I don't like the fact that this links to somewhere we can't even view, I think the whole "invite-only" thing is stupid as hell.
Bluesky facing degraded performance due to record high traffic
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#153"Account creation is temporarily disabled"
This adds an additional element of suspense for all the invite code snatchers.
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#154Since Bluesky is invite-only and there's a lot of clamoring for invite codes, it's easy to think that you're missing out if you're not a member. I'd like to offer a different perspective, that most HN readers would probably be happier on Mastodon than Bluesky. In particular, Bluesky is very small, has a strange vibe, and has almost no technical content or people interested in it. The number of participants on Bluesky…
I disagree, only because I’m on Mastodon and a ton of people are missing.
A large chunk of the Apple nerd ecosystem I followed on Twitter moved, and I like that I can still follow them.
But everyone else I followed either never moved or quickly gave up and seems to have taken up residence on Bluesky.
So without an invite code, and the possibility Twitter will disappear real quick, I’m left with no way to follow them and I’m just forced to miss out.
There’s no way to get a code if you don’t know someone. There is no indication when signups will open. I have no idea what my place in line is. I’m just screwed.
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#156Earlier quoted context omitted.
There are myriad ways that networks produce value. One immediate one is attention — if you think the ability to direct attention does not have value, I suggest you try selling anything to anyone without it.
I already mentioned advertising and how it's the only real economic activity enabled by social networks. Unless Twitter enables some kind of payment processing and gives the participants the ability to actually exchange money for goods and services Twitter will continue to be an economic loss leader. Most people on social networks do not contribute to the real economy in any meaningful way. Same logic applies to blue…
I would maybe phrase it differently but I guess I don’t disagree: social networks should be publicly-owned and exist for the public good.
The reason the model runs the way it does and collapses is because we inherently understand that most communication should not be economically restricted. We don’t have a good social network because capitalism isn’t a good way to create them.
Re: Bluesky facing degraded performance due to record high traffic
#157Since Bluesky is invite-only and there's a lot of clamoring for invite codes, it's easy to think that you're missing out if you're not a member. I'd like to offer a different perspective, that most HN readers would probably be happier on Mastodon than Bluesky. In particular, Bluesky is very small, has a strange vibe, and has almost no technical content or people interested in it. The number of participants on Bluesky…
This was my experience too. I just posted a comment here actually about there being no “real” content and was downvoted. What the hell? I don’t really get the vibe of the Bluesky community right now. How do you get seen or get popular? What is appropriate to talk about? It’s not fun IMO until I can get my real life friends and acquaintances on there. But why would they go? Right now it’s just a social network of 100% strangers since no one I know is there. That’s not fun. That’s crap!!
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#158Earlier quoted context omitted.
Nothing stops them from changing the protocol. It's like insisting blockchain transactions are immutable when Etherium issues updates all the time to reverse transactions that happened due to hacks.
>Etherium issues updates all the time to reverse transactions that happened due to hacks. Why waste your time and others posting lies on the internet? Easily debunked ones at that.
This good enough evidence for you?
Re: Bluesky facing degraded performance due to record high traffic
#159Since Bluesky is invite-only and there's a lot of clamoring for invite codes, it's easy to think that you're missing out if you're not a member. I'd like to offer a different perspective, that most HN readers would probably be happier on Mastodon than Bluesky. In particular, Bluesky is very small, has a strange vibe, and has almost no technical content or people interested in it. The number of participants on Bluesky…
Mastodon will never take off because of its fundamentally terrible onboarding. Having to pick a server is incompatible with the general public using it.
Bluesky is the only real contender right now. It doesn’t matter that it has a low user count. The main threat is that there’s no real incentive for people to run their own BGS. We’ll see how that pans out.
Re: Bluesky facing degraded performance due to record high traffic
#160Since Bluesky is invite-only and there's a lot of clamoring for invite codes, it's easy to think that you're missing out if you're not a member. I'd like to offer a different perspective, that most HN readers would probably be happier on Mastodon than Bluesky. In particular, Bluesky is very small, has a strange vibe, and has almost no technical content or people interested in it. The number of participants on Bluesky…
Mastodon will never take off because of its fundamentally terrible onboarding. Having to pick a server is incompatible with the general public using it. Bluesky is the only real contender right now. It doesn’t matter that it has a low user count. The main threat is that there’s no real incentive for people to run their own BGS. We’ll see how that pans out.
This is changing rabidly and the new onboarding flow is pretty great, perhaps you should give it another go.