Have you ever heard of the term federation-washing?

  • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 day ago

    if shareholders start shenanigans.

    That happens only when user count and platform lock in are past the point of no return. This sentence is the essence of why platforms have been allowed to do this again and again.

    Its already too late for bluesky, because even if they started federating now, any other instance would be in such a minority that it would have zero sway over the wider federation if bluesky HQ went rogue.