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Bluesky is currently gaining more than 1M users a day

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Re: Bluesky is currently gaining more than 1M users a day

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Post by llm_trw »

datahack wrote: post #66
NAHWheatCracker wrote: post #15

As someone who never used Twitter, I made a Bluesy account and it was okay. I learned that I have no idea how to engage with that style of social media. One thing that put me off is how so much of what I saw was just talking about Bluesky vs Twitter. I hope they can move past that.

Blue Sky feels like a cocktail party where half the guests are knitting sweaters for their cats, the other half are debating how to save democracy, and I’m just standing there wondering how I got invited. It’s like scrolling through a group chat where everyone forgot the topic but kept texting anyway. Honestly, it’s impressive how they’ve managed to create a platform that feels simultaneously too niche and too random…

The astro pictures are neat. Everything else ... less so.

Re: Bluesky is currently gaining more than 1M users a day

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Post by Zak »

m3kw9 wrote: post #65
chevman wrote: post #55

Highly recommend folks check out Mastodon as well - fully decentralized, no ads, no algo, no corporate control. It is continuing to grow steadily and has tons of activity compared to a few years ago. https://joinmastodon.org/

why isn't mastodon one of the winners like bluesky?

It did see a big surge in popularity when Musk bought Twitter, but user numbers right now are not growing significantly.

Re: Bluesky is currently gaining more than 1M users a day

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Post by churchill »

m3kw9 wrote: post #65
chevman wrote: post #55

Highly recommend folks check out Mastodon as well - fully decentralized, no ads, no algo, no corporate control. It is continuing to grow steadily and has tons of activity compared to a few years ago. https://joinmastodon.org/

why isn't mastodon one of the winners like bluesky?

It's not idiot-proof. Common-denominator platforms where you're expecting the general population need to be intuitive and work like people expect them to. Mastodon doesn't and their federated model is a pain in the behind.

Re: Bluesky is currently gaining more than 1M users a day

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Post by ericjmorey »

m3kw9 wrote: post #65
chevman wrote: post #55

Highly recommend folks check out Mastodon as well - fully decentralized, no ads, no algo, no corporate control. It is continuing to grow steadily and has tons of activity compared to a few years ago. https://joinmastodon.org/

why isn't mastodon one of the winners like bluesky?

Its fundamental design lacks the ability to provide features that many people want, because the developers see those features as anti-features to be avoided.

Bluesky's AT Protocol was developed specifically to address what they saw as shortcomings with the ActivityPub protocol used by Mastodon and other similar services.

Re: Bluesky is currently gaining more than 1M users a day

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Post by silisili »

jsheard wrote: post #70
m3kw9 wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

why isn't mastodon one of the winners like bluesky?

Mastodon is confusing for non-technical users, while Bluesky is pretty much a drop-in replacement for Twitter.

I consider myself a technical person, perhaps not social media savvy anymore, and Mastodon confused the hell out of me. I don't think it stands a chance with regular Joe.

Re: Bluesky is currently gaining more than 1M users a day

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Post by epistasis »

aorloff wrote: post #48
epistasis wrote: post #34

Back in the news net days, there used to be a parable about a Berkeley hot tub. The owner would give out the code to people, and it would be a good party with a rotating cast of characters for a while, until eventually a few people ruined the party. Then the code would change, and a different crew would start coming through. Pre-Elon, it seemed that Twitter was doing a pretty good run of keeping a single social netwo…

https://www.berkeleyside.org/2022/09/28/berkeley-hot-tub-guy...

Aha, so it was real too? For the past few years I have not been able to find the old text that I used to, and I'm sure my memory has shifted a bit over time too.

Re: Bluesky is currently gaining more than 1M users a day

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Post by cjensen »

m3kw9 wrote: post #65
chevman wrote: post #55

Highly recommend folks check out Mastodon as well - fully decentralized, no ads, no algo, no corporate control. It is continuing to grow steadily and has tons of activity compared to a few years ago. https://joinmastodon.org/

why isn't mastodon one of the winners like bluesky?

It's a worse experience for posters for two major reasons: blocking is not as effective (blocked people can still read and respond), and there are too many weird scolds who yell at people for not adding content warnings for trivial things.

I don't post so it doesn't affect me directly. It affects where the people I follow choose to post.

Re: Bluesky is currently gaining more than 1M users a day

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Post by BurningFrog »

qudat wrote: post #72
stavros wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It strictly depends on who you follow. Follow people who have something to say, and you'll have meaningful conversation.

You could be right but these platforms have not historically been about long form discussions, rather quips and glib remarks to drive clicks.

Follow serious people and you can have serious conversations.

Re: Bluesky is currently gaining more than 1M users a day

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Post by pocketarc »

bradgessler wrote: post #61
stavros wrote: post #41

Does anyone know any good makers I can follow on there? I'm mostly interested in making stuff, less in monetizing stuff, so I don't want to follow so much entrepreneurs (ie people who like making stuff to make money) as makers (ie people who like making stuff for its own sake). Any good lists? If anyone wants to follow me on there, I'm @stavros.io.

I have a Ruby hackers starter pack at https://bsky.app/starter-pack/bradgessler.com/3laa47lbuwb2r — Edit: replaced cable modem link with starter pack link

You might've pasted the wrong link! Although damn, this modem looks good too, worth thinking about.
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