How decentralized is Bluesky really? -- Dustycloud Brainstorms
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This is a pretty great, long form post about the structure of Bluesky, and how it’s largely kinda pretending to be decentralized at the moment. I’m not trying to make a dig at it. I’ve enjoyed the platform myself for a while, but it’s good to learn more about how it actually works.

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  • garretble@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    91·
    8 hours ago

    That’s addressed in the blog post. She was saying it was currently 5TB and growing. So anyone wanting to set up a server would need to pay for that space, and that’s not cheap.

    • doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      7·
      7 hours ago

      It’s also not, like, unattainable

      But it’s definitely well beyond what any hobbyist is going to set up in a whim