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I like it over there. Of all the Twitter alternatives I think it ticks the right boxes.
If they can bridge their AT Protocol with ActivityPub then I don't see why it can't take off.
Jack Dorsey is no longer part of the project.
Not true, Jack Dorsey is not involved in day-to-day development but is still on the board according to an article a few months ago.
Source
He also has no stake in the company. I'd hardly call that "behind" it.
[citation needed]
Well, that's the whole point of the whole thing. Bluesky is built on the AT Protocol, which will be federated early this year. https://bsky.social/about/blog/11-15-2023-toward-federation
I know everyone likes to shit on all Social Media that isn't called Mastodon, but that doesn't mean Mastodon is the only option. I am on both (and Twitter a bit still too) but Bluesky is where I spend most of my time.
We're on Lemmy, where proprietary software is poison and companies are literally Hitler.
Theres a group of devs that have been working on a bridge between the protocols I found out about while digging for info about Bluesky.
eh