok with it.

[bowsamic]

> 90% of my timeline is on Threads is all stuff I don't even follow

Most people want this though. They don't just want to see people they follow, they want to be served an endless stream of takes and fight videos