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<description>&lt;p&gt;I posted this to both &lt;a href="https://bsky.app/profile/scripting.com/post/3lfncckr2sc2h"&gt;Bluesky&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://mastodon.social/@davew/113822309652127443"&gt;Mastodon&lt;/a&gt; just now.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I see people betting on the idea of federation in Bluesky.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;At the same time, we should bet on simplifying Mastodon at scale.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Approach the problem from both directions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We may need and not have federation in Bluesky at some point.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It couldn't hurt to have a better lifeboat.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This &lt;a href="https://shownotes.scripting.com/scripting/2025/01/13/itCouldntHurtToHaveABetterLifeboat.html"&gt;podcast&lt;/a&gt; goes into more depth of this idea. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There is a &lt;a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/scripting.com/publicfolder/downloads/podcasts/2025/01/13/itCouldntHurtToHaveABetterLifeboat.txt"&gt;transcript&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Scripting News podcast

Dave Winer

It couldn't hurt to have a better lifeboat

JAN 13, 2025-1 MIN
Scripting News podcast

It couldn't hurt to have a better lifeboat

JAN 13, 2025-1 MIN

Description

<p>I posted this to both <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/scripting.com/post/3lfncckr2sc2h">Bluesky</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/@davew/113822309652127443">Mastodon</a> just now.</p><p>I see people betting on the idea of federation in Bluesky.</p><p>At the same time, we should bet on simplifying Mastodon at scale.</p><p>Approach the problem from both directions.</p><p>We may need and not have federation in Bluesky at some point.</p><p>It couldn't hurt to have a better lifeboat.</p><p>This <a href="https://shownotes.scripting.com/scripting/2025/01/13/itCouldntHurtToHaveABetterLifeboat.html">podcast</a> goes into more depth of this idea. </p><p>There is a <a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/scripting.com/publicfolder/downloads/podcasts/2025/01/13/itCouldntHurtToHaveABetterLifeboat.txt">transcript</a>.</p>