Measuring decentralization of Bluesky @fiatjaf
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Protocol complexity is, everything else being equal, bad for decentralization Fewer independent developers and infrastructure providers = less decentralization
#nostr is the EASIEST to use social network If you want an account that can't be rugged and dm's that can't be decrypted by a third party On Mastodon you need to - install and run your own server [*] On Bluesky you need to - install and run your own server [**] - create a did:web identity document and host it on a domain you control and use network commands to create and configure a Bluesky account to use it [***] On Nostr you need to - store your nsec like any other password and maybe install a browser extension [*] and if you want to use other ActivityPub apps you may need to run more (different) servers [**] and even then your server can be blocked from the network [***] and your identity can still be rugged by whichever entity controls the TLD, although that's a small risk