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joshuagrochow

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Asst. Professor @ CU Boulder Comp. Sci. & Math; Research interests: theoretical computer science, pure mathematics, and complex systems.
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@maikel @tiago @academicchatter Weren't there a bunch of bad-actor instances that mastodon.social and a bunch of other instances defederated from?

Also, the instance I'm on occasionally blocks mastodon.social when a lot of spam is coming our way and it seems to work out okay. Full defederation isn't the only option, there are several shades in between.

tiago , (edited ) to academicchatter
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It seems like Mastodon is losing its mindshare to among many academics.

I can't help but think this has to do with the self-imposed limitations of Mastodon — lack of quotes, ordered timeline, etc. Makes it less interesting to use, for no real advantage.

Sad, because the underlying decentralization is much more robust.

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joshuagrochow ,
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@tiago @academicchatter Can you elaborate on "the underlying decentralization is much more robust"?

joshuagrochow ,
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@tiago @academicchatter Ah, I see, so it's that the decentralization in Mastodon is currently more robust, not that there are fundamental obstacles to achieving similar decentralization for bluesky.

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@tiago @academicchatter As far as I can tell, their plan, as they outline on their blog, has always been an open protocol and federation. My understanding is that the AT protocol on which bluesky is based is designed for federation, they're just choosing not to federate yet during this part of their beta period.

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