How decentralized is Bluesky really? -- Dustycloud Brainstorms
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This is a pretty great, long form post about the structure of Bluesky, and how it’s largely kinda pretending to be decentralized at the moment. I’m not trying to make a dig at it. I’ve enjoyed the platform myself for a while, but it’s good to learn more about how it actually works.

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  • zarkanian@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    I thought it takes that much storage to run a relay, not an instance. (Which Bluesky calls a “Personal Data Store.”)

    Maybe this is just my ignorance showing, but this seems like a really archaic way to design something like this in 2024. Dump all the data into a central repository and then have clients pull from that?