https://mastodon.social/@blaine joined Odeo, Ev Williams’ startup, in 2005. That same year, Twitter was spun off into its own company, led by its original creator Jack Dorsey. What’s little known is that Cook had tried, unsuccessfully, to convince his bosses at Twitter to create a decentralized version of the service.
Well, now it’s nearly 15 years later and Cook’s vision for a decentralized Twitter looks much more viable.
While this work is being done outside of the fediverse, Cook says it could be very helpful to the fediverse.