Just so we’re clear, Bluesky is federated just like this place. Twitter was the community square of the planet until Elmo bought it and brought his own kitchen sink because he thought he knew how to run Twitter. That same delusional individual is now advising the elected Orange in charge of the USA.
Whilst Twitter had its problems, they were nothing compared to the cesspool it is today.
Bluesky will no doubt go through growing pains, but I don’t see evidence of the same mistakes as you appear to be suggesting.
So, no, I don’t think that you’re portraying a realistic viewpoint, instead you’re fear mongering for no discernible reason, other than to discredit a platform that is evolving and flourishing.
Source: I’ve been on Xitter, Bluesky and various fediverse platforms, Reddit, Slashdot and I’ve also been here since Usenet was a thing and experienced Eternal September first hand.
I appreciate your optimism, but I’m more on the cautious side of things. At the end of the day they are still a corporation that needs to profit as much as they can, so we have yet to see what happens when they become the dominant player in the space. Hell, it was just reported that they are now planning a subscription model, waaay earlier than Elon did with twitter.
but I don’t see evidence of the same mistakes as you appear to be suggesting.
Oh so minting another new US billionaire who is deep into cryptocurrency already (that’s literally how Jay Graber got her start in the industry) just so they can turn around and use that money to start influencing US politics just like Musk is a good idea?
You really think just making a new billionaire is a great idea? But I mean you’re not far off, that’s a user mistake, not a company mistake.
Just so we’re clear, Bluesky is federated just like this place. Twitter was the community square of the planet until Elmo bought it and brought his own kitchen sink because he thought he knew how to run Twitter. That same delusional individual is now advising the elected Orange in charge of the USA.
Whilst Twitter had its problems, they were nothing compared to the cesspool it is today.
Bluesky will no doubt go through growing pains, but I don’t see evidence of the same mistakes as you appear to be suggesting.
So, no, I don’t think that you’re portraying a realistic viewpoint, instead you’re fear mongering for no discernible reason, other than to discredit a platform that is evolving and flourishing.
Source: I’ve been on Xitter, Bluesky and various fediverse platforms, Reddit, Slashdot and I’ve also been here since Usenet was a thing and experienced Eternal September first hand.
Federated with what?
I appreciate your optimism, but I’m more on the cautious side of things. At the end of the day they are still a corporation that needs to profit as much as they can, so we have yet to see what happens when they become the dominant player in the space. Hell, it was just reported that they are now planning a subscription model, waaay earlier than Elon did with twitter.
They have like 20 employees and are a public benefit corporation with profit motives to benefit society rather than maximise shareholder value.
Yes, rule wouldn’t apply to another instance like poop.social, but when 90% of the content is through bsky.social there is a massive chilling effect.
Oh so minting another new US billionaire who is deep into cryptocurrency already (that’s literally how Jay Graber got her start in the industry) just so they can turn around and use that money to start influencing US politics just like Musk is a good idea?
You really think just making a new billionaire is a great idea? But I mean you’re not far off, that’s a user mistake, not a company mistake.