It is our best hope. Build on that hope.
βAnd while the decentralized aspects of Bluesky are mostly notional at this point, and Mastodon and its ilk are only being used by a tiny fraction of the population, they still exist β and the potential for federation of posts and other content is one of the few rays of hope in the current fractured landscape. Will it continue to grow, or will it always remain a good idea that never reaches fruition? I wish I knew the answer.β 

The Torment Nexus
Reports of Bluesky's death have been greatly exaggerated
A little over six months ago, I (and pretty much everyone else with a pulse) was writing about Bluesky's meteoric growth, which seemed to be driven...
