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Bluesky Social surpasses 19 million users as more celebrities leave X (jewelcitytimes.com)
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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’ve been around the Internet since the BBS days and I can’t think of a single time where a de-centralized platform has out competed a centralized platform with “normal” users.

I'm right there with you. I'd love to see the dream of the decentralized media return, but it's long-dead. The "Normal" user doesn't give a fuck about the benefits and even the moderate barrier to entry over some centralized platform is enough to keep them away.

Tech-minded people seem to often forget that even the most simplistic choices like "Choose an instance" is a big deal for people. The platform that's the most familiar, and easiest to use is going to be the one that wins, and, right now, that looks like it's Bluesky.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 13 hours ago

It's not even "chose an instance". This is what my journey has been:

  1. Chose an instance
  2. Write an essay about why you wanted that one 3 never her reply, repeat 1 and 2
  3. Get access, then instance goes offline. Repeat 1 and 2
  4. Get another instance. They then bock piracy communities. Repeat 1 and 2
  5. Land in lemm.ee.
  6. Wait until I can block instances to get rid of nuances (everybody knows who I'm talking about)

Now try to get your non tech friends on board.