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1. elle mundy 5 min later

   @zachleat wait until they find out where bluesky's funding comes from

   1. Braw ☕🏳️‍🌈 14 hr later

      @exchgr they already know, there was a post, and the only thing that worried them was association with cryptocurrencies, to which Bluesky responded like “naah, we're not doing any crypto”, and everyone was “oh, ok, no problem then”. They also dismiss the past of Bluesky CEO the same way. Wild.

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      1. elle mundy 19 hr later

         @brawaru @zachleat yeeep, pretty strange vibes! it’s like people have learned nothing

2. Nathan 25 min later

   @zachleat I was so upset and caught off guard by Simplenote's open-washing years ago that I now have trouble trusting any project with a well designed landing page: A professional looking lander neatly laying out the benefits of your software with well written copy? No badges or contributor profile pics all over the place? Suspicious.

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5. faraiwe 58 min later

   @zachleat 😂

   Every #DTBO is just twitter waiting, and the fools buying into #bluesky are gonna find out, hard, too soon.

6. pettter 1 hr later

   @zachleat it also super isn't?

7. Wendo, vertical drinker 🇺🇦 2 hr later

   @zachleat @Npars01 We, the fediversians: “sigh…”

8. Tom Walker 2 hr later

   @zachleat Nothing open source has ever incredible-journeyed itself! Right? Right??

9. strangetown 2 hr later

   @zachleat Do they not know that one of the main backers of BlueSky is Blockchain Capital?

   https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/24/24278897/bluesky-says-it-wont-use-blockchains-even-though-its-funded-by-blockchain-capital

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11. Claus Wilcke 5 hr later

    Achtung! "you do not own your followers or your account or anything at all on corporate social media!" Es ist nicht DEIN #Facebook-Account, nicht DEIN Instagram und schon gar nicht DEIN x-Konto bei Herrn #Musk Das gehört alles den Inhabern und Du befüllst es. Mehr dazu unter

12. David Fleetwood - RG Admin 5 hr later

    @zachleat Also, literally, as the copywrite holder of that source they can change their mind at any time, like, say, when the investors decide to cash in.

13. Lippe 6 hr later

    @zachleat Easy! They simply forgot the word "using" between "is" and "open source"!

14. Patrick Townsend 9 hr later

    @zachleat Java developers would like a word...

    1. Zach Leatherman 22 hr later

       @patrick_townsend write once
       *runs away*

15. Thai Thien 13 hr later

    @zachleat yet it still be able to control your data, and your followers.