![]() ![]() ![]() Its insistence on keeping its team small, not raising venture capital, and slow pace of iteration have limited its ability to seize the moment. But for various reasons, Mastodon has never struck me as likely to inherit its predecessor’s mantle as the real-time social network of choice for most people. That was Mastodon, which launched all the way back in 2017, and has itself seen a surge in usage since Musk took over Twitter. Twitter’s ecosystem grew larger, and its service improved faster, because an ecosystem of developers congregated and worked on it together.īluesky is not the first app to attempt to recapture that magic. And yet if you used Twitter in the early days, you benefited from a decentralized ecosystem. The concept of decentralization causes most folks’ eyes to glaze over, understandably: the concept is almost as unwieldy as the word itself. (Which Twitter eventually bought, and turned into the Twitter app for iOS.) Many novel user interfaces emerged from this period one early developer, Loren Brichter, invented the now ubiquitous pull-to-refresh gesture on smartphones with his Twitter app, Tweetie. For a time, Twitter was a design playground. At first, Twitter was an SMS-based product, and the company encouraged third-party developers to build its first generation of native mobile apps. But discontent with centralized servers and walled gardens extends well past the crypto world, and more recently the idea has been picked up by social networks.Īs I noted when I first covered Bluesky, the idea of a decentralized Twitter goes back to the app’s earliest days. Until recently, the tech world has discussed decentralization primarily in the context of crypto and blockchains. Among the apps attempting to capitalize on Twitter’s decline are Post, T2, Artifact, Mastodon, and a still-untitled effort from Instagram.īut while most of these are in at least some sense a Twitter clone, Bluesky feels like the genuine article: a near one-for-one replica of Twitter in its early days, with the key difference that it is decentralized. Suffice to say it has been a long time coming: I first wrote about the company here in 2019, when Jack Dorsey woke up one day and decided he would try to rebuild Twitter on an open protocol and funded a team to do just that.Įlon Musk’s reign of error over the past six months has led to a flood of talent and money into social networking companies. This week, let’s discuss how Bluesky might avoid the same fate.īluesky, of course, is the decentralized social network that surged in popularity over the weekend as the app opened up invitations to more beta testers and quickly sped past its first 50,000 users. Last week, we talked about how BeReal missed its moment. 21.“a smartphone showing a beautiful blue sky on the screen” / DALL-E No guarantee, warranty or representation of any kind is made regarding the completeness or accuracy of descriptions or measurements (including square footage measurements and property condition), such should be independently verified, and Compass expressly disclaims any liability in connection therewith. and/or other countries.Ĭorporate Responsibility, Privacy & Legal Notices: Compass is a licensed real estate broker, licensed to do business as Compass RE in Delaware, Idaho, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Tennessee, Compass Real Estate in Washington, DC, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Wyoming and Idaho, Compass Realty Group in Missouri and Kansas, and Compass Carolinas, LLC in South Carolina. ![]() Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, Terms of Service, Privacy Center, Scam Avoidance, Responsible Disclosure, Compass is an E-Verify employer, Notice for California Applicants, California COVID-19 Rules of Entry, and Your CA Privacy RightsĬOMPASS, the Compass logo, and other various trademarks, logos, designs, and slogans are the registered and unregistered trademarks of Compass, Inc. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |