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0 pointsanderspitman2y ago0 comments

I agree this might confuse users initially, but we need to normalize owning and using domains. We also need to make it much easier and this is an important step.

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quadrifoliate2y ago

Sure, but that is a lofty goal, and quite different from Bluesky's goals, which (according to https://blueskyweb.xyz/blog/6-13-2023-what-is-bluesky) are:

- Users own their data and can take it anywhere they want to go.

- Developers will never get locked out of the ecosystems they help build.

- Creators will always own their relationships with their audience.

User portability is always possible without the user owning their domain. I suppose the creator relationships are maybe relevant to this domain stuff?

paulgb2y ago

It’s not different from those goals. The way that creators own their relationship with their audience is by owning an identity not owned by the platform.

If you don’t attach a domain to your Bluesky profile, you get assigned yourname.bsky.social, which is inherently controlled by the platform. I’m glad that they are encouraging portable identities.

sushid2y ago

Why? Why is that the goal of a Twitter alternative? Their goal should be to get users on there asap with core Twitter functionality. Everything else is a P2.

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