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Jack Dorsey Leaves Bluesky Board and Calls X 'Freedom Technology'

by herdcall on 5/7/24, 1:03 PM with 22 comments

  • by ynniv on 5/7/24, 1:43 PM

    I hate to break it to Bloomberg, but this was posted to both nostr and X. One of those seems more likely than the other to be "freedom technology". A cynic might say that they knew full well, and took advantage of the ambiguity.

    Sign things, and share them on relays. HtP

    https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nostr

  • by ChrisArchitect on 5/7/24, 3:33 PM

  • by kstrauser on 5/7/24, 2:20 PM

    Realistically, what’s this mean for Bluesky? If Jack’s out, I’m supposing the writing’s on the wall and there’s not much else to do but write the incredible journey blog.

  • by kuekacang on 5/7/24, 1:33 PM

    Wth I was just binging atp.fm and I am currently on the topic of the twitter exodus and bluesky/mastodon alternatives and this news drops.

  • by paulryanrogers on 5/7/24, 1:33 PM

    Direct quote from Xitter:

    > don’t depend on corporations to grant you rights. defend them yourself using freedom technology.

    > (you’re on one)

    Which is strange since I don't think X actually federates, and its "free speech" seems a mix of pay-to-play and "don't speak ill of the king".

    Perhaps Dorsey was cross posting from BlueSky? Or he made nice with Musk and is trying to throw him a bone?

  • by Yoric on 5/7/24, 1:49 PM

    Could he be speaking of "the web"?