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@ntnsndr
> Great thread

Thanks : ) I tagged you in the hopes for some comment on the prospects of an Exit to Community for BlueSky, from one of the founders of the Buy Twitter campaign and Zebras Unite : ) Do you think such a campaign would have a better chance of success this time? Why/ why not?

@strypey I just think composable moderation is a meaningful site of decentralization, even according to Christine's definition.

But I totally agree that, if the base flows of data are centralized, composable moderation (e.g., running a labeler or a feed) is just working someone else's plot.

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@ntnsndr
> I think Christine didn't give enough credit to the composable moderation stack, which I think is an important component

I doubt @cwebber would disagree. But speaking for myself (far be it from me to put words in the guru's mouth), I think this is orthogonal to the discussion of the base protocols. Composable moderation can be and is being built on top of AP by people like IFTAS.

Frankly I'm in 2 minds about this. I can see as many risks as benefits. But it's happening.

@ntnsndr
> if the base flows of data are centralized, composable moderation ... is just working someone else's plot

Exactly. It's easy to imagine the list of design requirements Titter management gave the BlueSky team on day 1;

'Ok, so we want to outsource all responsibility for mod work to our users, and as much of our hosting costs as possible. But we still want to be able to decide who can be visible on the whole platform. Oh and make people watch ads. You can do that, right?' ; )

@cwebber