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David Bisset

" vs is a new standards war"

(I don't view it was a war, but overall i agree with this take... i'd rather it come down to these choices vs alternatives).

neelc.org/posts/mastodon-vs-bl

Neel ChauhanMastodon vs Bluesky is a new standards warWith Bluesky’s apparent rise after the elections, I’ve heard a lot of criticism about Bluesky on the Fediverse. I’m starting to feel the Mastodon vs Bluesky war is a new standards war, one that is analogous to the cellular standards war. While Gen Z readers are used to LTE and 5G phones which is based off the historically more popular GSM branch, there was another cellular technology CDMA which was a fierce rival and chosen by carriers like Verizon pre-4G days.
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Sara Joy :happy_pepper:

@davidbisset hah! For a while I was working on the design and testing of new WiMAX base station hardware. Motorola Networks bet on it and lost, sadly.

I see these online wars as a bit like format wars too - VHS Vs Betamax, Blu-ray Vs DVD-HD etc..

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David Bisset

@sarajw Yeah - thanks for sharing that because i think i thought the same. My kids have no idea what those letters mean!

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Ben Ramsey

@davidbisset Would have been nice if the folks who started Bluesky had participated in the standards process with the Social Web WG at the W3C instead of striking out on their own. That WG spent years doing research and gathering community feedback, and they published several standards for interoperability.

I’m cautiously pessimistic about Bluesky’s commitment to openness and decentralization.

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David Bisset

@ramsey that’s fair. I have some “probably won’t happen” items for Bluesky and Mastodon.

I think though the “openness” most openness advocates want to see shouldn’t be their top priority. Lots of other more fundamental pieces to work out. Assuming they get to that point, I hope those that have been divided about “outside the Fediverse” communities in the past are more welcoming than they have been in the past.

Appreciate the reply.

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