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We need to back up a little bit here, and discuss the difference between protocols and platforms. Email is a protocol. Many different service platforms use the same protocol to exchange email. If you shut down one email platform, email still works. ActivityPub is the protocol which Mastodon uses. Thousands of Mastodon and Fediverse platforms all exchange information using this protocol. If you shut one down, Mastodon still works.

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#Bluesky uses a different protocol called AT Protocol. It gets a bit complicated, but for all intensive purposes there is only one platform on this protocol, Bluesky. So, if Bluesky gets shut down or blocks a user, that's it, there is no alternative for users. This is what seems to have happened.

Let's look at what might have transpired on truly decentralized Mastodon in the same scenario...

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The Turkish government could notify the user's Mastodon instance server admin that they wanted the user blocked. The admin could then decide whether to honor the request or not. If not, the user would not be blocked. If yes, the user could move to another instance server where they are not blocked or create their own server.

It's like email; a protocol, not a platform.

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Let's say the government was really intent upon blocking the user. Assuming they have control of their country's internet they could block all traffic from the instance server, however this would have the effect of blocking all the other users on that server too, and would be a much more drastic action than simply asking the platform to block the user.

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So, what we are seeing is a real life example of why truly distributed networks based on protocols and not platforms are inherently much more robust and defensible from external pressures and control.

In this case, #Bluesky has very few options. It can refuse the Turkish request and risk the myriad potential pressures a nation can bring down on a relatively small corporation, or they can accede to the demand. It's not even close.

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As we go forward, we should take this case very seriously. Right now people all over the world are joining "decentralized" #Bluesky under some misguided belief that it is a digital safe haven. This episode clearly demonstrates that it is not.

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the user could join mastodon and bridge and bluesky could tell all its users about what happened and tell them to bridge too :/

really hope we see some of the big names over there and in the tech media talk about this soon.

check the indy @mondoweiss server for how to leverage decentralized social media to ensure freedom of the press and the democracy of reach, in the face of massive pressure to shut down coverage of very important issues.

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reading this toot by itself conveys a misleading message. Maybe mention that you're talking about a Mastodon instance
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This is not correct, on various points.

- There are multiple other applications now running on atproto
- There are actually additional relays running on atprotocol at this time, with more currently in the process of being set up
- The accounts in question were not banned from any relays or PDSes, nor the appview. Instead, a regional labeler applied the moderation
- Many - if not all - third party clients do not enforce geo-labelers, so the accounts/posts are still accessible

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- Additionally, the main application applies geo-labelers based on user location. Users who use a VPN from within Turkey would still see the posts and accounts in question.
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This is all very interesting, but this thread is targeted at normal users, not Bluesky technology enthusiasts.The post qualifies the only one platform assertion with "for all intensive purposes." Right now normal users are blocked from seeing the subject account. Yes, there may be workarounds, like using VPNs, but the fact remains that #Bluesky is censoring the user.



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Reading this:

It looks like one of the root nvme of our primary server went missing.


Reminds me of one of my favorite puzzle games, 3 in Three, and now I want to write a puzzle game of an NVMe trying to find its way back home.




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It fixes a single but nasty bug, that could lead to storage space being filled without any prior warning.

The Debian packaging is on its way, so unless we spot other important bugs this is probably going to be the version shipped with Debian Trixie.

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Un'università in rovina nel nord di Gaza trasformata in rifugio.
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The US office that counters foreign disinformation is being eliminated, say officials (Eileen Guo/MIT Technology Review)

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It was a pleasure to join #tryswift this year again :-) All videos are already published (wow!). Check check out my session about #java interop, my colleague Si's on OpenAPI, or any of the other great talks over here: youtube.com/@trySwiftConferenc… #swiftlang


Poker Face’s latest trailer will leave you guessing whodunnit.


Had a followup with the vet for our dental work. Everything looks good!

Cashel had to come along as the Emotional Support Rat. Turns out he's ready to throw paws to protect his bros from Evil Vet Lady. #petrats #rats

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