It's been an interesting ride since my "Decentralizované sociální sítě" talk (in czech) at Prague's Paralelní Polis in July 2023.
I watched AT Protocol grow from 40K to 40M users in real time. Watched "decentralization" morph from architecture into theater. Watched people I respect make compromises and bow to groupthink. Got a front-row seat to US cancel culture and everything that comes with it. Incredibly valuable experience.
Meanwhile, as Bluesky exploded, I kept hoping Nostr would move somewhere. Instead, it feels frozen. Zero adoption, and people actually celebrate the smallness and coziness - the exact things that vanish with scale.
I thought AT Protocol and Nostr were technical opposites moving toward the same goal. I was wrong. They're opposites moving away from each other, and the gap widens every day.
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