The mgmt consultant and tech startup mentor/coach in me is fucking wheezing in Edelman Trust Barometer rn cause OH NO BABY WHAT IS YOU DOING?!

Very few people are excited about federation. It's whatever. What most people care about is safety. This decision is going to reduce how much people trust Bluesky's management team. If they can't even ban outright nazis on their own server in a closed beta, then there is no point to Bluesky at all.

Paul, I know you're taking the hits because you're the one able and willing to reply right now, and it isn't your call, it's @jay.bsky.team's call. But this is a huge mistake your team is making. This is going to drive people off your platform.

so glad we all remembered the part of the nazi bar story where the bartender sends a little email that says that if they are still a nazi tomorrow, then there may be consequences

Yeah I do not have the emotional bandwidth to handle this so logging off for a bit til the “do we or don’t we kick off people that literally self-ID as Nazis and see trans people as rejecting God” debate’s resolved AND I hope you’re ok, Paul! Medical emergency-adjacent is never a fun place to be.

Paul’s On Top Of It: New Tv series stars Paul as a guy who everyone brings problems to and he realizes he’s already been in the midst of solving them for days when they explain the problem.

they can. they don’t want to. that is the lesson.

#Scouse

Damn it, now I need to listen to DMB.