yeah. i understand some people may see it quote tweeted into their feed and assume it’s from a bad faith troll. and then jump on it with their own assumptions, knowing everyone here will loudly agree. but that dynamic is also sort of the root of the problem i’m describing
somewhat unavoidable when there are no barriers to post. It's almost guaranteed to happen when there are enough people with varying beliefs on the network.
You're just describing the internet.
too much of it, yes! but not all of it, and i'd submit that's not the way it has to be. one upside to bluesky not hyperscaling is that there may still be some room here for the culture to evolve in one direction or another
I don't define Bluesky by the Catch Up feed 🤷 Like, you're describing tactics that create big, popular posts, but this is an app that goes out of its way to deincentivize the monoculture. I didn't see his post until I saw this thread.
Maybe picking a post that was optimized to get a bad reaction isn't actually all that meaningful of an indicator of the app's culture. I follow artists and people I like, and I think it's pretty great here 🤷
that’s great to hear. i would love to think we’re in a world in which social networks can thrive just by being some things to some people rather than all things to all people.
Okay. I don't know why you don't think that. I thought all of the "journalists have capitalist brainrot" takes were exaggerating a bit, but uh...
good grief. i said it’s great to hear you’re enjoying it here. and i expressed hope that maybe we’re in a world where niche networks can thrive. but you assumed it was sarcasm and insulted me. which one of us has brain rot?
I didn't assume it was sarcasm. I assumed that you really want that, but don't believe that we're there.
OK. fair enough i guess. i've covered social media for 15 years so i've seen many waves of platforms rise and then implode when they can't sustain the network effects to compete with the giants and deliver the returns investors demand. i'm hopeful bluesky can buck the trend but it's far from certain