How does that person think ATProto would prevent monopolization? ATProto is effectively controlled by a singular corporate entity. It already is a monopolized protocol.
Bluesky says they created ATProto because account portability is a problem on ActivityPub - which it 100% is. But account porting is something that's still being worked on for ActivityPub. If Bluesky actually cared about a decentralized platform, they would have contributed toward ActivityPub's development by helping to create the account porting tools. Instead, they created a new network that they own and control, and have gaslit their users into believing is "decentralized".
NA here. It's loading perfectly fine for me right now on the desktop site. Pages I've never opened before are loading in like 1/10th of a second for me.
I'm also not signed in from this computer, though (can't remember my LW password and haven't bothered to check). Not sure if that's making any difference, but figured I'd provide my perspective from a logged-out user.
I've gotten some odd vibes from him (his recent posts hyping up Loops and Pixelfed have slightly manic energy to them), but I'm curious what you find weird about him.
Considering that nazi content has been otherwise decently moderated on the other major vertical video platforms, I expect that we're going to see a new wave of youth propaganda since no such moderation exists on Twitter. There've been attempts by the right to get into TikTok, but you can only say so much hateful shit before they actually ban you so they've had to keep a semblance of civility there, so it's a little scary to think of what'll happen when that sort of content goes unchallenged on a major social platform now that they can say the quiet parts out loud.
I feel like there's also a lot of overlap in the middle.