Paul Frazee

From today's Pragmatic Engineer, one bit of Bluesky history that I love and wish more people knew --

@jay.bsky.team pushed hard to make us an independent company and was incredibly prescient in doing so

newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/bluesky-en...

May 29, 2024 at 04:47 UTC

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Kye Fox @kyefox.com
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 12:32 UTC

You know, reading the bit about funding, it occurs to me if you just stood up a Patreon with $5, $10, and $25 tiers with absolutely no perks other than "fund Bluesky and AT development" you'd cover the costs pretty quick at at least substantially stretch the runway

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A2X Developer @a2xdev.bsky.social
[ View ] May 30, 2024 at 14:54 UTC

The part that interested me the most was DRI. Any recommendations what to read to get familiar with that concept?

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Katie Tightpussy @juicysteak117.gay
[ View ] May 30, 2024 at 23:11 UTC

she cooked so hard with that one and i am very thankful

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Patrick Ohlson @patrick-ohlson.ms-dot.net
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 04:53 UTC

*applause.gif*🔥🥳♥️

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Kate Stewart 🏏 🌱 🎓 @katestew.art
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 16:13 UTC

I think she’s smashing.

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brightshadow is living más 🔔 @brightshadow.bsky.social
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 05:21 UTC

Yep if you were still owned by bird app you would have all been fired abruptly when the sink walked in I assume

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Bluesky-Tipps (unofficial) @bluesky-tipps.bsky.social
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 18:46 UTC

Jay is one of the reasons why I believe in the future of Bluesky.

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Melanie 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Rights Are Human Rights 🐈 ACAB @melailurophile.bsky.social
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 05:54 UTC

Tbh, when I first started hearing about Bluesky, my misgivings centered on Jack's involvement, & the financial ties to Twitter. But what I'd read at the time failed to mention Bluesky's independence. & now that Jack is gone--I mean, to me it's just further emphasis of what Bluesky is doing well.

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Doire @doiredoire.bsky.social
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 19:01 UTC

I know now. Thanks. But it illustrated a problem; alt text runs out of space. I understand it being limited to about one screen full and that on this case there is a link to the whole text, but it would be nice to be able to click 'more alt text' if more description is needed.

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Believelander Says Trans Rights @says-rights.bsky.social
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 05:13 UTC

It's pretty wild that Twitter is now a timeline wasteland of wannabe influencers who paid for a checkmark and companies every other post and reply advertising to the bots that make up 80% of the activity Whereas Bluesky mostly is just a place people talk to each other and post titties

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Colton Wolkins @colton.wolkins.net
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 08:58 UTC

It's so nice to see that there are others yearning for how the Internet used to be, decentralized :)

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jeff boyardee @skeet.best
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 06:33 UTC

this was unquestionably the right move, and it's certainly the one I would have picked were the choice presented to me, but that's the thing I immensely respect about Jay: I never would have tried, because I'd have thought there'd be no way in hell it would happen

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summerwind3 @summerwind3.bsky.social
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 05:23 UTC

A social media platform is a precarious balance of many things. I hope BlueSky stays independent more or less. Save your posting to see it in context 10 years later.

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Goldstein the Hon @goldstein.bsky.social
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 20:40 UTC

Why did you transition away from being a public benefit llc?

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Arkancrow @arkancrow.bsky.social
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 08:35 UTC

Bless her.

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𝕽Ⓐⴑ́𝕷 🍉🏴‍☠️#7291 @raulmv93.bsky.social
[ View ] May 30, 2024 at 18:52 UTC

📌📌📌📌

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Halcek @halcek.bsky.social
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 09:45 UTC

But you’re a corporation after all. The protocol does not really allow operating independent instances, like #ActivityPub does with Mastodon. So in the end, Bluesky reminds centralised for its operations, which is not how the premise was initially marketed.

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Sergio 📷🔭🌲 @sergiospototo.bsky.social
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 08:42 UTC

BIG thanks to Jay and also to all you and the developer team🙌🤍

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Nick Manos @manos.lol
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 04:50 UTC

📌

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Queen Gwenevere @queengwenevere.bsky.social
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 04:54 UTC

I for one am very glad that Bluesky isn’t a subsidiary of Twitter Dodged a major bullet, there!

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The chicken lady @chickenlady.bsky.social
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 17:01 UTC

💛

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crucialwax @crucialwax.com
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 10:06 UTC

I’m concerned about ongoing funding. Would 1% of users donating provide for longer term needs?

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cyberrb25 #7291 @cyberrb25.bsky.social
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 06:37 UTC

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Wertvolle Linolsäure @wertvollel.bsky.social
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 06:01 UTC

Das wird dich interessieren, lieber @ustinoff.bsky.social.

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Kohala @kohala.life
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 05:02 UTC

So grateful, Jay!!

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Fernando Gros @fernandogros.com
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 06:45 UTC

Bold and visionary.

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John ✦° @johnchavez.io
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 16:59 UTC

Oh nice 📌 saving this one for later read.

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Mr Spread Axle Tilt @mummyseabass.bsky.social
[ View ] May 29, 2024 at 09:29 UTC

Good morning . Are there any plans to allow people to "lock" their BlueSky accounts ? Thank you

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TQ White II @tqwhite.bsky.social
[ View ] May 30, 2024 at 15:28 UTC

This is a digression but it's related. Dorsey says he is bummed out that Bsky turned into a user serving system rather than a protocol supporting system. I think he means that he wishes Bsky did not have a UI but instead focused on helping others create UIs. What should I think about this?

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