This is really sad. A half-decent marketing campaign, a few press releases saying it's the new Twitter and people just sign up. There's Mastodon. We've been so close. It's sad
this post was submitted on 15 Nov 2024
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Why is it sad? Mastodon is also still growing and seeing large sign up bumps.
When bluesky goes to shit in a few years, most people will jump on the next billionaire’s scam and fedi will still be right here
I've seen that kind of argument before and I understand it, but I can't agree. I think it's not the majority that makes the site bad, it's a ridiculously small minority, driven by the site's algorithm to be highly visible, that creates a vicious circle where more people become polarized (as a reaction but also to gain visibility and relevance).
A site like Bluesky, with its investors and shareholders, will sooner or later fall into the same thing, Mastodon could be the place to leave that tiny group of crazies in their own secluded space. It would be a gain for society but I think the window of opportunity is closing.
Bluesky just captures the magic of pre-Musk twitter in a way Mastodon does not
What? magic? that's a really weird way to refer to a website, are you a teenager in love? if twitter was ever cool it was maybe in 2012-2014 (during occupy wall street) but it certainly wasn't just musk who took down the site. Enjoy when Bluesky discovers he can make more money with polarization, the magic is over
We all know Tim Bluesky is an opportunistic grifter.
Shills gonna shill.
JUST FUCKING USE MASTODON REEEEEEEEE
The fact that people are actually using it makes me wonder if it is in fact possible to make a new Facebook-like site and capture users now that Facebook is horrible. But how long until Facebook or Musk buy out Bluesky and kill it?
I tried Mastodon but there just aren't as many interesting people. Its full of people who put a context warning on a picture of a sandwich.
Its also full of intentional misinfo.
fuck substack along with blueshit
People never learn...
What's wrong with substack? They've been around forever, and there are some very interesting people who keep active blogs on there.
From the frying pan into the fire
do we really want people that waited until now to even think about an alternative to fascists media?
Can't purity test your way to a revolution
i said nothing about keeping them out.