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[–] [email protected] 59 points 6 months ago (3 children)

If it kills Twitter it will be a net benefit to the world

[–] [email protected] 80 points 6 months ago (3 children)

It won’t be, because it’s just another Twitter.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 6 months ago

Lol, correct.

But Elon loses more money and we don't have to hear about him or Twitter as much

[–] anothermember 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It feels like the Twitter from just before Elon when it was still bad but not terrible, I was hoping it would be more like the Twitter from 10+ years ago when it was still reasonable.

I waited 4 months for my invite, took a look around and went back to Mastodon.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You'd have to go back 10 years for that, modern discourse is poisoned, and even then things weren't that rosy back then for all.

[–] anothermember 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Not sure what you mean there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I mean if you wanted anything like what you had 10 years ago you'd have to go back 10 years. I don't think it's possible to ever have anything like what it was back again any time soon.

[–] anothermember 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I was talking about Twitter. 10 years is not a long time.

I don't see much has changed in the last 10 years fundamentally, if you're comparing 20 years ago I might agree.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Old twitter was bad, modern twitter pays to show everyone bigoted propaganda and actively courts Nazis. Mastodon is better, but most don’t want the inconveniences. So yeah blue sky it is

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Mastodon's AGPL license will always be better though

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah but if mastodon itself (the community and content) isn't better, then it's a moot point

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

Oh get the fuck out of here. All Bluesky has is celebrities and celebrity journalists, big fuckin whoop.

I'd way rather talk to real human beings instead of the Public Relations Team of a bunch of wankers.

Sorry, most humans are obsessive about stupid celebrity culture, and that doesn't mean it's a better product. It means it's a more vapid product.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm glad blue sky exists for two reasons:

  1. It will likely contribute to more Elon meltdowns
  2. It acts as a containment zone for celebrity and brand worship that's marginally less bad than twitter
[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Celebrity and brand containment zone is the first good argument I’ve heard to date.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Settle down dude.

A big chunk of the comic art people from twitter went there. The art community on Mastodon is very mid. So that's a big part of why I like Bluesky.

And while I don't care about following journalists personally, that's arguably one of the major things people want out of a twitter-like platform. Breaking news.

Threads is much worse for celebrity bullshit.

[–] Dyskolos 3 points 6 months ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

I'm on Lemmy, I'm already sold on the fediverse idea, even though I haven't read the AGPL license :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Yeah I’m going to support the movement as long as Trump will not appear on it.