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1. Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 23-Nov-2024 16:13:02 UTC Christine Lemmer-Webber

   Also you have reached it: the third secret egg

   You have now collected the egg triforce and can defeat Gender Ganon

   If you want to

   The power was in you all along

   But let's continue.

   • Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 23-Nov-2024 16:12:56 UTC Christine Lemmer-Webber

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     And there *will* be a lot of pressure: Bluesky has taken VC money as investments; the pattern of such is that early on, things are very good and flexible, and after some time, the investors start placing pressure to enshittify.

     I have seen good peoples' orgs clawed from their hands. It happens.

   • Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 23-Nov-2024 16:12:57 UTC Christine Lemmer-Webber

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     Making design decisions in the present which guard against the future is one of the most important things we can do. It is one of the most important reasons to choose FOSS licenses, for instance, which provide an exit plan and also counterbalance against temptation to enshittify a project.

   • Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 23-Nov-2024 16:12:57 UTC Christine Lemmer-Webber

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     To this end, Bluesky's goals of "credible exit" are actually very important. It creates a similar pressure for the organization itself to stay true as long as it can, even acknowledging the organization as a future adversary, and actually preparing for it.

     I am pro-Bluesky-credible-exit.

     Itan   :fedi: and Itan [β]   :fediverse: repeated this.
   • Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 23-Nov-2024 16:12:58 UTC Christine Lemmer-Webber

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     As opposed to Google's "Don't be evil", a commandment for the everpresent, "the organization is a future adversary" acknowledges the realities of the future, that it is uncertain, and in fact, that power-dynamics-wise, there will be pressure to make things worse.

   • Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 23-Nov-2024 16:12:59 UTC Christine Lemmer-Webber

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     It was *at least* good insofar as the moment Google retired the phrase as never really meaning anything anyway, as evil as Google may have been before, Google got *noticably* worse.

     To Bluesky people internally: keep that phrase going as long as you can, and use it reflectively.

     Itan   :fedi: and Itan [β]   :fediverse: repeated this.
   • Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 23-Nov-2024 16:13:00 UTC Christine Lemmer-Webber

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     Occasionally an org creates a phrase like this, and back in the day Google had "Don't be evil"

     And yeah, people criticize Google for never having been sincere but it gave an opportunity for people inside and outside the organization to critique Google on its own stated values. That was good.

   • Christine Lemmer-Webber (cwebber@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 23-Nov-2024 16:13:01 UTC Christine Lemmer-Webber

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     It's time, we have reached the second to last section: "Preparing for the organization as a future adversary."

     I love this one because I love that phrase, and the best part is that the Bluesky team came up with it, "the organization is a future adversary". It's genuinely good and self reflective