@ticky @jaredwhite Yes, and I feel like the thing is that Bluesky separates the idea of “instance” and “data store”. So you can eg store your data yourself in a place where it’s under your control rather than Bluesky’s, but continue to use Bluesky’s services. Mastodon couples the two, which is mostly not a problem except when the server you’re using shuts down and you can’t take that data anywhere.
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@jaredwhite @misty this is not really a defense of Bluesky’s decentralisation, you can in theory self-host but in practice it’s expensive, complex and difficult. There are at least two third-party public “instances,” Blacksky and Northsky.
“bsky.social” *is in fact comprised multiple nodes* is what I mean by “experiencing decentralisation;” there’s a reason they made migrating a profile losslessly possible, as it aids in their own infrastructure scaling.
@ticky @jaredwhite Yes, and I feel like the thing is that Bluesky separates the idea of “instance” and “data store”. So you can eg store your data yourself in a place where it’s under your control rather than Bluesky’s, but continue to use Bluesky’s services. Mastodon couples the two, which is mostly not a problem except when the server you’re using shuts down and you can’t take that data anywhere.