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How decentralized is Bluesky really? (dustycloud.org)

submitted 1 day 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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[–] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm probably not going to read the article. But there's currently just one bluesky instance, so it's 100% centralized, not decentralized at all.

Jack was talking about the "protocol" at one point... I don't think that matters at all right now. It's just another social media site!

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Apparently the instances are connected to a central hub.

[–] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Instances plural? Are there other instances?

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

I assume so. There's a download and setup instructions here.