Why I stay with Bluesky

Sharing the SWSX live stream because when you compare this narrative to the ones of the other platforms, particularly its currently open and free access and personalizing configuration (still unfolding), it becomes clear this is emergent possibility for better and more refined functionality than we’ve managed to see scale successfully. It’s an exciting time. Lots of opportunity. I’ve been yelling since the BBS days about the need to stipulate and protect a concept that is today called ‘protocols’ (that’s another article) as an emergent technology that genuinely can and likely will return personal power and certainly digital dignity (not Lanier’s […]

Now, I’m the last one in the world to “go for” this kind of thing, but…

… this is the frakking National Press Club, and people who have a good deal of both authority, credibility, and supporting information standing up in this video saying this stuff. Oh, and the FoI disclosures they mention? Yeah… I spent the time to confirm them, which is why you’ll note this item is released May 12th of this year, with a origination date of September, 2010, and I’m only getting to posting it now. I’m the first one to say that I’m skeptical as all get out and yes, there’s a LOT of things to which something like this MIGHT […]