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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      4 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?

    • garretble@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      20 hours ago

      That’s addressed in the blog post. She was saying it was currently 5TB and growing. So anyone wanting to set up a server would need to pay for that space, and that’s not cheap.

      • doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        14·
        19 hours ago

        It’s also not, like, unattainable

        But it’s definitely well beyond what any hobbyist is going to set up in a whim

        • eleitl@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          12 hours ago

          Meh, homelab storage and FTTH are reasonably cheap. Or rented iron like Hetzner.