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@nihili.st

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I know the protocol itself is DOA but I really hope the rest of this shit hole crumbles soon. what a total waste

eris
@nihili.st

this God forsaken website suspending people for saying Kirk's death was good is yet another reason why this place will never replace Twitter. such a horrible vibe here as usual

eris
@nihili.st

this is good and far, *far* better ux than relying solely on domains, but the "trusted verifier" thing still inherits the idea that notoriety exists in relation to Organisations which i don't think makes much sense

Bluesky@bsky.app

We’re introducing a new layer of verification on Bluesky — a user-friendly, easily recognizable blue check. In addition to account verification issued by Bluesky, we're also introducing Trusted Verifiers. Select independent organizations can verify accounts directly.

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eris
@nihili.st

i haven't seen many technical details (and idk typescript lol) so maybe this is a non-issue. they're clearly trying to set up something that vaguely resembles decentralisation but if bsky is adversarial, there doesn't seem to be another org that can handle these "general" verifications

eris
@nihili.st

this reflects my general feelings about bsky and atproto where they seem to be creating a wildly complex system that leaves us where we already were and does nothing to wrest control of social media from what really killed it (capital) and that is largely why i am sceptical of their whole project

eris
@nihili.st

this is good and far, *far* better ux than relying solely on domains, but the "trusted verifier" thing still inherits the idea that notoriety exists in relation to Organisations which i don't think makes much sense

Bluesky@bsky.app

We’re introducing a new layer of verification on Bluesky — a user-friendly, easily recognizable blue check. In addition to account verification issued by Bluesky, we're also introducing Trusted Verifiers. Select independent organizations can verify accounts directly.

eris
@nihili.st

when i think about big names on this website i don't think of people who are tied to an org in that way. mark hamill, mark cuban, george takei. these are people who undeniably need the protection of the verified tick, but who other than bsky is supposed to vouch for them?

eris
@nihili.st

further, if someone is part of an org now, but then separates, how is that handled? i'm thinking of someone like AOC here, obviously affiliated with the US house, but if she were to hypothetically not seek re-election, who would vouch for her identity? she would still be a known public figure

eris
@nihili.st

you should always make sure your epic protest has no organisation, no goal, and no reasoning behind it. that's what makes a movement successful

eris
@nihili.st

there is an inverse relationship between how deeply one has looked into atproto and how much they believe it to be the "future of social media"

eris
@nihili.st

decentralisation is a tool, not a goal in and of itself. if your decentralised system fails to wrest control from oligarchs, then what's the point

eris
@nihili.st

wtf??? why would google do this

Google@googie.blog

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