Björn Scheuermann has co-authored a preprint with study on #Bluesky, a decentralised & user-driven alternative to X. Could Bluesky's model with custom feeds & community moderation set new standards? Presented soon @ACM_IMC_2024. Gareth Tyson Ignacio Castro is in Bsky & Mastodon 👉arxiv.org/abs/2408.12449

Twitter shows the risk of the centralised/monolithic/vertically integrated organisation approach with a benevolent dictator at the top: including the elusive nature of benevolence. 2 #IMC2024 papers examine Mastodon & Bluesky exploration of the design space of alternatives: [1/4]

[4/4] Leo Balduf & Saidu Sokoto show that breaking the monopoly of content moderation/recommendation works: Bluesky users create their own labels for moderation & content moderation/recommendation, however opened functionalities with greater barrier of entrance see low adoption

Saidu and Leo have just presented our paper "Looking AT the Blue Skies of Bluesky" at @ACM_IMC_2024. Well done guys! Full paper here: arxiv.org/abs/2408.12449

🏛️ Introducing: Linera Testnet Archimedes Today, we’re excited to launch the first phase of our testnet. This marks a major milestone in decentralizing the infrastructure of The Real-Time Blockchain. ⛓️ 🧵↓