A Look at Bluesky • Hacker News Board

Re: A Look at Bluesky

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Post by sneak » Sun, Jul 02, 2023, 9:01 PM UTC

Zetice wrote: post #10

sneak wrote: post #7

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It comes up because right now Bluesky functions exactly like a worse Twitter (also centralized). It has to be better somehow, and the whole selling point is decentralization to sidestep the possibility of recreating the current Twitter fiasco. That goal is not yet achieved, which means it's below parity.

Bluesky doesn't function at all, it's not public yet, over and over again the people working on it repeat this fact.

Bluesky is absolutely public, I and thousands of others have accounts and are using it presently.

Re: A Look at Bluesky

#132

Post by Zetice » Mon, Jul 03, 2023, 1:14 AM UTC

julietteeb wrote: post #124

Zetice wrote: post #112

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I give you this feedback with respect and to help you become a better writer, because I believe you are capable of substantially more: This was not a high quality piece of writing. It doesn’t appear as if you spent any time at all learning about the topic, and you did not express yourself well, even when trying to articulate your ignorant points. If English is not your first language, I totally understand and applaud…

Hi! Yeah I agree that it could’ve been better. Thank you for your feedback, I’m going to try to improve on my writing. And yes, I’m a teenager, so I’m not insulted by that. Thank you for the feedback, I’m going to work on getting better at writing. Thanks for reading and your feedback helps a lot!

No prob, the fact that you’re into these kinds of things already puts you ahead of the pack.

Re: A Look at Bluesky

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Post by Zetice » Mon, Jul 03, 2023, 3:34 AM UTC

sneak wrote: post #131

Zetice wrote: post #10

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Bluesky doesn't function at all, it's not public yet, over and over again the people working on it repeat this fact.

Bluesky is absolutely public, I and thousands of others have accounts and are using it presently.

I've had an account for months. It is not "public", it's in private beta.

Re: A Look at Bluesky

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Post by that_guy_iain » Mon, Jul 03, 2023, 8:09 AM UTC

tambourine_man wrote: post #88

that_guy_iain wrote: post #65

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Need an email or something to send it to. Otherwise you could just lose it to someone else if I just paste the invite code here.

tambourine.man.hn at Google’s famous email service.

Sent

Re: A Look at Bluesky

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Post by mazen_ » Mon, Jul 03, 2023, 12:03 PM UTC

that_guy_iain wrote: post #38

reflexco wrote: post #13

One thing I don't understand is how can Bluesky pretend to be more open than Twitter when it's been months and it's still an invite-only closed garden?

Well, it's still under a massive amount of development. Most basic features aren't there. Such as I can't change my email I used when I signed up. This is an issue for people since I typo'd it when I signed up. You can't change your password, you can create new app passwords. Since these are super basic features, it kinda shows how all the other stuff are. Realistically, I don't think it could handle a full enslaught…

I'd greatly appreciate an invite as well if anyone has an extra one! email is mazen a m r 07 at googles mail.

Re: A Look at Bluesky

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Post by afiori » Mon, Jul 03, 2023, 12:06 PM UTC

spiderice wrote: post #81

devttyeu wrote: post #39

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You can download and keep your data and keep a backup, it's all content-addressed (like git repos), and just upload to another instance Like moving from GitHub to GitLab. Each instance then has its own moderation policies, again, kind of like GitHub. But your identity is still your identity, and you can keep a copy of your data.

> You can download and keep your data and keep a backup > and you can keep a copy of your data Is this really a selling point / concern for anyone? I’ve never heard anyone express that the problem with tradition social media is that they can’t download and keep a backup of their data. Its about a central corporation being able to decide what is allowed to be said.

It is not about backups but about transferability of content and identity

Re: A Look at Bluesky

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Post by tambourine_man » Mon, Jul 03, 2023, 12:35 PM UTC

that_guy_iain wrote: post #134

tambourine_man wrote: post #88

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tambourine.man.hn at Google’s famous email service.

Sent

Thanks! :)

Re: A Look at Bluesky

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Post by r5w7tpN » Mon, Jul 03, 2023, 5:21 PM UTC

dorianmariefr wrote: post #2

Thanks for sharing. I think Bluesky is pretty interesting (got my invite from Twitter :) )

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Re: A Look at Bluesky

#139

Post by sneak » Mon, Jul 03, 2023, 10:01 PM UTC

Zetice wrote: post #133

sneak wrote: post #131

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Bluesky is absolutely public, I and thousands of others have accounts and are using it presently.

I've had an account for months. It is not "public", it's in private beta.

Here is bluesky staff saying it is public:

https://bsky.app/profile/emily.bsky.team/post/3jziqq7fgjm2p

Re: A Look at Bluesky

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Post by firstSpeaker » Tue, Jul 04, 2023, 1:11 PM UTC

that_guy_iain wrote: post #38

reflexco wrote: post #13

One thing I don't understand is how can Bluesky pretend to be more open than Twitter when it's been months and it's still an invite-only closed garden?

Well, it's still under a massive amount of development. Most basic features aren't there. Such as I can't change my email I used when I signed up. This is an issue for people since I typo'd it when I signed up. You can't change your password, you can create new app passwords. Since these are super basic features, it kinda shows how all the other stuff are. Realistically, I don't think it could handle a full enslaught…

If you have an invite to spare I appreciate one, my email is cliche.finest.0k@icloud.com