ActivityPub servers own your account. This is a non-starter for me unless someone holds server admins accountable to laws or some kind of liability
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In terms of the vibe that something gives off, stuff is usually "cooler" when it seems like you didn't care that much. A random pubkey is as care-free as it gets.
I think a whole nation is too big for one server of course. But some kind of breakdown based on reasonable subsidiarity would be great. In the US, maybe it would be counties. Sort of like phone numbers, you may choose to keep your original area code even after you move, or eventually maybe you update and move your account to the new server when you settle in.
Not just reproduction. Even just listening to them a bunch goes hand-in-hand with a loss in quality. Unplanned obsolescence?
This is another advantage for Bluesky. Because as of now, a user of BlueSky would have no clue that it is "decentralized" at all. In comparison, Nostr shoves it in your face that it is totally unlike anything you're used to.
Bluesky just appears as a Twitter alternative. And I think that is very smart of them. Because realistically, only very serious people/companies should consider running alternative relay servers. Relays come and go on Nostr because people underestimate the amount of work / money involved in running them.
The idea that everyone is a blank slate wrapped in different colors of skin seems quite reductive, if not insulting to the beauty of human diversity, given the real science behind genetics.
The Overton Window[0] is set in such a way to perfectly ensure that the decline continues.
edit: CGI ?
I understand what you're saying, and I agree, but it's like saying a party is boring because there are no books.
The whole "meta" concept is that you're socializing in VR and it feels as if you're talking to your friend directly. I'm sure the resolution has improved in the new model, but even still, super sharp text isn't as important as you'd think to make the fundamental social use cases work
However, on the "pro" iphone models, they do have a "telephoto" lense that is indeed a 50mm equivalent that will get you the perspective that you're used to.
Here is the one on the iPhone 14 Pro -> 12MP 2x Telephoto (enabled by quad-pixel sensor): 48 mm
Personally, I use an iPhone 8 plus and pretty much always take images on 2x zoom. Because yeah everyone looks better on a longer lense.
Good observation. Compare with Ocarina's temples which felt genuinely scary.
Or they use AI. Would be very easy actually.
And if some users think they are relevant, let it be an optional additional name for premium users.
Exactly. The hype will be dead by the time people can actually join.
If we look at the example of Clubhouse, the invite system just pissed a lot of people off. So by the time they finally opened up the app to the public, the goodwill of the potential userbase was spoiled.
Invite systems feel bad and hurt your relationship with your future users.
This can obviously be both good or bad depending on what your use case is!
I think that BlueSky has authentication so that the data only is retrievable on the server specified by the user.
Because of this, I think BlueSky is better for personal social use cases where the user wants to maintain control and feel a bit more safe.
There aren't that many descenders in lowercase English, but in a script like Shavian where there are many, the old style figures feel really "at home".