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@sabreW4K3 Well that's a pretty nonsensical take.
The use of some decentralization techniques? It is decentralized because it uses decentralization techniques, and that's all there is to it. It is far more decentralized than this platform because of the techniques it uses. It focuses on users instead of centralizing around instances.
From the point of view of power dynamics? GTFO with that BS.
No, BlueSky is decentralized. It is more decentralized than this platform. These people are trying really really hard to bend things and find problems that don't really match reality.
And they need to be called out over it.
I really wish this platform was more decentralized, but that's not how the engineers designed it, and we need to call them out over it.
BS is really decentralized. You only need some 5 TB storage to run a relay and there is no other AppView besides the one run by Bluesky ro bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
Sorry, I hate to be that guy, but since you're dismissing the opinion of one of the people that designed the first decentralised social media protocol, I'm going to assume it's because you're better qualified to make the assessment. Can I ask, what are your qualifications?
Could you please elaborate on this, or point me to where I could read up more on this? It's the first time I've seen this claim and would like to know more.
@volkris@qoto.org @sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al there's absolutely more to being decentralized than just using "decentralization techniques". Those techniques just mean it could be decentralized in theory but isn't at all in practice. At least not for now.
It's like saying your service is "decentralized" even though you run and control it all because you use load-balancing with your web servers.
The person on a mastodon instance says while commenting on a lemmy instance that I am reading from a different lemmy instance that I own.
of course it is a qotoer