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Billionaire Mark Cuban has become a more and more active cheerleader for Bluesky, and it is clear that he sees the possibilities that the protocol allows. Cuban posted a TikTok this week where he said he would be “open to investing and supporting in anybody or somebody who creates a TikTok replacement build on the […]

Bluesky, decentralisation, and the distribution of power

Mushrooms in the woods
Bluesky is building a decentralised social network. But how does decentralisation lead to a better distribution of power?

A conceptual model of ATProto and ActivityPub

A lot of mushrooms in the woods
If you were to design an open social networking protocol, what would that look like? Which metaphors and comparisons would you use to get a general idea of how the network functions? And what would you answer if people ask if your network is decentralised and federated?