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Twitter’s best chance to become decentralised is with Elon Musk. But will he act on it?

Twitter’s best chance to become decentralised is with Elon Musk. But will he act on it?
Agencies

The critical question is: does Elon believe in Twitter becoming a protocol?

Synopsis

Jack's thinking was clearly different and, perhaps, altruistic, like the early internet innovators. It contrasted sharply with the centrally controlled and often walled-garden platforms and ecosystems owned by Bay Area tech companies. We are nearing the end of 2022. However, not much has come out of Bluesky. Before we analyse the reason for the lack of progress, let us understand the difference between a platform, an ecosystem and a protocol.

By , ET CONTRIBUTORS
6 mins read, Last Updated:
In December 2019, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey announced the Bluesky project to build an open, decentralised protocol for social media. Twitter initially funded it and set it up to run independently. His vision was that Twitter and other social media platforms would ultimately become a client of this protocol. It would be similar to how technologies such as the web, email, RSS (really simple syndication) feeds and XMPP (extensible messaging and
( Originally published on Dec 07, 2022 )

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