soOoOo…

[_elena@mastodon.social]

@blogdiva if you think about it, it’s the last semi-mainstream app/platform not owned by a broligarch (who control Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Threads, X, TikTok US and Substack)

[blogdiva@mastodon.social]

@_elena what’s his name from Twitter still has a majority ownership though, right? he always wanted BS to be a vector for cryptocurrency.

i think hiding Bain’s investment has more to do with Bain’s history of investment parasitism. Bain doesn’t invest to grow businesses. Bain invests to cannibalize and grow themselves.

i can see a situation in which Bain demanded complete access to user data and Bluesky having to create a secret API for Bain.

in other words, took a year to backdoor Bluesky

[_elena@mastodon.social]

@blogdiva "took a year to backdoor Bluesky" sent shivers down my spine. Ouf. Can I say it wouldn't surprise me?

BTW a lot of European politicians and institutions are more active on Bluesky than the Fediverse... connect the dots

[kazord@mamot.fr]

@blogdiva it's not hidden, when there is no e2e encryption and relays see everything
PDS information are public

Bluesky doesn't hide it (neither mastodon instance admin who can do the same)

(No need to backdoor public data)

[jandi@mastodon.social]

@blogdiva @_elena I think you mean Dorsey: According to Wikipedia "In May 2024, he announced he was no longer on the board of directors".

Unclear if still shareholder, apparently no controlling majority, if so. (edit: see below, he seems to be out)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Dorsey#Bluesky

But no material difference, I'd say.

[lrhodes@merveilles.town]

@blogdiva I imagine "other interactions" includes follows, subscriptions and blocks — all of which are useful data points for determining sentiment and affiliation.

[Guest]

@blogdiva exactly why self hosting is the best step out of this new age internet mess. Moving from one shitty platform to another platform that isn't shitty yet is just waiting for the same process again.

[mackuba@martianbase.net]

@blogdiva Follows, blocks, reposts, user / moderation lists, starter packs, etc. DMs aren't and won't be public, obviously, so the "20 billion public records" doesn't include DMs. Although yes, in the current version they are accessible to Bluesky PBC since they're not encrypted.

[mackuba@martianbase.net]

@jandi @blogdiva They said before Dorsey owns no shares at all.

[jandi@mastodon.social]

@mackuba @blogdiva thank you

[mackuba@martianbase.net]

@blogdiva They've been pretty open about the fact that they can access the DMs and so you shouldn't use them for anything very sensitive, they said "if you want private DMs, then just use the DMs here to exchange contacts on Signal and do the conversation on Signal"