On: Twitter funding a team to develop an open standard...

[thisisbrians]

Cool idea, sure. Maybe they should have had the marketing team look at the banner image before going live. Definitely undermines the perceived legitimacy of the effort in my opinion: https://twitter.com/bluesky

[lk251 → thisisbrians]

if anything, whimsical memery adds authenticity, sincerity, hacky feeling. i'd be suspicious of anything more packaged or polished

[arthurcolle → thisisbrians]

I love that little creature. Why don't you?

[save_ferris → arthurcolle]

I personally get really strong uncanny valley vibes from that thing. I might dig a cartoon version of it, but that banner image seriously creeps me out.

[arthurcolle → save_ferris]

I don't even think it is a real animal, it looks like a capuchin monkey or something. Anyone know what species it is?

[kixiQu → arthurcolle]

it's an art doll (like a puppet)

[macawfish → thisisbrians]

My feeling is that they're hackers who are already working in dweb/crypto

[macawfish → macawfish]

Should say "targeting hackers"