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Blue Skies Over Mastodon (with Erin Kissane and Tim Bray)

Oxide and Friends · 2 May 2023 · 1h 41m · Episode 12

What this episode covers

Erin Kissane, Tim Bray, and Steve Klabnik join Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal to analyze the social media landscape following the Twitter exodus, focusing on the competing protocols of Mastodon and Blue Sky. The group discusses the technical and cultural challenges of federation, data portability, and moderation, highlighting Blue Sky's 'composable moderation' and invite-based growth as key differentiators from the Mastodon ecosystem. They debate the implications of public block lists, the role of humor in online communities, and the potential for a decentralized future where users can migrate their identity across servers.

Most relevant to

early-stage companies

Topics

Mentioned

Products
Mastodon, Blue Sky, Twitter, Phanpy, Lobsters, Skyline.gay
Also
Activity Pub, AT Protocol

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