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Visualizing 13M Bluesky users

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Re: Visualizing 13M Bluesky users

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chefandy wrote: post #153
fsflover wrote: post #113

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It strongly depends on the instance. You don't have to read the global timeline.

The tough thing is that for the vast majority of end users, the interface that they see is the software or service. So if their instance has a bunch of disgusting pornography, as far as they’re concerned, mastodon has a bunch of disgusting pornography. For a lot of folks, the browser/server abstraction for regular websites and how that differs from native apps is about as far as they’re willing to go in their underst…

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Re: Visualizing 13M Bluesky users

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Post by jcul »

cwal37 wrote: post #4

Bluesky has really exploded in certain niches over the past week, I think my followers have gone up 5-6x since Saturday. I'd been a somewhat active user over the past year as conversation on the field I work in (energy) become so degraded on Twitter as to make it kind of worthless (mean in multiple senses of the word as well as ludicrous levels of spam), but Bluesky was pretty relaxed without a lot of traction, now t…

I never really "got" Twitter.

I don't know why, but I always felt like the hype went over me head, and it was a bit boring.

Though I'm tempted to check out Bluesky, the AT protocol seems really interesting.

Re: Visualizing 13M Bluesky users

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Post by saila »

lepus wrote: post #114
josteink wrote: post #104

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Mastadon has a massive problem with furries, people with loli anime-avatars or people who fit the «purple haired» stereotype. It’s very off-putting and alienating for normal people.

If you have a problem with too many furry posts I have bad news for you about Bluesky

I used to see a lot of furry accounts in the Discover feed, but I mute them when I see them, and now I rarely see them any more. I don't have anything against furries, but it's not content I'm interested in. This is more a comment that Bluesky does seem to have an algorithm (at least in the Discover feed) that is sensitive to what you do or don't show interest in. Or it could just be that a lot more people have joined recently, so the furry stuff just isn't as prevalent.

Re: Visualizing 13M Bluesky users

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Post by swat535 »

It looks like the Internet is now being compartmentalized based on one's political affiliation and groups.

X is turning out to be where Conservatives are going to be living, Bluesky, Reddit and Treads will be for Liberals. These platform don't outright ban opposing views but I think moderation policies and the users will shift these groups into one or the other.

I'm not sure if one can have a platform where respectful discourse can take place. The only site I've seen so far is HN and its due to its small community and the relentless effort by Dan.

The days of having everyone connected on the same platform is now dead, which might ironically usher a revival of the old, non-centralized web.

Re: Visualizing 13M Bluesky users

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Post by djbusby »

colesantiago wrote: post #145
fckgw wrote: post #138

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These are also "normal people", they just choose to express themselves differently. Maybe you should get over it?

Nobody important or relevant enough is moving to Mastodon.

One can engage on multiple platforms. Don't have to leave something else to use Mastodon.

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Post by jazzyjackson »

zdimension wrote: post #133
jchw wrote: post #17

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AT proto is an open network. Everything you do is public by default. e.g. anyone else can just drink from the firehose.

Yeah, but that doesn't solve the data privacy problem. Not that I care, I'd love to be able to do all sorts of stuff with scraped datasets.

One would hope the people on bluesky understand that they're posting publically to a centralized database. What data privacy problem are you concerned with?

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Post by threeseed »

jsheard wrote: post #94
sundarurfriend wrote: post #44

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This thread (no pun intended) is the first I'm hearing that anyone uses Threads at all. To me, it seemed like after the initial week or so, there was only bots left on Threads, trying to hook people to the person's Instagram, or whatever other place they actually post content at.

Threads is the highest ranked "social" app on the Play Store right now, so a lot of real people must be using it despite appearances. Next down the list is TikTok, then Instagram, Bluesky, Facebook, X (below Bluesky!), and finally Reddit.

Also at least here in Australia, Threads is ranked #3 of all free iOS apps.

And it's been in the top 3 ever since it launched a year ago. X is #69.

Re: Visualizing 13M Bluesky users

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Post by panic »

Pxtl wrote: post #164
ZacnyLos wrote: post #134

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> it's basically a carbon copy of twitter circa 2015, down to an almost identical UI. Except that there's no monetization, no ads, no growth hacking, which means that in the main features are there to serve the user Wow, that's just like Mastodon.

BlueSky's big killer features that Mastodon fails at: 1) Better (optional) algorithmic feeds. Mastodon's "explore" is weaker than Bluesky's "popular with friends" and "discover" 2) Quote-tweets. 3) Easier onboarding. Mastodon forces you to care about which server you're on and it does matter and migrating later is hard. Meanwhile, BSky has "starter packs" that people can produce for each other with lists of users to…

I don't think either platform is going to "win" in the sense of reaching the size and influence of Twitter, but both will hopefully be more resilient than Twitter was.
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