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The thing correct information doesn’t change so it will feel like an echo chamber to people who have been taught being sold a new idea each week is the same as “challenging yourself.”
Something that seems to confound assholes.
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Twitter/X has shown to be no more than a self-promotion and PR platform as soon as it became popular. Just disposable snippets (pretty much the definition of a 'twit') to drive views. The same will apply to Bluesky. It does not matter whether it is centralized or not, VC money or not, as long as it serves that purpose. In fact a centralized system probably serves this purpose better as it is easier for the users and…
The fundamental difference is that X is focussed on its "For You" feed while Bluesky focusses on "Following". They are similar tools, but the different approach means one is far closer to "self-promotion and PR" than the other, and I don't think it's inevitable that Bluesky will descend to X's depths.
You would think people would learn from their mistakes and not move onto another centralized platform backed by VC money, but here we are.
You would think people would learn from their mistakes and not move onto another centralized platform backed by VC money, but here we are.
Having looked at a lot of these platforms, only Hive (formerly Steem) operates in a properly decentralized manner.
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What's the point of posting on those platforms? Self-promotion and PR. The difference you highlight is very superficial and ultimately it is the same thing.
The difference is your audience. Are you talking to people you know or are you talking to 'the world'. If I'm talking to a bunch of my friends in the pub, I don't consider that "self-promotion". If I'm stood on the street corner saying exactly the same kind of things, it would be. In fact, that means I think that posting a comment on Hacker News is more self-promotion than posting a comment on Bluesky. Which I do.
I mean, just now I went to Bluesky's web homepage and what I saw is "discover" pointing me to "influencers"...
Monthly active users in a vacuum docent mean anything. Facebook has 3 billion monthly active users but has zero relevance. Bluesky and Threads have no cultural foot print compared to X.
Russian bots are not "cultural foot print"
You mean the social network that keeps showing my wife dick pics even though she turned off adult content? That social network? Pass.
You mean the social network that keeps showing my wife dick pics even though she turned off adult content? That social network? Pass.
You mean the social network that keeps showing my wife dick pics even though she turned off adult content? That social network? Pass.
Not doubting her experience, but I've never experienced this (accidentally).