Ben
bsky.bensapp.dev
Ben
@bsky.bensapp.dev
doer of boring software things
the 5-4 pod people
February 5, 2024 at 3:30 AM
jesus
August 1, 2023 at 12:34 PM
same! but ive been too afraid to ask
July 17, 2023 at 2:31 AM
never used it, but does seem like it would be miserable if the hacker news users prefer it:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36555369
Since Bluesky is invite-only and there's a lot of clamoring for invite codes, it... | Hacker News
news.ycombinator.com
July 8, 2023 at 9:51 PM
I used to work in a NOC: control room of a massive data center for an entire region. Was the only person on shift from 7PM-7AM. and you’re right, no job since then has came close
July 8, 2023 at 4:06 PM
maybe it’s a trick??
July 6, 2023 at 12:45 PM
does instagram have it?
July 6, 2023 at 12:51 AM
there’s definitely malice at play. but these platforms are being ruined first and foremost by ineptitude.
July 5, 2023 at 6:27 PM
hard to do (correctly) with a decentralized platform. but that doesn’t make it any less frustrating for the user. hopefully it’s a priority soon
July 3, 2023 at 9:40 PM
yeah, both - the server isn’t what restricts content from other servers. that’s up to the user via feed settings (custom feeds etc)

and your username is not bound to a server. its an alias of your DID (unique id). so you can keep the username exactly as is even when changing servers.
July 3, 2023 at 9:22 PM
the design and architectural decisions that have been happening have largely focused on avoiding that. can’t say if it’ll actually work yet but no ones sleep walking into mastodon’s mistakes
July 3, 2023 at 8:53 PM
Bluesky’s AT protocol was inspired by a certain former CEO saying in slack that “i’d like to see how you’d like running twitter”
July 3, 2023 at 3:52 PM
sorry - my mom’s feelings would’ve been hurt if i didnt give her an invite code
July 3, 2023 at 1:00 PM
i think about people being accused of “reverse racism” if they block certain people. or palestinians, for example, being accused of antisemitism if they block israeli influencers
July 2, 2023 at 1:38 PM
the slur being “cis”, of course
July 2, 2023 at 12:13 PM
probably an ad-free subscription with enhanced services - like video, DMs, etc

you’d be able to have that all for free yourself, theoretically, but without it being on bsky.app servers. you’d have to host your own or use someone else’s thats hosting their own
July 2, 2023 at 4:12 AM