Yep. It was a feature people kept on shouting at the devs that they needed. The devs kept trying to explain how an open protocol works and that everything they post is open. But no one seemed to get it so they just added this feature with the caveat it only works for people using the Bluesky PBC’s app and website.
It does not give users “control”, its an illusion to think that something posted on the internet can be controlled. The only reason this exists is to get people to register an account. Thats it.
I don’t think this is entirely accurate. I understand what you’re saying, that a determined person can relatively easily bypass this hurdle and view the content.
Still, I can see value in creating a hurdle. It’s not unsurpassable, but it requires energy to pass it. And sometimes that’s enough to not be the low hanging fruit. Maybe the poster wants to avoid trolls, or they don’t want that particular content to be easily scraped.
If it was BlueSky forcing sign in, I would agree. But this is giving the user control of their own posts. I don’t really see a problem with it tbh.
Yep. It was a feature people kept on shouting at the devs that they needed. The devs kept trying to explain how an open protocol works and that everything they post is open. But no one seemed to get it so they just added this feature with the caveat it only works for people using the Bluesky PBC’s app and website.
It does not give users “control”, its an illusion to think that something posted on the internet can be controlled. The only reason this exists is to get people to register an account. Thats it.
I don’t think this is entirely accurate. I understand what you’re saying, that a determined person can relatively easily bypass this hurdle and view the content.
Still, I can see value in creating a hurdle. It’s not unsurpassable, but it requires energy to pass it. And sometimes that’s enough to not be the low hanging fruit. Maybe the poster wants to avoid trolls, or they don’t want that particular content to be easily scraped.
I mean that’s why it’s “mildly infuriating”, it doesn’t enrage me as much as Twitter requiring a sign in for the whole site.
Fair point :-)