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Federation is the future of social media, says Bluesky CEO Jay Graber (www.theverge.com)
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Today, I’m talking to Jay Graber, the CEO of Bluesky Social, which is a decentralized competitor to Twitter, er, X. Bluesky actually started inside of what was then known as Twitter — it was a project from then-CEO Jack Dorsey, who spent his days wandering the earth and saying things like Twitter should be a protocol and not a company. Bluesky was supposed to be that protocol, but Jack spun it out of Twitter in 2021, just before Elon Musk bought the company and renamed it X.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Are social networks and social media the same thing?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Social media provides the tools and platforms for social networking to take place, but social networking is the actual practice of using those tools to connect with others.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Depends on the usage.

"Social Networks" can be a reference to the various social media services available online, but they can also be an reference to the collection of social connections one has offline.